October Programme 2024
(D) 3 THU 20:30 (60’)
Graces - Silvia Gribaudi | 15th Open House Festival
Graces is a project inspired by “The Three Graces”, a sculpture created by Antonio Canova between 1812 and 1817. The work draws from mythology: Zeus’ three daughters —Euphrosyne, Aglaea, and Thalia— who radiated splendour, joy and prosperity.
Three male figures take the stage in a space and time suspended between the human and the abstract: a place where male and female meet without roles, and dance to the rhythm of nature itself. On stage, there are three male performers —Siro Guglielmi, Matteo Marchesi, Andrea Rampazzo— together with the author Silvia Gribaudi, who likes to define herself as ‘author of the body’ because her poetics elevate imperfections to an art form with a direct, cruel and empathetic comic style without any boundaries between dance, theatre and performing arts.
Over the past ten years, Silvia Gribaudi has been questioning gender stereotypes, female and male identities, and the concept of virtuosity in dance and daily life, expanding beyond clichés and appearances. Graces was realised thanks to the critical, visual and directorial support of Matteo Maffesanti (director, social theatre operator and videomaker) who followed through the entire artistic process with Silvia Gribaudi, with several working phases involving workshops for local people inspired by the choreographic material developed in the project.
Winner of Danza&Danza 2019 Italian Production of the Υear award
Winning CollaborAction#4 2018/2019
Finalist Rete Critica 2019 award. Selected by NID Platform 2019
Choreography: Silvia Gribaudi
Dramaturgy: Silvia Gribaudi and Matteo Maffesanti
Performers: Silvia Gribaudi, Siro Guglielmi, Matteo Marchesi, Andrea Rampazzo
Lighting design: Antonio Rinaldi
Technical director: Leonardo Benetollo
Costumes: Elena Rossi
Production: Zebrac
Co-production: Santarcangelo Festival
Supported by: MiC – Ministero della Cultura, Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
*The performance is presented within the frame of the 15th Open House Festival by Dance House Lemesos, in collaboration with the Rialto Theatre.
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(C) 12 - 18 SAT - FRI 20:00
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2024 (18+)
A kaleidoscope of selected fiction, animation, experimental and documentary shorts, that will catch the eye of every film aficionado, showcasing the diverse character of the local and international film community.
The Rialto’s screen will be hosting the ISFFC for the 14th consecutive year, under the artistic direction of Ioakim Mylonas and Alexia Roider.
Parallel events, workshops and screenings complete the ISFFC programme including the international intensive short film development writing workshop TGF – What’s the story? (14-18/10) held in collaboration with the Talents Generator Factory, offering screenwriting guidance to selected filmmakers and screenwriters from Cyprus and the Mediterranean region.
The Festival is an annual institutional event of the Deputy Ministry of Culture (Department of Contemporary Culture) organised in collaboration with the Rialto Theatre.
With English and Greek subtitles.
Free entrance / Booking in advance is required.
*Please note the new starting time 20:00!
(C) 21 MON 20:30 (87’)
Skammata – Danae Stylianou Ι Department of Antiquities
Τhe Department of Antiquities, οf the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, presents Skammata, a documentary film directed by Danae Stylianou. The film was produced in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the coup d’état in Cyprus and the subsequent Turkish invasion.
Fifty years after the coup d’etat and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, foreign and Cypriot archaeologists along with retired staff members of the Department of Antiquities, evoke their personal memories, as they reflect on the collective trauma of war and its consequences on Cypriot archaeology.
Interweaving archival material from excavations with captivating personal testimonies, Skammata presents momentous events that marked Cypriot archaeology, before and after the tragic summer of 1974.
TRAILER LINK: https://youtu.be/BJGNA5194zQ
Original Dialogue: Greek, English, French
Subtitles: Greek, English
Produced by M.P.L. Productions for the Department of Antiquities
Director – Producer: Danae Stylianou
Director of Photography: George Stylianou
Camera Operators: George Stylianou, Konstantinos Kepolas, Renos Gavris, Charalambos Varelias
Editing: Danae Stylianou
Concept and content supervisors:
Department of Antiquities
Eftychia Zachariou, Curator of Antiquities
Efthymia Alphas, Archaeological Officer A’
Anna Satraki, Archaeological Officer
Sound Design - Mixing: Marco Lopez
Colour Grading: Marios Stylianou
Graphics: Artemis Psathas
Translations - Subtitling: Diamanto Stylianou
(M FC) 26 – 27 SAT – SUN 11:30 & 16:00 (50’) On Stage
88 Little Symphonies – Stephanos Droussiotis
A memorable performance for a grand piano, two celestial bodies, and one invisible orchestra. Drawing on his journey in music and performing arts, Stephanos Droussiotis returns, after years, on Rialto’s stage with an inventive concert performance that introduces young audiences to classical music and its myriad of secrets.
Through a series of fascinating images, this captivating experience will encourage children to explore a world of thoughts and questions: What is music? How is music created? Why do we keep on creating and enjoying music?
Concept, directing, lighting design, performance: Stephanos Droussiotis
A project presented in the frame of the Associate Artist Residence Scheme 2024.
(I) 30 WED 20:30 (70’)
Women in a frame…
50 years – Epilogi Cultural Movement & Paraskinio Theatre Group
Based on real, personal accounts of women in 1974, this musical theatre performance presents the unseen story of the women of Cyprus.
A green card: the refugee identity card.
They say it is a tool for recovery…
An entire community of women—girls, middle-aged women, and old women—all holding a green card, lead a life different from the one they dreamt of. How can another life be built? How can loss be cured? How do you keep on being connected with your roots? How can you dream while holding a green card?
An entire community of women —girls, middle-aged and old women— were never asked these questions!
No one has ever put these women’s life struggles in the frame.
An entire community of women has been walking alone in an invisible and arduous struggle, creating their own unique, personal frame.
Text written by: Georgia Iordanou
Directing: Xenios Xenofontos
Music curation, original composition, instruction: Michalis Grigoriou
Technical support: Skevos Polykarpou
Cast: Ioanna Shiafkali, Galatia Zinonos
Featuring a large orchestra and the Vocal Ensemble of Epilogi Cultural Movement.
Organised by: Epilogi Cultural Movement, Paraskinio Theatre Group
Held under the auspices of the Commissioner for Gender Equality, Ms Josie Christodoulou.
