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The Greek National Opera’s Professional Dance School presents on GNO TV its annual performance Epilogue, under the guidance of Director of Studies, Yorghos Matskaris, for the year 2025.

The modular performance Epilogue opens with the classical choreography Étude, a new piece by the French choreographer Lucas Viallefond, who collaborates, among others, with the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Paris Conservatoire, 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 internationally acclaimed Greek dancer and choreographer Ermira Goro presents 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 emotion. 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.

Alongside the distinguished choreographers’ works, the School’s student Kyriakos Kontozis makes his choreography debut in the performance Epilogue with a new creation titled Rock, Scissors, Paper. This commission awarded to Kyriakos Kontozis forms part of the School’s educational policy aimed at creating a new generation of choreographers in Greece.

The funding body of the project is the Ministry of Culture, within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan "Greece 2.0" with funding from the European Union - NextGeneration EU.



The recording of the production took place at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera on 21 & 22 June 2025.

Creative team – Cast

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

Choreographies: Lucas Viallefond, Ermira Goro, Edouard Hue, Kyriakos Kontozis

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

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