May 25, 20222 min read

23rd Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival Artists from five countries in the opening performance

Four choreographers and four musicians coming from Lebanon, Japan, Palestine, Belgium, and Togo are meeting on stage over a banquet of food. They are coming from different continents, cultures and countries. They have different artistic experiences, different backgrounds and ideas. What connects them is their profession. They talk, drink, laugh, dance, and eat together.

The simplicity of this meeting would be a starting point to a more complex choreographic and conceptual performance structure. Beytna is a simple invitation to the home of the other: health, happiness, pleasure, compassion, and friendship. It is an invitation to the artist's profession and choreographic construction, as much as it is to the forms and situations of the past.

In this on stage meeting over a banquet of food, viewers are also invited!

Concept and choreography: Omar Rajeh

Choreographed by: Koen Augustijnen, Omar Rajeh, Anani Sanouvi, Moonsuk Choi

Music composition: Ziad Ahmadie, Youssef Hbeisch, Samir Nasr Eddine, Oussama Abdel Fattah

Performed by: Koen Augustijnen, Ziad Ahmadie, May Bou Matar, Moonsuk Choi, Youssef Hbeisch, Samir Nasr Eddine, Omar Rajeh, Oussama Abdel Fattah, Anani Sanouvi

Percussion: Youssef Hbeisch

Voice: Nohad Rajeh

Scenography & Costumes: Mia Habis

Technical director: Christian Francois

Sound Engineer: Jean-Christophe Batut

Lighting design: Victor Duran Manzano

Graphic design & Video animation: Joe Elias, Nimslabs

Photo credits: D.Matvejev | Jean Philipse

Duration: 75’

Organised by: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth & Rialto Theatre

Media Sponsors: Phileleftheros Newspaper, Αctive 107.4, CyBC

In collaboration with: Dance House Lemesos