17th European Contemporary Dance Festival

The festival is established as an important International dance meeting, concentrating each year the interest of many countries. It already won a special place on the map of the European Festivals, arising bridges to the int’l dance creations.

Being the host to interesting and renowned dance groups of Europe and Cyprus, the festival presents the contemporary dance trends, creations and waves, highlighting and presenting the contemporary dance evolution to the Cypriot audience.

Applications are made via the embassies, which select the 3 most predominated groups of each country and then apply to the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. The final program elaboration is made by the Festival’s Selection Committee.

The European Contemporary Dance Festival is organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the RIALTO Theatre in collaboration with the embassies and the cultural centres of the participated countries.

The Festival is taking place in Limassol, at the RIALTO Theatre, while a certain part of the performances is also presented in Nicosia.

Entrance: €5 | €20 for all the performances (valid both for Limassol and Nicosia). Free admission for pupils, students, soldiers & dance professionals

Programme of the performances in Limassol

4/6 Wednesday / Greece

Modern Dance Group "Planites", Patricia Apergi 60’

Dancers: Ilias Chatzigeorgiou, Nontas Damopoulos, Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Rizos, Dimokritos Sifakis

11/6 Wednesday / Israel

Roy Assaf Dance, Six Years Later & The Hill 60’

Dancers: Igal Furman, Avshalom Latucha, Roy Assaf

13/6 Friday / Austria

Tanz Company Gervasi, Solo with guests» Part Two, Elio Gervasi, 65’

Dancers: Leonie Wahl, Patric Redl, Yukie Koji, Raymond Liew Jin Pin Hannah Timbrell, Sara Marin, Hygin Delimat, Martin Dvořák, Elio Gervasi

15/6 Sunday / Finland

Jojo –Oulu Dance Centre, HIT ME!, Sonya Lindfors 60’

Dancers: Julian Owusu, Teemu Tuohimaa, Paula Puumalainen, Mia Jaatinen και Taru Miettinen.

17/6 Tuesday / Switzerland

Compagnie 7273, Nil, Laurence Yadi & Nicolas Cantillon 55’

21/6 Saturday / Spain

Umma Umma Dance , Stuntman/Loser Kings

Guido Sarli (Stuntman), Guido Sarli & Manuel Rodriguez (Loser Kings) 60’

24/6 Tuesday / Slovakia

Theatre elledanse, Water for Water, ŠÁRKA ONDRIŠOVÁ 60’

Dancers: Martin Meľo, Nikoleta Rafaelisová, Stanislava Vlčeková, Soňa Ferienčíková, Vladislav Benito Šoltýs, Radoslav Piovarči

25/6 Wednesday / France

Compagnie Propos, DéBaTailles, Denis Plassard 65’

Dancers: Nicolas Bachet, Xavier Gresse, Sylvain Julien, Jim Krummenacker, 
Vincent Martinez


27/6 Friday / UK

James Cousins Company, There we have been, James Cousins 17’

Dancers: Lisa Welham και Aaron Vickers