The concept for the Kypria opening was based on the “The Performance Shop Concept” by Lia Haraki, where live art becomes an essential part of everydayness. Artists presented their work in the streets of the old City of Nicosia, inside the windows of shops, through alleys and squares.  The event was experienced by hundreds of people and was a reminder of how art through its multiple forms and genres is a practise of being humans TOGETHER.

                                                                                 Credits

Concept / Artistic Direction: Lia Haraki

Co-curation: Lia Haraki and Andrea S.D’Alessandro

Music: Marios Takoushis

Musicians: Marios Takoushis - keyboards, Stelios Xydias - drums, Andreas Stefanou - drums

Pictures: Pavlos Vrionides

Film: Sakari Larson

Organization Team: Georgia Andreou, Maria Loizidou, Andrea S.D’Alessandro, Maria Kasapi

Technical management: Yiangos Hadjiyiannis 

Technical Support: Event Pro

Invited by Kypria curator Andys Parchilis and sponsored by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of EDucation and Culture

Invited pieces and artists:

Dimitris Chimonas & Enacttheatre - Date-time-location

Μarios ioannou- Three tragic women from euripides   

Lia Haraki- DreamOon, The Speaker, Tune In

Korallia Stergides - deep love tours   

Marina Genadieva - de-facies

Loukia Pierides - dear darling   

With performers and other artists:

Eleana Alexandrou, Petros Konnaris, Evi Haraki Mahera, Maria Kassapi, Emily Cutler, Panayiota Nicolaou, Panos Bartzis, Andria MIchaelidou, Stephanie Pastella, Stelios Antoniou, Arianna Marcoulides, Magda Argyridou, Elena Gavriel, Christianna Eftychiou, Alex Miklosy, Melina Sofokleous, Annie Chouri, Hamilton Monteiro, Rea Olympiou

01.09.2019  @ 18.00 - 22.00 

A piece for the opening of the Polis theatre

Lia Haraki created a solo work inspired by a painting by Glyn Hughes on the theatre’s opening day on 14th December 2016, which curator Yiannis Toumazis commissioned for the opening of the Polis Theatre OPAP in Nicosia.

Credits

Concept, Direction, Choreography, Performance: Lia Haraki

Curator: Yiannis Toumazis

Music: Panos Bartzis

Premiere: December 14 2016,  Opening of Theatro Polis - OPAP, Nicosia, Cyprus

 The OPAP City Theater aspires to develop bridges of creative dialogue between visual and theatrical expression, thus creating another artistic and creative core, in the city within the walls, a few metres from the Green Line. The project will give a platform for artistic expression to young theatre and visual arts professionals and at the same time promote experimental and pedagogical practices in the field of theatre, visual arts and performance.

Islanding was a commissioned piece created for the Inauguration Ceremony of the new Larnaca International Airport.

We consider the new airport to be one of the most significant buildings of Cyprus’ contemporary era, as much for its purpose as for its progressive architectural structure. The piece took the audience on a journey from the past to the present of Cyprus civilisation and culture, with the new airport representing a starting point for future journeys.

Through contemporary dance, music and multimedia, the audience navigated through history, culture, tradition, nature and love, focusing on the island’s magical energy and unique identity. The eight dancers on stage, thirty volunteers, offered the audience Cypriot goods aiming to stimulate their sense of taste, smell and touch, while the music and live performance enraptured them through sight and sound.    

*ISLANDING was presented as part of the opening of the new ‘Larnaca International Airport’ and the performance was shown in a live transmission at the CYBC Channel 

Credits

Direction, Choreography: Lia Haraki

Music, Songs: Costas Cacoyannis

Lyrics: Pambos Kouzalis   

Video Production: Yiangos Hadjiyiannis, Demetris Roussos

Set Design: Eva Korae

Costumes: Christina Georgiou

Makeup: Evi Haraki Mahera

Production Management: Nathalie Kyrou

Dancers: Alexis Vassiliou, Arianna Marcoulides, Christoforos Makatsoris, Demmie Da Costa, Edgen Lame, Eleana Alexandrou, Evita Elia, Savvas Baltzis

Singing: Nikolas Metaxas, Stella Fyrogeni, the Byzantine Choir-Romanos o Melodos, the Childrens’ Choir-Oreivates

Music Production: Parakentro, Lemithou village, Cyprus 

Performance

November 7 2009, Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus