Brief Biography:
Euripides Laskaridis is a director and performer, whose artistic practice is placed at the intersection between theatre, dance and visual arts. His works have been presented in important theaters and festivals around the world, such as, among others, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Théâtre de la Ville in France, Julidans in the Netherlands, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Festival TransAmériques in Canada , the Lyon Dance Biennale, London’s Barbican Pit and New York’s Public Theater. In 2016, Euripides Laskaridis was awarded the inaugural Pina Bausch Fellowship, while in 2017, tanz magazine included him in the annual list of the 30 ferelpid dance talents of Europe. He is currently touring the world with his new work, LAPIS LAZULI, which premiered in Athens in April 2024.
In 2013 he conceived his seminar “Transformation and Ridiculousness – The Poetry beneath Absurdity”. Since then, he has been invited every year to present it to professionals and students of performing arts in different countries besides Greece, such as France, Austria, Italy, Holland, Ireland, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, etc.
Workshop Description:
In his workshop, Euripides Laskaridis proposes interpretative tools that derive from his many years of research into the concepts of transformation and ridiculousness, as well as from his extensive background in physical theater and ancient Greek drama. With the comic and the grotesque as his starting point, but also everything that is considered “external”, Laskaridis undertakes a process of investigation from the outside to the inside, always taking into account the unique artistic status of each participant.
The workshop is aimed at professional performers (dancers, actors, singers, performers) in the field of performing arts, but also at students and graduates of professional dance and theater schools.
Dates: Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 November. 17:00-22:00
Total: 10 hours
Submit applications and resumes by: November 22
