LAPIS LAZULI // 2024
// a metamorphic rock showing unpredictable behaviour under pressure
Having successfully completed three stage works – RELIC (2015), TITANS (2017), and ELENIT (2019) – that toured continuously around the world until 2023, Euripides Laskaridis is now ready to embark on a new touring project titled LAPIS LAZULI. Inspired by the mesmerizing blue semi-precious stone renowned for its unpredictable behaviour under pressure, Laskaridis seeks to create a captivating and enigmatic new world filled with intriguing dualities. The name of the stone itself, lapis lazuli (often interpreted as the "Stone from Heaven"), hints at an origin that is both earthly and celestial. It was this very duality inherent in the stone's name that ignited the artist's unfolding quest to bring on stage a tapestry of fascinating contrasts.
LAPIS LAZULI is an international co-production between Greece, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland and Bulgaria, which premiered on April 4th 2024 at the main stage of Onassis Stegi, setting off on an extensive worldwide tour.
// where & when
// 2024
GREECE // ATHENS // Onassis Stegi // 4-27 April 2024 // world première
SPAIN // MADRID // Teatros del Canal // 10 & 11 May 2024
BULGARIA // PLOVDIV // ONE Dance Festival – Boris Hristov House of Culture // 25 & 26 May 2024
NETHERLANDS // AMSTERDAM // Julidans // 4 & 5 July 2024
SPAIN // BARCELONA // Grec Festival De Barcelona – Mercat de les Flors // 13 & 14 July 2024
ITALY // TURIN // Torinodanza Festival – Fonderie Limone // 22 & 23 October 2024
Upcoming tour stops, which include visits to our co-producers among other destinations, to be announced soon.
// reviews
// project info
LAPIS LAZULI // 2024
// a mid-scale piece for five performers and a dazzling seahorse
conceived & directed by // Euripides Laskaridis
with // Angelos Alafogiannis, Maria Bregianni//Eftychia Stefanou, Euripides Laskaridis, Dimitris Matsoukas & Spyros Ntogas
original music & sound design // Giorgos Poulios
dramaturgy consultant // Alexandros Mistriotis
set design // Sotiris Melanos
lighting design // Stefanos Droussiotis
special acoustic & electronic sound inventions, sounding objects // Yorgos Stenos
artistic collaborators – costumes // Christos Delidimos & Alegia Papageorgiou
props & special constructions // Konstantinos Chaldaios
artistic collaborator – set // Vagelis Xenodochidis
movement consultant // Nikos Dragonas
assistants to the director // Charikleia Petraki & Yannis Savouidakis
tour artistic collaborator // Marianna Kavallieratos
artistic collaborator & rehearsal stand-in // Telis Tellakis
artistic collaborator Onassis AiR Fellowship 2022 research – costume // Aggelos Mentis
artistic collaborators Onassis AiR Fellowship 2022 research – set // Loukas Bakas & Filanthi Bougatsou
technical director // Konstantinos Margkas
sound engineers // Martha Kapazoglou, Giorgos Chanos & Kostis Pavlopoulos
lighting technician & special lighting constructions // Giorgos Ierapetritis
props & special constructions assistant // Timothy Laskaratos
production assistant // Nikos Charalampidis
production runners // Theologos Kampouris & Lida Manousou Alexiou
assistant director intern // Katerina Tsolou
set design intern & logo design // Konstantinos Papantonis
props interns // Aphrodite Psychouli, Ilektra Anichini Pantalaki & Efthymis Gronthos
costumes intern // Ernesta Chatzilemonidou
dramaturgy intern // Jimmy Machai
directorial feedback – tech weeks // Talya Rubin
lights stand-in // Alexandra Drandaki
OSMOSIS operations coordinator & communications editor // Euklida Velaj
executive production, tour & production management // Polyplanity Productions / Yolanda Markopoulou & Vicky Strataki
photography // Pinelopi Gerasimou, Elina Giounanli & Julian Mommert
cinematography & colour correction by // Nikos Nikolopoulos
video trailer edited by // Euripides Laskaridis
a project by // Euripides Laskaridis & the OSMOSIS performing arts company [GR]
produced by // Onassis Stegi [GR]
supported by // the Fondation d’Entreprise Hermès [FR]
co-produced by // Théâtre de la Ville [FR], Théâtre de Liège [BE], Espoo Theatre Finland [FI], Teatros del Canal [ES], Teatro della Pergola Firenze [IT], Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia [IT] & the Big Pulse Dance Alliance festivals: Julidans [NL], Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale [IT] & One Dance Festival [BG]
co-funded by // the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
with the support of // NEON Organization for Culture and Development [GR]
with the support of // Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall [GR]
with the financial support of // the Greek Ministry of Culture
supported in touring by // the “Outward Turn” Program of Onassis STEGI [GR]
// initial research & development were made possible with the support of the Onassis AiR Fellowship [GR]
special thanks to // Dimitris Papaioannou for his steadfast support and invaluable artistic guidance, providing unwavering assistance and friendship yet one more time, and to Tina Papanikolaou for her dedicated heartfelt care, ensuring sustenance throughout the creation process.
thanks also to // Irad Avni, Rafailia Bampasidou, Nontas Damopoulos, Antonia Economou, Doxa Glava, Santi Guillamon, Vicky Kaminari, Thanos Karanikas, Kali Kavvatha, Manos Kotsaris, Sylvia Liouliou, Vicky Maragkopoulou, Spyros Maragoudakis, Kostas Michopoulos, Drosos Skotis, Stelios Theodorou, Manolis Vitsaxakis & Papapostolou Orthopedics and Medical Supplies for kindly providing the anatomical skeleton model.