Dancehouse Lefkosia

01/06/2026

And now... it’s time to share what grew from all the Green Steps encounters. Join our webinar on 15 June at 18:00 to hear the results, reflections, and future dreams of the project! Registration link https://forms.gle/ggfKzGvUuNGD58RQ6 🍀

Over the past months, children, families, artists, educators & environmentalists came together for Green Steps to move, play, imagine, explore hidden ecosystems, and discover how deeply connected we are - just like the underground mycelial network of roots and fungi

From performative discussions to workshops, seminars, and a magical site-specific performance at Athalassa Park, Green Steps invited children aged 5-11 and their families to experience ecology through movement, creativity and dance.

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Και τώρα... ήρθε η ώρα να μοιραστούμε τα αποτελέσματα όλων αυτών των συναντήσεων του Green Steps. Πάρτε μέρος στο διαδικτυακό μας σεμινάριο στις 15 Ιουνίου στις 18:00 για να ακούσετε τα αποτελέσματα, τις σκέψεις και τα μελλοντικά όνειρα του προγράμματος! Ο σύνδεσμος εγγραφής https://forms.gle/ggfKzGvUuNGD58RQ6 🍀

Τους τελευταίους μήνες, παιδιά, οικογένειες, καλλιτέχνες, εκπαιδευτικοί και περιβαλλοντολόγοι συγκεντρώθηκαν στο πλαίσιο του Green Steps για να κινηθούν, να παίξουν, να φανταστούν, να εξερευνήσουν κρυμμένα οικοσυστήματα και να ανακαλύψουν πόσο βαθιά συνδεδεμένοι είμαστε – ακριβώς όπως το υπόγειο δίκτυο μυκηλίων από ρίζες και μύκητες.

Από συζητήσεις με παραστατικό χαρακτήρα έως εργαστήρια, σεμινάρια και μια μαγευτική site-specific παράσταση στο Πάρκο Αθαλάσσα, το Green Steps προσκάλεσε παιδιά ηλικίας 5-11 ετών και τις οικογένειές τους να βιώσουν την οικολογία μέσω της κίνησης, της δημιουργικότητας και του χορού.

28/05/2026

ASK PAY TRUST – Προς Δίκαιες Συνθήκες Εργασίας στον Πολιτιστικό Τομέα

Το D6:EU, το Larnaka2030 και το Culture Action Europe σας προσκαλούν σε μια ανοιχτή δημόσια συζήτηση για τις συνθήκες εργασίας στον πολιτιστικό τομέα στην Κύπρο και την Ευρώπη.

Καλλιτέχνες, πολιτιστικοί επαγγελματίες, ερευνητές, οργανισμοί και φορείς πολιτιστικής πολιτικής συναντιούνται στη Λάρνακα για να ανταλλάξουν εμπειρίες, καλές πρακτικές και προτάσεις πολιτικής γύρω από:
• τη δίκαιη αμοιβή
• την κοινωνική προστασία των καλλιτεχνών
• το νομικό καθεστώς του καλλιτέχνη
• την πολιτιστική πολιτική στην Ευρώπη
• τη βιωσιμότητα της σύγχρονης καλλιτεχνικής δημιουργίας.
Με τη συμμετοχή διεθνών προσκεκλημένων από την Κύπρο, την Ισπανία, το Βέλγιο, την Ιρλανδία και άλλες ευρωπαϊκές χώρες.

Η συμμετοχή είναι δωρεάν, με απαραίτητη προκράτηση στο σύνδεσμο https://forms.gle/6A9xZee6v7SYtjuo8.

Ημερομηνία: Τετάρτη, 10 Ιουνίου 2026
Ώρα: 09:30 – 18:00
Χώρος: Αλληλοδιδασκαλείο (Άγιος Λάζαρος), Λάρνακα, Κύπρος

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ASK PAY TRUST – Towards Fair Working Conditions in the Cultural Sector

D6:EU, Larnaka2030 and Culture Action Europe invite you to an open public conference exploring fair working conditions in the cultural sector across Cyprus and Europe.

Artists, cultural professionals, researchers, organisations and policymakers will gather in Larnaca to exchange experiences, best practices and policy recommendations around:
• fair pay
• social protection for artists
• the legal status of the artist
• European cultural policy
• sustainability in contemporary cultural production
Featuring international guests and speakers from Cyprus, Spain, Belgium, Ireland and across Europe.

Participation is free of charge. Advance registration is required https://forms.gle/6A9xZee6v7SYtjuo8.

Date: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Time: 09:30 – 18:00
Venue: Allilodidaskaleio (Saint Lazarus), Larnaca, Cyprus

27/05/2026

Over the past months, children, families, artists, educators & environmentalists came together for Green Steps to move, play, imagine, explore hidden ecosystems, and discover how deeply connected we are — just like the underground mycelial network of roots and fungi

From performative discussions to workshops, seminars, and a magical site-specific performance at Athalassa Park, Green Steps invited children aged 5–11 and their families to experience ecology through movement, creativity and dance.

And now… it’s time to share what grew from all these beautiful encounters. Join our webinar on 15 June at 18:00 to hear the results, reflections, and future dreams of the project! Registration link in bio

trailer by .stylianou

The project “Towards an open, fair and sustainable Europe in the world – EU Presidency Project 2024-2026” is co-funded by the European Union and implemented by Global Focus, Grupa Zagranica, CARDET, and CONCORD, the European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation. Project Number: 2024 / 459-484. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of CARDET and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

26/05/2026

Heart’s Sacred Touch

“There is but one History. And that is the Soul’s search for the knowable and unknowable homeland of the Human Spirit, leading to the Sacred Sites of the soul”

A performance by Arianna Economou/ Echo Arts
with composer and singer Helen Chadwick

28, 29 & 30 of May, 20:30
Entrance Free
To book your seats call 96 862020

Heart’s Sacred Touch is a quest, a journey to come to terms with death, with at its heart a longing for peace and the healing transformative nature of creativity. The work reflects on how, in spite the chaos surrounding us today, there is still beauty.

The work, though it is a continuation of Arianna’s quest journeys for the Sacred Sites on the island, this time the quest is in search of the Sacred Sites of the Soul: a search for the knowable and unknowable homeland of the human spirit.

In this work Arianna Economou with composer-singer Helen Chadwick (UK) and singers Kristia Michael and Marios Nicolaides, carries on her search into the sacred, turning her gaze to the Byzantine frescoes of the little churches tucked away up in the Mountains of Troodos. Painted on the inside walls of these womb-like churches, the frescos once acted as a membrane that held and touched the communities of these mountain villages, guiding their journey from birth to death and beyond. They reflect the beauty of nature that surrounds them.

The rich pigment used comes from the depths of the earth in the mines nearby. The paintings touch and open our hearts with the movement of the cloth that wraps around bodies in the archetypal stories of the Great Mother and Daughter in cyclical time, birth – death – rebirth, and of the Divine Mother and her Son in the transformational spiral from Earth to Eternity.

A homage to Beauty.

Concept/ Direction/ Research/ Dramaturgy/Texts/ Performer: Arianna Economou
Performers/ Singers/ Live Acapella: Helen Chadwick , Kristia Michael (CY/NL) Marios Nicolaides (CY / GR)
Dramaturgical Support Team: Anna Luyten (Brussels) Elena Agathocleous (CY) Giorgos Bizios
Texts: Arianna Economou with the support of Anna Luyten & Giorgos Bizios
Lighting: Yiorgos Lazoglou
Visual Support (post production video film): Yiannos Economou
Costume Design: Anastasia Demetriou, Arianna Economou
External Collaborator: Evagoras Vanezis
Photography & Video: Natalie Konyalian & Stylianos Chrysostomou
Stage Design advisor & Graphic Design: Studio naama (UK/ CY)
Production Management: Napa Gavriel / Echo Arts
Academic Support on sources around Byzantine Frescoes: Dr. Anthi Andronicou University of Glasgow

24/05/2026

day three w/

see you all at the next on bodies ❤️‍🔥

23/05/2026

Heart’s Sacred Touch

A performance by Arianna Economou/ Echo Arts
With Composer and singer Helen Chadwick

“There is but one History. And that is the Soul’s search for the knowable and unknowable homeland of the Human Spirit, leading to the Sacred Sites of the soul”

Heart’s Sacred Touch is a quest, a journey to come to terms with death, with at its heart a longing for peace and the healing transformative nature of creativity. The work reflects on how, in spite the chaos surrounding us today, there is still beauty.

The work, though it is a continuation of Arianna’s quest journeys for the Sacred Sites on the island, this time the quest is in search of the Sacred Sites of the Soul: a search for the knowable and unknowable homeland of the human spirit.

In this work Arianna Economou with composer-singer Helen Chadwick (UK) and singers Kristia Michael and Marios Nicolaides, carries on her search into the sacred, turning her gaze to the Byzantine frescoes of the little churches tucked away up in the Mountains of Troodos. Painted on the inside walls of these womb-like churches, the frescos once acted as a membrane that held and touched the communities of these mountain villages, guiding their journey from birth to death and beyond. They reflect the beauty of nature that surrounds them.

The rich pigment used comes from the depths of the earth in the mines nearby. The paintings touch and open our hearts with the movement of the cloth that wraps around bodies in the archetypal stories of the Great Mother and Daughter in cyclical time, birth – death – rebirth, and of the Divine Mother and her Son in the transformational spiral from Earth to Eternity.

A homage to Beauty.

Concept/ Direction/ Research/ Texts / Dramaturgy/ Performer: Arianna Economou
Performers/ Singers/ Live Acapella: Helen Chadwick, Kristia Michael, Marios Nicolaides
Dramaturgy: Anna Luyten
Dramaturgical support: Elena Agathocleous, Giorgos Bizios
Texts: Arianna Economou with the support of Anna Luyten & Giorgos Bizios
Lighting: Yiorgos Lazoglou
Visual Support (post production video film): Yiannos Economou
Costume Design: Anastasia Demetriou, Arianna Economou
External Collaborator: Evagoras Vanezis
Photography & Video: Natalie Konyalian & Stylianos Chrysostomou
Stage Design advisor and Poster Design: NAAMA STUDIO (UK)
Production Management: Napa Gavriel / Echo Arts
Academic Support on sources around Byzantine Frescoes: Dr. Anthi Andronicou

Heart’s Sacred Touch is dedicated to the loving memory of Ruth Keshishian, friend and colleague of Arianna’s work since 1995.

Funded by the Terpsichore Program of Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture
To book your seats call : 96 862020
Entrance Free

21/05/2026

still buzzing from last weekend! ❤️‍🔥

day two w/ .ypno

20/05/2026

still buzzing from last weekend!
thank you everyone in front and behind the scenes for making this on bodies edition so special ❤️‍🔥

some clicks from day one w/ the.gentle

snaps by .stylianou

16/05/2026

On Sunday 17.5, Androniki Marathaki () with My heart as an antidote: practices of solidarity, becoming a continuous effort of our Bodies to come closer to each other, this performance invites us to the most intuitive, mysterious, and invisible dimensions of dance and of our existence. We close the festival’s programme with the launch of a new Dance House Lefkosia’ tradition, that of Honorary Members; an act of gratitude, recognition, and allyship that celebrates those who have walked alongside us and whose commitment ensures our vision. In this spirit, DHL’s board warmly welcomes as our first Honorary Members Eleni Mavrou (), Anita Michaelides (), and Elena Perikleous.

15/05/2026