THE designers Mary Katrantzou and choreographer Antonis Foniadakis with the choreography BOLERO, is main protagonists of this year’s 10th Cycladic Young Patrons Summer Weekend CONDUCTED July 12-14 on opposite.
The Cycladic Young Patrons Summer Weekend is an event for its Friends Museum of Cycladic Art up to 45 years old which takes place every year in different islands of the Cyclades, with the aim of promoting and promoting it through a program of archaeological and cultural activities.
Every year the museum chooses an island of Cyclades for two days in July and on this occasion, invites creators from different artistic fields to an exclusive collaboration, thus highlighting every manifestation of contemporary art.
As the CycladicYoung Patrons Summer Weekend celebrates ten years since its establishment this year, the Cycladic Young Patrons return to Antiparos, the island that hosted the first SummerWeekend for a special anniversary three-day event full of in exclusive activities
This year the Department of Friends of the Museum commissioned the internationally renowned designer Mary Katrantzou to create the visual identity of the Cycladic Young Patrons Summer Weekend, inspired by the island of Antiparos and the holy island of Despotikos. The visual identity is used in the invitation, in a tote bag received exclusively by the participants during the weekend and in a brochure with the two-day program.
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At the same time, he invited the internationally recognized choreographer Antonis Foniadakis to a unique presentation of the choreography of BOLERO held in collaboration with the Kalamata International Dance Festival and its artistic director Linda Kapetanea.
The project BOLERO was presented last year in Kalamata and in four other towns of the Peloponnese as part of the Kalamata International Dance Festival 2023 with the support of Fluxlaboratory Athens.
In the choreography of Antonis Foniadakis, five female dancers are placed on the pulsating membrane of five trampolines balanced by the instability of vertical movement, following the simple and obsessively repetitive rhythm of Maurice Ravel’s music.
In Antiparos, the exciting choreography that won last year’s impressions at the Kalamata Dance Festival, has another originality: It is presented inside the Paros-Antiparos ferry boat (slipper), an idea and implementation of the Department of Friends of the Museum of Cycladic Art.
Apart from the choreographer Antonis Foniadakis who attended both days, the rest of the actors of the show are Anastasios Sofroniou in the costumes and the dancers Margarita Todisakis, Gabriela Antonopoulou, Artemis Stamoulis, Fotini Mouchtouris and Evi Oikonomou while production is organized. by Good Heart Productions.
During the three days, apart from the highlight of the presentation of the BOLERO choreography, the Young Patrons had the opportunity to be guided by Giannos Kouragios, Director of the systematic excavation of the Despotiko restoration program. The established Summer Party was held at the legendary Disco La Luna and the program concluded with brunch and a bread-making workshop at The Rooster Farmhouse.
Every year, on the occasion of the Cycladic Young Patrons Summer Weekend, the Museum creates, only for the participants, an edition for each island.
This year, the anniversary edition of Circles includes texts of archaeological, cultural, social and scientific interest where renowned editors such as Giannos Kouragios, Dr. Cornelia Daifa, Dr. Erica Angliker, Dr. Alexandra Alexandridou, Dr. Ioannis Fappas, Dr. Panagiotis Iosif, Antonis Foniadakis, Mary Katrantzou, Thodoris Koutsogiannopoulos, Zoe Parasidis, Eutychia Stefanidis, the Dionysios Simopoulos Family and Metaichmio Publications. The edition was edited by Delighina Prifti, from the Department of Friends of the Museum.
A few words about the Cycladic Young Patrons
Young Patrons of the Museum of Cycladic Art are Friends of the Museum up to 45 years old. Among the privileges they enjoy with their annual subscription are archaeological tours, VIP invitations to art fairs around the world, private tours of museums and cultural sites, creative seminars and workshops, educational programs for children and families, discounts at the Cycladic Shop and Cycladic Café and other events.
Each subscription supports the work of the museum, as it contributes to the creation of periodical exhibitions, maintenance of permanent collections and implementation of programs for children and vulnerable groups of society. More about Cycladic Young Patrons at https://cycladic.gr/memberships/young-patrons/