the large intestine of the past

åëëçíéêÜ

Dates 26 , 27, 29 July 2011 at 7.30 pm
8th Summer Dance Festival, ÍÅÁ ÊÉÍÇÓÇ
Programma-front, Programm-back

The event has its start at the poet’s house where he lived for a few years in BRAGADINOU str at the entrance to the First Elementary School- north of the Limassol District Office. It continues to AMORGOS bookshop, a place run by the poet, next to the well- known «Ð» cafe.

Concept of the performance/ action:

Elias Constantinou was born and bred in Limassol. He died in 1995 at the age of 37 The event is an attempt to make a small tribute to the poet.

INFO http://hliask.wordpress.com/

The performance is a research piece that concerns itself with the experiential character of Elias’s poetry. It is an attempt to highlight the relationship between his poetic work and his poetic persona. The action/ performance is partly interactive with the audience and uses visual installations to feed into the pulse of this poetry of which physicality is its major characteristic. The action/performance attempts to refer to the poet’s inner journey, making parallels and references to a more general context of other poets’ and artists’ perceptions and works.

This performance / action is a continuation and part of a series of performances PULP TUBE, DO YOU REMEMBER which research the idea of memory as experiential material in the work of various writers.

Performance Credits:

Direction/ Choreography:

Arianna Economou

Idea/ Dramaturgy:

Pantelis Georghiou

Performers/ Creative collaborators:

Mary Randou, Charalambos Kousios, George Georghiou, Marios Constantinou

Video- art:

Nicos Synnos

Compositing:

Christos Georghiou

Technical Support:

Yiangos Hadjiyiannis

THANK YOU NOTE

We would like to thank Panikos Antoniou for his kind support providing us with photos and audio tapes of Elias Constantinou’s poetry. Also Mary Costantinidou for her kind permission to use her Byzantine Workshop the old Amorgos Bookshop.