In its 23rd edition, the Summer Dance Festival by Nea Kinisi returns on June 5–7, 2026, proposing a significant move: for the first time, the festival takes root entirely in the Limassol Municipal Garden, where the Municipal Dance Centre is also located, transforming it into a vibrant site of encounter, movement, and collective experience.

The Municipal Garden, a historic green landmark in the city center, functions as a space for walking, leisure, play, and everyday coexistence, already composing an informal choreography of the city. This year’s festival invites us to see the garden as a “common ground,” a dynamic public ecosystem where choreography is not confined to the stage but diffuses into the landscape, into relationships, gestures, and shared experiences. The festival’s direction this year focuses on strengthening the local community and creating conditions for coexistence, exchange, solidarity, and active participation.

Eight new artistic works, spanning diverse approaches and forms, activate the space of the garden, creating situations of encounter and inviting the audience to wander, observe, and take part. At the same time, the festival introduces an open hub within the Municipal Garden, a space for rest and gathering with drinks and snacks, while marking its opening and closing with beach parties.

The festival features works by Andrea Louca, Collins, Rhyzome Choreographic School (with Ria Alexandrou and Elena Savvidou), Neus Montané, Areti Chourdaki and Ioli Kaskani, Maria Papageorgiou, Seta Astreou-Karides and Nicola Mitropoulou (!!) with Interference net., as well as by Konstantinos Christou.

A detailed programme will be announced at a later stage.

Admission is free. 

Organized by Nea Kinisi, with funding from the Deputy Ministry of Culture and support from the Municipality of Limassol.

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