DEAREST WELCOMING LEMNOS // 2014
// Lemnian life on an ancient stage
DEAREST WELCOMING LEMNOS was OSMOSIS’s first people-specific work, created on the island of Lemnos. The company lived on the island for a whole month, researching the traditions, myths and rich history of the place, collecting memories and stories from its inhabitants, and rehearsing daily with a group of local amateur performers.
These fragments of Lemnian life – past and present – were crafted into a performance. One night in August, more than 50 Lemnians performed at the open-air Ancient Theatre of Hephaestia, with over 750 of their fellow-islanders in the audience.
In April 2015, OSMOSIS were invited to the IETM Meeting in Bergamo to talk about the company’s work in rural Greece, and specifically about its unique experiences on Lemnos.
// where & when
GREECE // LEMNOS // Maroula Cinema-Theatre // 11 July – 18 August 2014 // creation process
GREECE // LEMNOS // Ancient Theatre of Hephaestia // 19 August 2014 // performance
// project info
DEAREST WELCOMING LEMNOS // 2014
// community project & performance for 50 amateur performers
// five-week workshop & 75-minute performance
conceived & directed by // Euripides Laskaridis
performance coach // Tatiana Bre
dramaturgy consultant // Alexandros Mistriotis
music consultant // Yorgos Kasavetis
set & costume design // Thomas Sfounis
traditional Lemnian dance coach // Petros Papoulkas
assistant to the director // Manos Protopappas
on stage // Lefteris Ambelomos, Maria-Aliki Batzaki, Emmanouela Boukouvala, Kyriakos Daniil, Nitsa Dora, Frangoula Georgoussi, Marianna Grammatou, Panayiota Hapsi, Panayiotis Hatzoglou, Stavroula Kamni, Afroditi Kandili, Athanassia Kariakli, Yorgos Kariaklis, Yorgos Kasavetis, Achilleas Katsounis, Epaminondas Kazolis, Despina Kellari, Thodoris Kiouranakis, Yorgos Kiouranakis, Angela Konidari, Maria Koumianou, Despina Lazou, Yiannis Matsoukas, Georgia Mavraki, Dimitris Mavrakis, Fotis Michailidis, Fani Paitaki, Fotis Paitakis, Despina Papadopoulou, Elva Pelekanou, Stefanos Pourianos, Vangelis Salakoumas, Irini Siatra, Eleni Tsiyianni, Thodoris Tsouvalas, Vassilia Vartevanian, Sofia Vrakatselki & Maria Yiannou
musicians // Yorgos Kasavetis [bendir], Achilleas Kaltsounis [lyra], Dimitris Mavrakis [flute, guitar & bouzouki] & Stefanos Pourianos [yayli tanbur]
singers // Georgia Mavraki, Dimitris Mavrakis & the Lemnos Municipal Choir
based on texts by // Homer [“The Odyssey”], Aeschylus [“Agammemnon”], Sophocles [“Philoctetes”], Yannis Ritsos, Canadian Sister Constance E. Bruce, Reinhold Lubenau, Niyazi Misri, Nikolai Touroverov, Yorgos Ioannou, Yorgos Kariaklis, Christos Kolleros, Ralli Kopsidi, Alexandros Mistriotis, Despina K. Papadopoulou, Thomas Sfounis & Yorgos Rafael Yianneli
photography by // George Kontellis
graphic design by // Antonis Sporidis
communication by // Vicky Kolovou & Nikos Legakis
warm thanks to // the Municipality of Lemnos and its Mayor, Antonis Hatzidiamantis, for inviting and supporting us
produced by // the OSMOSIS performing arts company [GR] & the Lemnos Development Agency – ANEL [GR]
