My Fierce Ignorant Step
Christos Papadopoulos
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Dance
Premiere in the Community of Madrid
Sponsored by Onassis Stegi
Country:
Greece
Approx. running time:
55 mins
Concept and Choreography:
Christos Papadopoulos
Dancers and collaborators:
Themis Andreoulaki, Maria Bregianni, Amalia Kosma, Georgios
Kotsifakis, Sotiria Koutsopetrou, Tasos Nikas, Spyros Ntogas,
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Danae Pazirgiannidi, Adonis Vais
Dramaturgy Consultant:
Alexandros Mistriotis
Original Music:
Kornilios Selamsis
Associate Composer:
Jeph Vanger
Set Design:
Clio Boboti
Costume Design:
Maria Panourgia
Lighting Design:
Stefanos Drousiotis
Vocal Training:
Apostolis Psichramis
Assistant Choreographer:
Sevasti Zafeira
Assistant Set Designer:
Aggeliki Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi
Costume Assistant:
Panayiotis Renieris
Coordination and Executive Production
Zoe Mouschi – Rena Andreadaki
Touring Lighting Manager:
Alexandros Mavridis
Touring Set Managers:
Marilena Kalaitzantonaki and Aggeliki Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi
Sound Engineer:
Kostis Pavlopoulos
Tour Manager:
Konstantina Papadopoulou
A project by:
Christos Papadopoulos // The Lion and the Wolf
Special thanks to:
Euripides Laskaridis, Sotiris Melanos and Filanthi Bougatsou
Commissioned and produced by:
Onassis Stegi
With the support of:
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Co-producers:
Théâtre de la Ville – París
(Francia), Julidans (Países Bajos), Romaeuropa Festival
(Italia), Théâtre d'Orléans / Scène
Nationale (Francia), LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura (Suiza),
December Dance Concertgebouw Brugge (Bélgica), One
Dance Festival (Bulgaria), Festival de Marseille (Francia), I
Teatri di Reggio Emilia (Italia) y más por anunciar
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Supported by:
the Onassis Stegi Touring Programme
With financial support from the:
Ministry of Culture
Christos Papadopoulos with
My Fierce Ignorant Step has been nominated for the Fedora Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Prize 2025
Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos, one of the leading lights of contemporary European dance, shares that in his anger at a present marked by corruption, wars, environmental destruction and the rise of the far right, he turned his gaze back to his teenage years in his hometown of Nemea.
“I remember,” he says, “the lust for life, the speed, the unwavering drive, the feeling that anything was possible. That fearless confidence that the world lay before us, open and ours, ready to be lived as we wished and as we deserved.”
From this return to the past, he has created My Fierce Ignorant Step, a title that captures the contrast between that youthful confidence and naivety, and how he and so many of his fellow citizens have been shaped and changed over the years.
A decade after presenting his first choreography, a year after directing Nekyia, his singular interpretation of the Odisea, and fresh from winning the prestigious Rose International Dance Prize, created by London’s Sadler’s Wells, Christos Papadopoulos now brings his most personal work to the stage: “a performance about the euphoria of being alive.”
Ten dancers embody on stage the truth of youth, drive and courage, offering, as an act of resistance, a pathway of hope in the face of today’s world. And that path lies in the power of human connection, in the strength of collective action.
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