TELOS
- Dance & Performance
- Recommended age: 16+
- Language: English
70 min.
Info
TELOS unites acclaimed choreographers, each crafting a solo for Ermira Goro, a member of DV8 Physical Theatre and nominee for Outstanding Performer at the New York City Bessie Awards.
Drawing inspiration from the ancient Greek concept of telos, meaning “the end”, each choreographer contributes a unique artistic language, unfolding a series of interconnected solos that together form a modular and evolving performance.
Through this collective creation, TELOS becomes a multidimensional choreographic journey – an exploration of purpose, transition, merging into a shared artistic whole.
Biography
Ermira Goro is an innovative movement and performance artist recognized for her interdisciplinary approach and distinctive creative voice. From 2007 to 2018, she was a long-term collaborator of the world-renowned DV8 Physical Theatre, a period that deeply shaped her artistic trajectory and positioned her within an influential lineage of physically driven performance work.
In 2022, she was nominated for Outstanding Performer at The Bessies – New York Dance and Performance Awards, acknowledging the depth, imagination, and precision of her performance practice.
Her works have been widely supported and presented at festivals and venues across Greece and internationally, consistently receiving critical acclaim for their inventive structure, refined physical language, and the unique perspective she brings to contemporary performance.
www.ermiragoro.com
Disclaimer
The performance contains nudity.
Concept and Performance: Ermira Goro
Choreographers: Maria Hassabi, Hannes Langolf, Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Ermira Goro
Music: Aliki Leftherioti
Music composition for Maria Hassabi’s choreography: Jeph Vanger
Lighting: Vangelis Mountrichas
Costumes, Set design: Venia Polychronaki
Assistant to the Choreographer/Rehearsal director: Martha Pasakopoulou
Assistant to the Composer: Socrates Antypas
Lighting assistant: Semina PapalexandropoulouSet design collaborator: Paresia Pasipoularidou.
Dress customisation: Corset Incident
Special thanks: “Ta rouxa tou vasilia”
Management & Executive Production: Delta Pi
Photo: Elias Joidos
Producer: Athens & Epidaurus Festival
Kindly supported by: Jeff Garner
With the support of: NEON Organization for Culture and Development
A performance presented under the patronage of the Greek Embassy in Romania.
Special thanks to the Greek Embassy in Bucharest and the Hellenic-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce (HRCC) for their financial support of the performance presented as part of the IRIDESCENT Festival.
The presentation of the performance TELOS at the Iridescent Festival is kindly supported by the Epidaurus Festival in Athens.
Performance presented within the Moving Balkans Program, co-funded by Creative Europe.
*The views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the funding authority can be held responsible for them.
Iridescent 2026 partners
Institutional Partners
Ministry of Culture · Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN) · Aerowaves · Moving Balkans · European Union · Onassis Stegi · Greek Embassy in Bucharest · Greek Union of Romania · Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest · MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania · “I.L. Caragiale” National Theater · “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History
Cultural Partners
LINOTIP – Independent Choreography Center · /SAC @ Berthelot · Tangaj Collective Association · Cărturești · ANF | National Film Archive · Therapy for Movement · Petec Association · O2G Association · Teatre
Main Media Partner
Radio Guerrilla
Media Partners
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
