TIRESIAS BY MICHALIS THEOPHANOUS

Conceived as a show between dance and performing art, this allegorical project wants to explore the complex nature of the mythical character of Tiresias. It investigates the hero through images and symbolisms that refer to all the information we already know about him and hypothetical actions.
 
The character compromises with his blindness and his sexuality and co-exists with a shadow, and an empty chair. Tiresias is summoned to the scene in a fluid state between reality and illusion. In searching for the signs that will finally reveal the prophecy, the performer adds his array of beats, dragging and scratching into the scene. His body transforms itself through different forms: ephemeral shapes that change endlessly as an evolving subject, searching in each new step for a renewed meaning, a new story for the inner self. Tiresias thus grows as our guide through a process that starts from the animal and the irrational, and later becomes properly human, where past and future meet in the recollection of our own actual dimension.
 
Direction, choreography, costumes & set design: Michalis Theophanous
Original music: Dickie Landry & Giorgos Poulios
Sound editing: Stephanos Droussiotis
Choreographic advisor: Georgia Tegou
Performer: Michalis Theophanous
Production manager: Nikolas Louka
Lighting and sound: Bruce Sharp
Set and costumes designed in collaboration with: Mayou Trikerioti
Lighting design in collaboration: Mike Toon & Adrienne Ming
Duration: 50΄
 
Identity of the festival
Organizer: Nicosia Municipality
Sponsors:
Gold Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Tourism
Silver Sponsor: Eurobank, Central Insurance Company
Hospitality Sponsor: The Classic Hotel
Sponsors: Onassis Stegi, Giannos Grammatidis
Air Transport Sponsor: Aegean Airlines
Communication sponsors:
Theatre: Check In
Music: ANT1, Politis
Dance: O Phileleftheros, RIK, in-cyprus, Active
 
THEATRE/ MUSIC/ PARALLEL PROGRAM/ DANCE