23d Summer Dance Festival
Nea Kinisi – Cyprus Dance Groups, Dancers, and Choreographers 5-7th June 2026
From the 5th to the 7th of June 2026, the 23rd Summer Dance Festival by Nea Kinisi unfolds across the Municipal Garden and the seafront of Limassol. Featuring eight artistic proposals, including walks, a cypher, and late-night gatherings; the festival invites audiences to gather in new ways.
This year’s programme approaches the body as a site of listening and relation: attuned to the shifting rhythms of the garden, the city, and one another. Moving between noise and silence, instruction and improvisation, intimacy and collectivity, the works inhabit the Municipal Garden as a living commons — a space where human and more-than-human worlds meet, overlap, and negotiate coexistence. Across performances, gatherings, and encounters, the festival proposes choreography as a way of sharing space, attention, care, and presence.
The festival includes a dedicated hub hosted by Kafeneio tis Giorgias, with snacks by Shuffle Bakes, a line-up of dance-film screenings, and a vinyl set at the G-Spot bar by the beach.
All events are free and open to all.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, June 5
18:30: Festival Opening
19:30: Together-ing by Maria Papageorgiou
21:00: Dance Films by the Beach at G-Spot beach bar
18:30–20:30: Embodied Gardens * by Rhyzome Choreographic School
Saturday, June 6
10:30: Garden Tour with Nikos Nisiphorou
12:00: Embodied Gardens (live performance) by Rhyzome Choreographic School
16:30: ARE YOU LISTENING? by Andrea Louca
19:30: STAND / WAIT / MOVE by Collins
20:00: Bubbling Bright Futures or How to Cement Pixels by Seta Astreou-Karides & Nicola Mitropoulou (!!) with Interference net.
11:00–20:30: Embodied Gardens *by Rhyzome Choreographic School
Sunday, June 7
11:30: Ways of Listening (audio-walk) by Neus Montané
15:30: Ways of Listening (audio-walk) by Neus Montané
16:30: map interrupted by Areti Chourdaki & Ioli Kaskani
19:00: JAMMING (cypher jam) by CYPH3:
21:00: JAMMING Afterparty (Festival Closing)
11:00–20:30: Embodied Gardens *
* Embodied Gardens is an ongoing installation and gathering space accessible throughout the festival hours.
