Lapis Lazuli by Euripides Laskaridis
Lighting Design
a work by Euripides Laskaridis. 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.
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.
the work was presented at:
Onassis Stegi (Athens, Greece)
Teatros del Canal (Madrid, Spain)
ONE Dance Festival (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Julidans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Grec Festival De Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris, France)
Torinodanza Festival – Fonderie Limone (Turin, Italy)
Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
GIFT Festival – Marjanishvili Theater (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Charleroi Danse – Les Écuries (Charleroi, Belgium)
Théâtre de Liège (Liège, Belgium)
Santiago a Mil International Festival (Santiago, Chile)
Espoo Teatteri (Espoo, Finland)
Teatro della Pergola (Florence, Italy)
60th Maribor Theatre Festival (Maribor, Slovenia)
Campania Teatro Festival (Naples, Italy)
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
Stephanos 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
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
Euklida Velaj
executive production, tour & production management
Polyplanity Productions - Yolanda Markopoulou, Vicky Strataki
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
Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall
with the financial support of
Greek Ministry of Culture
photos by Pinelopi Gerasimou, Elina Giounanli, Julian Mommert