Dance House Lemesos - Stegi Sinhronou Chorou Lemesou

National Network
Cyprus
Telephone
+357 - 7777-7798
Telephone (other)
+357-25340618
Fax
+357-25340618
E-Mail
info@dancehouselemesos.com
E-Mail (2)
dancehouselemesos@cytanet.com.cy
Mobile Phone
+357-99-589774
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
1975
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
The Dance House Lemesos is the first space in Cyprus entirely devoted to the support, promotion and development of professional contemporary dance and performance practice in Lemesos and Cyprus. It is a non-profit company limited by guarantee governed by five members Committee. It employs Managing Director and 2 staff members. It is mainly supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture and a number of public and private funders like the Municipality of Limassol/Lemesos and Saving Co-operative Bank of Limassol. The organizations turn-over is on the level of €120,000 per year. The Dance House Lemesos closely cooperate with well known cultural organizations in Cyprus like Rialto Theatre, in organizing festivals, artistic productions and community education programs in the field of modern dance/performance and has also co-operated with a wide range of foreign organizations, like Aerowaves network.
Mission and Objectives

The main domains of action are in education, information, research-creation and production, performance and presentation through collaborations with local and international institutions.
The organization aims are: (i)The support, promotion and development of contemporary dance locally, nationally and internationally, (ii)The encouragement of choreographic research through the creative process, (iii)Continuous professional training for dancers, (iv)Τhe support of professional dancers, choreographers and dance companies through international collaborations, (v)Acting as a connecting link between the audience and the art of dance and choreography,(vi)To help young professionals have contact with the dance community

Main Projects / Activities

The main activities are: Daily Professional classes, Community dance classes for adults, “Saturday Sharing” improvisation jams, Lectures on dance and the performing arts from local and foreign professionals, Workshops on Dance and on choreography from local and foreign artists-teachers, Workshops by companies of the European festival (a collaboration of the House with the Rialto theatre and the Ministry of education and culture), Lectures, Residencies of local and foreign artists, Video-dance screenings, Dance performances by Cypriot companies-artists, Open rehearsals of works in progress, Aerowaves night (a presentation of works from the Aerowaves selection in a collaboration with the Aerowaves netwotk and .pelma.lia haraki)

Contact (1) Full Name
Mrs. Lia Haraki - President of the Committee
Head of the organisation
Mrs. Lia Haraki
Contact (2) Full Name
Mr. Nenad Bogdanovic - Managing Director