ABOUT
Five female artists, under the directions of Elena Antoniou, invade the Municipal Theater of Nicosia, occupying the space and time allotted to them. WISH explores the relationship between the beholder and the person being observed; the women who experience the piercing gaze of Others. Can they redefine the boundaries set by the body by looking straight back into the eyes of the spectator? What’s there to be done so that women finally reclaim the space they deserve? Five women invade the theater, highlighting wish-ing as the only way to escape any subjective restraint. “The sole responsibility of the beholder is that of his infinite freedom”.
CREDITS
CONCEIVED & CHOREOGRAPHED by Elena Antoniou
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ARTISTS Elena Agathokleous // Eleana Alexandrou // Elena Gavriel // Elena Kallinikou // Arianna Marcoulides // MUSIC/ SOUND DESIGN Stavros Gasparatos // ART DIRECTION/ COSTUMES Christos Kyriakides // DRAMATURGY Odysseas I. Konstantinou // LIGHT DESIGN Vasilis Petinaris // MAKEUP ARTIST Andrea Costi // PHOTO Stelios Kallinikou // ASSISTANT COMPOSER Georgios Mizithras // GRAPHICS Despina Rangou
FUNDED BY Terpsichore (2019), a choreographic research program initiated and sponsored by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus.
PERFORMANCES
Nicosia International Festival 26 November 2021 20:00 & 22:00 Nicosia Municipal Theatre Nicosia, Cyprus
CYPRUS CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE 2020 Rialto Theater Limassol, Cyprus
Rialto Theater 2019 Limassol, Cyprus