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European Ocarina Project to promote traditional culture
THE EUROPEAN Ocarina Project, bringing together musicians and dancers, meet in Cyprus this year to present three unique events open to the public.The project includes musicians and dancers from Portugal, Cyprus, the UK, Sweden and Romania.The first performance will take place tonight at 6.30pm at the Ayios Ioannis Lampadistis Cultural Centre in Kalopanayiotis, where musicians will present their countries’ traditional instruments. Tomorrow at 6.30pm, the participating countries will meet at the Archontiko Ierodiakonou in Ayios Omologites, where they will present dance workshops as well as performing with traditional instruments... 2 comments
Charming contradictions
ANNA KALLIS has attempted an interesting revival on several planes: reaching towards the mythological tradition, she employs suggestions from the used (and abused) concept lying beneath ancient Greek symbolic figures, working in a medium that is suggestive of modern times, but not as modern as the print. In this severe-looking and deceptively simple exhibition at Argo Gallery, Kallis engraves, white on a black background, her versions of the incarnation of destiny, those women, or women-like figures, who dispense life and death along the thread they keep in their hands. ... Read on
A killer Catalan musical
THEATRE can be notoriously nostalgic, with many companies choosing to stick to the popular yet tired old classics from the likes of Shakespeare and Euripides.If you have a taste for the unusual, you’ll be pleased to hear that Cyprus has got it. In true novel tradition, several theatre groups are showcasing productions with a twist to keep you entertained this month. Great theatre companies stand out with their ability to find their own distinctive voice and yet make a succession of shows that are distinctively different. One such company is Onion Art Productions, which tonight premieres Killer by Catalan author Guillem Clua... Read on
Our View: Petty disputes have no place in restoration of cultural heritage
THE HISTORIC Apostolos Andreas monastery at the tip of the Karpass peninsula must be very close to collapsing for our political and church leaders to have given their go-ahead to the carrying out of restoration work. Of course, this is no guarantee that the project will be undertaken, because the start of work had been announced on several occasions in the past, without anything being done... 8 comments
