Sun, 31 Oct. 2021
17:00
Nicosia Municipal Theatre
The Greek National Opera Ballet Director Konstantinos Rigos realizes one of his greatest artistic dreams and choreographs four major works of Manos Hadjidakis in a single performance.
In The Circle of the C.N.S. the fierce sea is the backdrop for loss and pain, while in Captain Michalis the evening, moist south wind "falls on women like a man and on men like a woman". On The Cursed serpent the figure of Karagiozis becomes a symbol of timeless folk art and finally in Gioconda's Smile, New York becomes the luxurious and noisy background that surrounds the loneliness and despair of modern life.
Few composers have defined the Greek musical landscape and modern Greek culture as much as Manos Hadjidakis. At the same time, his quests and influences have led him to many and diversified paths. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that the fruits of his creative seed can be found in the four cardinal points of the horizon. This is the landscape that inspired Konstantinos Rigos’ new choreography, through which makes a journey across the four cardinal points of Hadjidakis’ work by incorporating an equal number of emblematic works into a single performance with interlocking parts. Four rooms, four directions.
Choreography-set design: Konstantinos Rigos
Costumes: Deux Hommes
Associate architect: Mary Tsagari
Lighting: Christos Tziogas
Video: Vassilis Kechagias
Artistic curation: George Hadjidakis
With the National Dancers, the Soloists, the Top and the Corps de ballet of the Greek National Opera.
Duration: 120΄
The Greek National Opera (GNO) Ballet tour in Cyprus is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org] to enhance the Greek National Opera’s artistic outreach.
Identity of the festival
Sponsors:
Golden Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Tourism
Silver Sponsor: OPAP
Bronze Sponsor: ecommpay, ecommbx
Parallel Programme: Cypriot Commonwealth
Communication Sponsors:
Theatre: RIK, Avant Garde, My.Life
Music: ANT1
Dance: Alphanews.live, O Phileleftheros, Active, in-cyprus
Taste of Music: Check In, SIGMA, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active
Parallel Programme: OMEGA
Supporters: Municipality of Ayia Napa, Oinou Gi – Vassiliadis Winery, Nissi Beach Resort, MAP Hotel, Vassos Psarolimano, Travel House
Identity of the festival
Sponsors:
Golden Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Tourism
Silver Sponsor: OPAP
Bronze Sponsor: ecommpay, ecommbx
Parallel Programme: Cypriot Commonwealth
Communication Sponsors:
Theatre: RIK, Avant Garde, My.Life
Music: ANT1
Dance: Alphanews.live, O Phileleftheros, Active, in-cyprus
Taste of Music: Check In, SIGMA, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active
Parallel Programme: OMEGA
Supporters: Municipality of Ayia Napa, Oinou Gi – Vassiliadis Winery, Nissi Beach Resort, MAP Hotel, Vassos Psarolimano, Travel House
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