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Winner of the 2025 Sadler’s Wells Rose International Dance Prize
Named after the vast Antarctic ice sheet which broke away in 2017, Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos’ work explores the universal patterns of change and the monumental shifts occurring around the world.
What lies beneath the tip of an iceberg? A form constantly shifting and transforming, dissolving into itself. We could ask this of our own bodies too—how much control do we really have over what lies beneath? Landscapes, bodies, and sounds all evolve and change, just like the ensemble of dancers.
Christos Papadopoulos’ U.S. Premiere
“a quietly powerful exploration … both miniscule in scale and seismic in scope.”
—ArtsHub
“Fascinating from start to finish”
—Le Soir
RUNNING TIME
1 hr (no intermission)
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About the Artist
Christos Papadopoulos is a Greek choreographer whose meditative, finely structured works explore the poetics of repetition and rhythm. A graduate of SNDO Amsterdam and Greece’s National Theatre Drama School, he founded the group The Lion and the Wolf. His breakout works Elvedon and Opus were both selected by Aerowaves and toured extensively across Europe. Ion, commissioned by Onassis Stegi and Théâtre de la Ville, and Larsen C—an international co-production—have continued his reputation for crafting trance-like ensembles. In 2023, he premiered Mellowing for Dance On and Mycelium for Lyon Opera Ballet and Biennale de la Danse.
Concept & Choreography: Christos Papadopoulos
With the performers: Maria Bregianni, Chara Kotsali, Georgios Kotsifakis, Sotiria Koutsopetrou, Alexandros Nouskas-Varelas, Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Adonis Vais
Music & Sound Design: Giorgos Poulios
Set Design: Clio Boboti
Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Costume Design: Angelos Mentis
Dramaturgy Consultant: Alexandros Mistriotis
Choreography Consultant : Martha Pasakopoulou
Assistant Set Designer: Filanthi Bougatsou
Production Management: Rena Andreadaki, Zoe Mouschi
Tour Lighting Head: Alexandros Mavridis
Set Technicians on tour: Aggeliki Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi, Marilena Kalaitzantonaki
Tour Manager: Konstantina Papadopoulou
International Distribution: ART HAPPENS
Sponsors
A project by Christos Papadopoulos // Lion and the Wolf
Produced by ONASSIS STEGI - Athens (GR)
Supported by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès within the framework of the New Settings Program
Supported by ONASSIS STEGI “Outward Turn” program
Coproduced and under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
Coproduced by A-CDCN (Les Hivernales - CDCN d’Avignon, La Manufacture - CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux · La Rochelle, L’échangeur - CDCN Hauts-de-France, Le Dancing CDCN Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Chorège I CDCN Falaise Normandie, Le Pacifique - CDCN Grenoble - Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes, Touka Danses - CDCN Guyane, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts-de-France, POLE-SUD CDCN / Strasbourg, La Place de la Danse - CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, La Maison CDCN Uzès Gard Occitanie, La Briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne (FR); Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (FR); Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels (BE); Julidans, Amsterdam (NL); Romaeuropa Festival (IT); Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine (FR); Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri – Reggio Emilia (IT); Festival de Otoño de la Comunidad de Madrid (ES)
In collaboration with Département du Val-de-Marne, as part of the creation residency aid (FR), the Lavanderia a Vapore choreographic residencies projects (IT) and additional coproducers to be finalized
With the support of NEON Organization for Culture and Development (GR)
Photo Credit
Pinelopi Gerasimou for Onassis Stegi