By the courtyard of the Hamam, next to the Municipal Market of Lemeso's old town - four rooms, four stages, four passages. A ritual of cleansing and healing, repeated four times. Rosemary for the dead, mint for the living, geranium against hatred, jasmin for love. Four groups of various people from different communities living in Cyprus, dance in four different hamams all over Cyprus aiming for a shared space that goes beyond the notion of north and south. Their dances is seen on film, projected on a wall outside the Lemesos hamam and is counterpointed by a live solo dance performance from the dancer Athena Piki. Two musicians, the Greek Cypriot musician Larkos Larkou and the Turkish Cypriot singer Jelish Senol, improvise live.
Credits:
choreography/ direction: Arianna Economou
dramaturgue: Annette Vonberg
solo dance performer: Athena Piki
video/editing: Giorgos Sisamos
sound/music: Larkos Larkou, Jelish Senol
stylist: Anita Michaelidis
video performers: Achilleas Tomasides, Anita Michaelidis, Antonis Kakoulis, Ayca Celik, Ahmet Saymanlier, Demetris Fyrios, Juta Papageorgiou, Larkos Larkou, Natasa Christofidou, Oktay Tulga, Orestis Sofocleous, Christiana Charalambous
