The new idiosyncratic show of Euripides Laskaridis, on the Main Stage of the Roof April 4 to 21
Lapis Lazuli, the new idiosyncratic show by Euripides Laskaridis, on the Main Stage of Stegi. The grotesque, the comic and the terrifying coexist in a work on the border of performance, dance and visual arts.
“The work is addressed to those who recognize how touching the funny side of life is, to those who are not looking for messages and lessons, to those who do not take themselves seriously.”
How far is a scream from a laugh?
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After the completion of three works, which continue to tour with warm reception and laudatory comments around the world, RELIC (2015), TITANES (2017) and ELENIT (2019), Evripidis Laskaridis presents in a world premiere at Stegi, from 4 to 21 April, his new international co-production, Lapis Lazuli, before embarking on a major international tour. Able to create magic with the most heterogeneous and humble materials, inventor of a hybrid kind of spectacle, on the borders of performance, dance and visual arts, the grandiose and the deliberately ridiculous, Euripides Laskaridis returns with the creation of yet another idiosyncratic show, where the elements of the grotesque, the comic and the terrifying coexist. Continuing his investigation into the concepts of transformation and the ridiculous, Laskaridis attempts to recreate a charming and mysterious world, welcoming to his strange, capricious, but also sensitive characters. The title of his new work (Lapis Lazuli) refers to the semi-precious stone with its characteristic blue color.
Lapis lazuli is a metamorphic rock that exhibits unpredictable behavior under great pressure. From the mask of Tutankhamen to the Renaissance paintings of Titian and the (post)modernist examples of Yves Klein’s monochromatic works, lapis lazuli has graced countless works of art with its vibrant and mysterious color
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In Lapis Lazuli, Euripides Laskaridis focuses on our existential relationship with fear and the terrifying and seeks to explore a series of dipoles, such as the material with the spiritual, the dreamlike with the nightmarish and the conscious with the unconscious, thus constructing on stage a dense web of contrasts. These contrasting relations are found – unexpectedly for the creator and performer – even in the very name of the rock, which etymologically is a combination of the Latin word lapis (stone) and the Arabic lāzurd (blue), which has its root in the Persian lājevard (heaven). Therefore, lapis lazuli is often referred to as the “Stone from Heaven”.
Laskaridis says about the project: “My starting point is different and it is imposed on me unexpectedly. Typically, it takes two years to complete each project, from the conception of an initial idea or character. In Lapis Lazuli, the main character “visited” me for the first time in a dream, in February 2022, in Liege. Since then, I have been searching for this character’s world. In most of my works I avoid the use of speech, mainly so that the meaning is not trapped. Thus, unintelligible speech often intervenes, along with other elements such as light, objects, music, the movement of bodies, objects and lights, and even sounds. Lapis Lazuli seems to complete something, it speaks to everything I’ve done. At the same time, I have the feeling that there is something new here, which, however, as soon as I am asked to talk about it, it automatically dazzles. So I pretend I don’t see it. We expect the ending to surprise us too.”
Coefficients
Work for five performers
Conception & Direction: Euripides Laskaridis
They interpret: Angelos Alafogiannis, Euripides Laskaridis, Dimitris Matsoukas, Maria Bregianni / Eftychia Stefanou*, Spyros Dogas (*double distribution)
Music & Sound Composition: George Poulios
Dramaturgy Consultant: Alexandros Mistriotis
Scenery: Sotiris Melanos
Lighting Design: Stefanos Drousiotis
Special Acoustic & Electronic Sound Constructions, Sound Objects: George Stenos
Artistic Associates – Costumes: Christos Delidimos & Alegia Papageorgiou
Special Constructions & Props: Constantine Chaldeos
Artistic Associate – Stages: Vangelis Xenodochidis
Traffic Advisor: Nikos Dragonas
Assistant Directors: Chariklia Petraki & Yiannis Savouidakis
Artistic Associate & Deputy Rehearsal Performer: Telis Tellakis
Onassis Air Fellowship Artistic Research Associates 2022
Costumes: Angel Mentis
Scenery: Loukas Bakas & Filanthi Bougatsou
Technical director: Konstantinos Margas
Sound Technicians: Martha Kapazoglou, Giorgos Hanos, Kostis Pavlopoulos
Lighting Technician & Special Lighting Constructions: George Ierapetritis
Special Construction & Props Assistant: Timothy Laskaratos
Production assistant: Nikos Charalambidis
Production Runners: Theologos Kampouris & Leda Manousou Alexiou
Assistant Director (practice): Katerina Tsolou
Set Design Assistant (internship) & Logo Design: Konstantinos Papantonis
Special Construction Assistants (practice): Aphrodite Psychoulis, Electra Anikini Pantalaki & Efthymis Gronthos
Costume Assistant (practice): Ernesta Hatjilemonidou
Drama Assistant (practice): Jimmy Machai
Artistic Associate – Final Rehearsals: Talya Rubin
Substitute for Lighting: Alexandra Drandakis
Coordination of OSMOSIS Operations: Euclid Velai
Direction and Execution of Production & Tour: POLYPLANITY Productions/ Yolanda Markopoulou & Vicky Strataki
With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Co-producers: Théâtre de la Ville (France), Théâtre de Liège (Belgium), Espoo Theater (Finland), Teatros del canal (Spain), Teatro della Pergola Firenze (Italy), Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia (Italy) and the Big Pulse Dance Alliance festivals: Julidans (Netherlands), Torinodanza Festival/Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale (Italy) & One Dance Festival (Bulgaria)
Co-financed by the “Creative Europe” program of the European Union
With the support of the Athens Music Hall
With the financial support of the Ministry of Culture
A project by Euripides Laskaridis and OSMOSIS
A production of the Onassis Foundation House
First presentation at the Onassis Foundation, April 2024
Information
Onassis Foundation Roof
Syngrou 107
Main stage
Wednesday – Sunday, 20:30
Duration: 80 minutes
tickets
Regular: €7, €15, €22, €28
Reduced, Friend, Group 5-9 people: €12, €18, €22
Group of 10+ people: 11, 15, 20 €
Neighborhood Resident: €7*
Unemployment, Disability: €5
Disabled companion: €10
*Neighborhood Residents tickets can be purchased exclusively from Stegi’s ticket offices, Wednesday to Friday from 12:00-18:00. Access from the “Artists’ Entrance” on Galaxia Street.
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