The new work by Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos—a solo performed by Georgios Kotsifakis—aims to explore uncharted territory by consciously seeking to lose the sense of security provided by established art forms; these territories, though unfamiliar, are rooted in his own personal questions and explorations.
Landless
Christos Papadopoulos / Georgios Kotsifakis
50'
!
A smoke machine will be used.
World premiere
14.06.2024
LAC, Lugano
Tournée
03–07.02.2027
Dance Days / Stegi Onassis – Atene, Grecia
18–20.09.2026
REF Roma Europa Festival – Teatro Vascello, Italia
04–05.09.2026
PACT / Ruthtriennale, Germania
Landless
Christos Papadopoulos / Georgios Kotsifakis
50'
!
A smoke machine will be used.
World premiere
14.06.2024
LAC, Lugano
Tournée
03–07.02.2027
Dance Days / Stegi Onassis – Atene, Grecia
18–20.09.2026
REF Roma Europa Festival – Teatro Vascello, Italia
04–05.09.2026
PACT / Ruthtriennale, Germania
Over the years, Papadopoulos’s work has approached movement as if it were a hidden secret, focusing on its fundamental and everyday characteristics. Through in-depth research, he immerses his own “gaze” and that of the audience in movement, with the aim of uncovering the point at which movement itself finds its charm and freedom.
In his new work, the choreographer returns to the study of the body as uncharted territory, drawing inspiration from modern and postmodern architecture to construct a new perspective on its basic functions. Is it possible to perceive the body as space and treat it as such? Is it possible to reinvent its coordination in the way that architecture frames space, creating a new, idiosyncratic logic around it? How can we construct an artificial yet organic way of moving through space?
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Landless
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She studied dance and choreography at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, theater at the Greek National Theater School, and political science at Panteion University in Athens. His early works, *Elvedon* and *Opus*—selected for Aerowaves in 2016 and 2018, respectively—have been well-received both in Greece and at numerous international festivals. *Ion* (2018), commissioned by the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens and co-produced by the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and Le lieu Unique in Nantes, is still on tour. Larsen C (2021), an international co-production, has been performed in over twenty-five venues and festivals across Europe. In 2023, he created *Mellowing* for the prestigious dance company Dance On and *Mycelium* for the Opéra National de Lyon and the Lyon Dance Biennale; both works are currently on world tours. In May 2025, his new work will premiere at the Onassis Stegi cultural center in Athens.
Born in 1988, he graduated with honors from the “Rallou Manou” Professional Dance School in Athens and from the Amsterdam School of the Arts. In 2008, he was admitted to the prestigious P.A.R.T.S. contemporary dance school in Brussels, and in 2010, he received a scholarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation. In 2021, he received the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship from ARTWORKS. As a dancer, he has collaborated with numerous companies and artists in Greece and abroad, including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jan Fabre, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Gothenburg Dance Company, Dimitris Papaioannou, Andonis Foniadakis, Christos Papadopoulos, Dance On Ensemble, Alexandra Waierstall, Lenio Kaklea, the Greek National Theater, and the Greek National Opera. As an assistant choreographer, he has worked for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, Dance On Ensemble in Berlin, and on the inaugural edition of the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. He leads workshops and teaches at numerous institutions, including the Professional Dance School of the Greek National Opera, Brancaccio Danza in Rome, and the “Rallou Manou” Higher Professional School of Dance in Athens.
Concept and Choreography
Christos Papadopoulos, Georgios Kotsifakis
dancer
Georgios Kotsifakis
music
Jeph Vanger
lights
Eliza Alexandropoulou
production
LAC Lugano Art and Culture
in co-production with
Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile Torino – Teatro Nazionale