Ballet
Epilogue
Performance by the GNO Professional Dance School
Stavros Niarchos Hall
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 Etude, 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.
Creative team
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Yorghos Matskaris (Director of Studies, GNO Professional Dance School) Artistic curator -
Alkistis Lala, Zeta Theodorelou, Komi Kloukina Coordinators, rehearsal supervisors
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Vaso Papadopoulou Technical supervision
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Ira Karagouni GNO wardrobe department costumes coordination
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Giorgos Rekoutis Sound manager
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Lucas Viallefond, in collaboration with Eleni Kladou, Lydia Kagiou, Vasiliki Spyridonos and Elizaveta Basova for instruction Choreography (Etude)
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Giorgos Kontovas Original music composition, orchestration, performance (Etude)
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Iro Konti Assistant to choreographer, rehearsal supervisor (Skipping on Stardust)
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Edouard Hue Choreography (Dive)
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Jonathan Soucasse Musical composition (Dive)
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Arnaud Viala Lighting design (Dive)
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Hugo Roux Dramaturgical input (Dive)
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Jaewon Jung Rehearsal manager (Dive)
Cast
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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 Dancers - Etude (Preparatory division)
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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 Dancers - Etude & Skipping on Stardust (Professional division)
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Maria Giannouli, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Kyriakos Kontozis, Alexandra Spanou, Patra Christodoulou Dancers - Rock, Scissors, Paper
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Orest Guduni, Georgia Dimou, Kyriakos Kontozis, Lambros Bidakos, Eleni Nikodimou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Electra-Ioanna Souliou, Alexandra Spanou, Theodosia Stathopoulou, Olga Chalkia, Patra Christodoulou Dancers - Dive
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Chrystallena Panagiotou, Georgios Tsiggos Back-up dancers (Dive)
Με την Ορχήστρα, τη Χορωδία και την Παιδική Χορωδία της ΕΛΣ, στο πλαίσιο της εκπαιδευτικής της αποστολής
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