Relic

Ten years after its world premiere in Barcelona in 2015 and five years since its first appearance at the Onassis Stegi as part of the 7th Young Choreographers Festival, “RELIC” has traveled to more than 40 international festivals, 18 countries, and 36 cities. Now, as it prepares to tour Europe and Asia, it returns to the Onassis Stegi for one final series of performances, inviting audiences to a moving farewell experience.

Euripides Laskaridis and the OSMOSIS group push the limits of both the performer and the audience. The Latin etymology of the word ‘relic’ (reliquiae) suggests something that remains; the raw material of this world may seem random and insignificant, yet through absurdity and exaggeration, it transforms into a work that surprises. “RELIC” is a journey of metamorphoses, a path to poetry that unfolds within an otherworldly cabaret, ultimately revealing something disarmingly human.

“RELIC” is what remains from the past. A thing left behind, be it memory, object, language, or being. Euripides Laskaridis immerses himself and ensnares his audience in ideas of transformation and ridicule that shift restlessly between the peculiarly poignant and the utterly bizarre. This outrageously attractive solo performance, crafted in the heart of the Greek crisis, takes playful risks far out from the norm to test the limits of our acceptance when it comes to things incongruous and unfamiliar. Sly facets of cabaret, vaudeville, and slapstick make magic out of the mundane, maneuvering audiences without warning into moments unexpectedly transcendent.

“RELIC” was presented as part of the parallel activities of the 7th Young Choreographers Festival at –1 of Onassis Stegi on January 28, 2020, exclusively for Onassis Friends, dance professionals, and experts.