PRETENDANCE
2009
A piece about dance but not necessarily a dance piece.
A duet on dance stereotypes, as they appear in the songs we know.
Pretendance inscribes itself in the conceptual stream of dance reflecting on its own art form. In the piece, popular music lyrics are explored in the way they sometimes haunt our thoughts and colour our view of reality.
–Guy Cools, February 2009
Credits
Concept, Choreography, Direction, Performance, Music selection: Lia Haraki
Performer, Creative Contributor: Alexander Michael
Mentoring: Guy Cools
Art Direction: Polys Peslikas
Text: Lia Haraki and Alexander Michael
Music: Maniac (from the 1983 movie Flashdance)Ø Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky
Vocal Coach: Cathryn Robson
Lighting Design: Aleksandar Jotovic
Photography: Suzana Phialas, Pavlos Vrionides
Graphic Design: Christina Olympiou
Production: Pelma.Lia Haraki
Funding - Department of Cultural Services - Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Sponsored by: Pafilia Property Developers
Support: Dance House Lemesos
Performances
Premiere: 8 March 2009, Cyprus Dance
Platform, Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus
June 2009, European Dance Festival,
Pallas Theatre, Nicosia, Cyprus
June 2009, Tanec Praha Festival, Ponec
Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
Awards
Included in the Aerowaves Network Final Selection 2009