Ridicule and Transformation — The Poetry Beneath Absurdity
Free for CITF Friends Club members
21-22.11
Friday, 17:00-22:00
Saturday, 12:00-17:00
Alemana dance House
Saturday, 12:00-17:00
Alemana dance House
by Euripides Laskaridis (GR)
14+
Through this inquiry, participants are invited to reflect on their own artistic identity, to recognize and sharpen their assets rather than escape from them. To support this search, Laskaridis proposes performative tools born from his extensive research on ridicule and transformation, drawing on his background in physical theatre and ancient Greek drama. Beginning with the comedic and the grotesque — with everything deemed “external” — he works from the outside in, always attentive to how each artist’s singular identity can emerge.
The workshop is suitable for professional performers (dancers, actors, singers, etc.) in the field of performing arts, as well as for students and graduates of professional dance and. theatre schools.
The workshop is suitable for professional performers (dancers, actors, singers, etc.) in the field of performing arts, as well as for students and graduates of professional dance and. theatre schools.
In his workshop, Euripides Laskaridis poses a central question: what kind of artist are you?
Euripides Laskaridis
Euripides Laskaridis is a director and performer whose artistic practice lies at the intersection of theatre, dance, and visual arts. His works have been showcased in leading theatres and festivals worldwide, including the Athens Epidaurus Festival, Palais de Tokyo via Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, Julidans in the Netherlands, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Festival
TransAmériques in Montreal, the Lyon Biennale de la Danse, London's Barbican Pit, and New York's Public Theater. In 2016, he received the inaugural Pina Bausch Fellowship, which led him to New Zealand — extending his artistic footprint to six continents. The following year, tanz magazine named him among 30 promising dance talents in Europe. His most recent piece, Lapis Lazuli, just completed an extensive world tour, firmly establishing him — acclaimed by the international press — as the "enfant terrible" of Greek performing arts.
“A queer denunciation and the forerunning angel of a new and imminent apocalypse.”
— L’Armadillo Furioso
Since 2013, Euripides has been leading his workshop Ridicule and Transformation – The Poetry beneath Absurdity, originally conceived as part of his artistic research. Over the past 13 years, he has delivered numerous workshops in more than 15 countries in Europe, Asia, and South America, working with over 750 performing arts professionals and students worldwide.
Euripides Laskaridis is a director and performer whose artistic practice lies at the intersection of theatre, dance, and visual arts. His works have been showcased in leading theatres and festivals worldwide, including the Athens Epidaurus Festival, Palais de Tokyo via Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, Julidans in the Netherlands, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Festival
TransAmériques in Montreal, the Lyon Biennale de la Danse, London's Barbican Pit, and New York's Public Theater. In 2016, he received the inaugural Pina Bausch Fellowship, which led him to New Zealand — extending his artistic footprint to six continents. The following year, tanz magazine named him among 30 promising dance talents in Europe. His most recent piece, Lapis Lazuli, just completed an extensive world tour, firmly establishing him — acclaimed by the international press — as the "enfant terrible" of Greek performing arts.
“A queer denunciation and the forerunning angel of a new and imminent apocalypse.”
— L’Armadillo Furioso
Since 2013, Euripides has been leading his workshop Ridicule and Transformation – The Poetry beneath Absurdity, originally conceived as part of his artistic research. Over the past 13 years, he has delivered numerous workshops in more than 15 countries in Europe, Asia, and South America, working with over 750 performing arts professionals and students worldwide.
⏳ Duration: 2 days x 5 hours