The Greek National Opera’s Professional Dance School presents the performance Epilogue

Performance by the GNO Professional Dance School
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June 2025 | Starts at: 20.30

Stavros Niarchos Hall of the GNO – SNFCC
Artistic curator: Yorghos Matskaris

Choreographies: Lucas Viallefond, Ermira Goro, Edouard Hue, Kyriakos Kontozis
Free admission upon priority vouchers

The Greek National Opera’s Professional Dance School presents the performance Epilogue, under the guidance of Director of Studies, Yorghos Matskaris, on Saturday, 21 June, and Sunday, 22 June 2025, at 20.30, in the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera at the SNFCC. The students conclude this year’s academic cycle by being challenged on four choreographies created by Lucas Viallefond, Ermira Goro, Edouard Hue, and Kyriakos Kontozis, a student of the School.

The modular performance Epilogue will open with the classical choreography Étude, a new piece by the French choreographer Lucas Viallefond, who also collaborates with the Paris Opera and the Paris Conservatoire Ballet Schools, set to an original musical composition orchestrated and performed by Giorgos Kontovas. It features a demanding choreography, focused on the training of classical ballet dancers.

The globally acclaimed Greek dancer and choreographer Ermira Goro will present her new creation, Skipping on Stardust, commissioned by the GNO Professional Dance School. In it, movement turns into a vibrant dialogue between the body, space, and emotions. Dancers mould images that sometimes flow gently and at other times explode, creating a dialogue between light and shadow, tension and peace. This piece does not follow a linear narrative; instead, it unfolds like a physical poem, open to interpretation.

The internationally celebrated French choreographer and founder of the Beaver Dam Company, Edouard Hue, recomposes, especially for the GNO Dance School, an excerpt from the second act of his work Dive. Here, instinct strips movement, leading it to its purest form – shaped by directness, impulse, and necessity. The performers expose the creative process, revealing a dance that is both deeply personal and exciting.

In the performance, alongside the distinguished choreographers’ pieces, one of the School’s students, Kyriakos Kontozis, will make his choreography debut with a new creation titled Rock, Scissors, Paper. This commission from Kyriakos Kontozis is part of the School’s educational policy aimed at creating a new generation of choreographers in Greece.

Following the two presentations at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera, the GNO Professional Dance School will, for the first time in its history, participate in the Kalamata International Dance Festival, with the performance Epilogue, on 22 July 2025.

EPILOGUE
Performance by the GNO Professional Dance School
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June 2025
Starts at: 20.30
Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera – SNFCC

ÉTUDE
Choreography: Lucas Viallefond, in collaboration with Eleni Kladou, Lydia Kagiou, Vasiliki Spyridonos and Elizaveta Basova for instruction.
Original musical composition, orchestration, performance: Giorgos Kontovas
Lighting design: Dimitris Koutas
Preparatory division
Dancers: Antigone-Olga Vlachaki, Tatiana Gotski, Androniki-Nikoletta Deli, Kynthia-Anastasia Zarkada, Nikoletta Kalogitona, Vasiliki Katsouli, Anna-Rafaela Kontomitrou, Fivos Kourlambas, Eirini Loukaki, Spyridon Lolis, Loukia Miliaki, Evangelia Moustri-Kontara, Aliki Bella, Maria-Eleftheria Bimba, Anna Nathanael, Lydia Nikolopoulou, Aekaterini Dousikou, Athanasios Pappas, Polymnia Pomoni, Kyriaki-Lydia Sambatakou, Klio Skiada, Melina Spiliopoulou, Dimitrios Stavropoulos, Maria-Smaragda Tsagaraki, Niki Tsakona, Georgios Chasoulas, Eleni Chasoula, Valeria Chorosich-Vavanellou, Spyros Psillias
Professional division
Dancers: Lambrini-Michaela Arfara, Maria-Elpida Vasilopoulou, Maria Giannouli, Orest Guduni, Georgia Dimou, Angeliki Kalogeropoulou, Lydia Kapouni, Michaila Karataraki, Sofia Karipoglou, Kyriakos Kontozis, Maria Konstantellou, Paraskevi-Maria Mavriki, Eleni Mermigka, Danai-Aekaterini Mitsiani, Lambros Bidakos, Eleni Nikodimou, Sofia Nikolaou, Chrystallena Panagiotou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Argyro Solomonidi, Electra-Ioanna Souliou, Alexandra Spanou, Theodosia Stathopoulou, Georgia Strati, Georgios Tsiggos, Olga Chalkia, Patra Christodoulou

ROCK, SCISSORS, PAPER
Choreography: Kyriakos Kontozis
Music: Acid Arab, Stil
Lighting design: Dimitris Koutas
Dancers: Maria Giannouli, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Kyriakos Kontozis, Alexandra Spanou, Patra Christodoulou

SKIPPING ON STARDUST
Choreography: Ermira Goro
Assistant to the choreographer, rehearsal supervisor: Iro Konti
Music: Franz Schubert, String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden) – 2. Andante con moto by Alban Berg Quartett & Beats Pliz, Happy Days in C Minor feat. Lex
Lighting design: Dimitris Koutas
Dancers: Lambrini-Michaela Arfara, Maria-Elpida Vasilopoulou, Maria Giannouli, Orest Guduni, Georgia Dimou, Angeliki Kalogeropoulou, Lydia Kapouni, Michaila Karataraki, Sofia Karipoglou, Kyriakos Kontozis, Maria Konstantellou, Paraskevi-Maria Mavriki, Eleni Mermigka, Danai-Aekaterini Mitsiani, Lambros Bidakos, Eleni Nikodimou, Sofia Nikolaou, Chrystallena Panagiotou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Argyro Solomonidi, Electra-Ioanna Souliou, Alexandra Spanou, Theodosia Stathopoulou, Georgia Strati, Georgios Tsiggos, Olga Chalkia, Patra Christodoulou

DIVE
Choreography: Edouard Hue
Musical composition: Jonathan Soucasse
Lighting design: Arnaud Viala
Dramaturgical input: Hugo Roux
Rehearsal manager: Jaewon Jung
Dancers: Orest Guduni, Georgia Dimou, Kyriakos Kontozis, Lambros Bidakos, Eleni Nikodimou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Electra-Ioanna Souliou, Alexandra Spanou, Theodosia Stathopoulou, Olga Chalkia, Patra Christodoulou
Back-up dancers: Chrystallena Panagiotou, Georgios Tsiggos

Artistic curator: Yorghos Matskaris, Director of Studies of the GNO Professional Dance School Coordinators, rehearsal supervisors: Alkistis Lala, Zeta Theodorelou, Komi Kloukina
Technical supervision: Vaso Papadopoulou
GNO wardrobe department costumes coordination: Ira Karagouni
Sound manager: Giorgos Rekoutis

Admission will be free upon priority vouchers.
The release of priority vouchers will begin on Saturday, 14 June 2025, at 12.00, exclusively online via ticketservices.gr
Information: GNO Box Office, tel. +30 2130885700 (9.00-21.00 daily)

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Aegean Airlines

Lead Donor of the GNO
Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)