94th Anniversary Rivoli

Christos Papadopoulos

My Fierce Ignorant Step

January

2026

national premiere

A performance about the euphoria of being alive. Ten dancers create an ecstatic soundscape and the choreography emerging from it. Memories and listens, voices and bodies, all resonate like musical instruments, gradually building toward a shared exhilaration. The minimalist Greek choreographer’s new work explores how movement becomes a song, one in which the dancers’ bodies pulsate—and through them, potentially, the bodies of the audience. An optimistic, and extroverted new work about the first times we met, laughed, lived. About our passionate beginnings. — Christos Papadopoulos

proximity

collective

resistance

memories

Sat

24.01

21:30

Sun

25.01

17:00

RivoliGrand Auditorium

Price
Free (upon collection of a ticket, on the days of the sessions, from 10:00am, at the Rivoli ticket office and at BOL)
Duration
1h
Age rating
12+

Accessible to wheelchair users

No text

Strobe or intense lights

Christos Papadopoulos studied dance and choreography at SNDO Amsterdam, theatre at the National Theatre Drama School, and political science in Athens. Founder of the company Leon and the Wolf, his works Opus, Elvedon, Ion, Larsen C, Mellowing (Dance on Ensemble), Mycelium (with Ballet de L’Opéra de Lyon), Ties Unseen (with NDT1), My Fierce Ignorant Step, have toured internationally. In 2025, he received the Rose International Dance Award from Sadler’s Wells. Christos has also collaborated with Dimitris Papaioannou, Giorgos Lanthimos and others.

Concept, cast, credits concept and choreography
Christos Papadopoulos

Performed by and co-created with
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

Costumes design
Maria Panourgia

Lighting design
Stefanos Drousiotis

Vocal Training
Apostolis Psichramis

Choreography assistant
Sevasti Zafeira

Set designer assistant
Aggeliki Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi
Costumes designer assistant
Panayiotis Renieris

Coordination and line production
Zoe Mouschi, Rena Andreadaki

Tour lighting manager
Alexandros Mavridis

Tour set manager
Marilena Kalaitzantonaki & Aggeliki Vasilopoulou- Kampitsi

Sound
Kostis Pavlopoulos

Tour manager
Konstantina Papadopoulou

Acknowledgments
Euripides Laskaridis, Sotiris Melanos, Filanthi Bougatsou

Commissioned and produced by
Onassis Stegi

With the support of
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Co-produced by
Theatre De La Ville - Paris, Julidans, Romaeuropa Festival, Theatre D' Orleans / Scène Nationale, Lac Lugano Arte E Cultura, December Dance Concertgebouw Brugge, One Dance Festival, Festival De Marseille I Teatri Di Reggio Emilia

Supported by Onassis Stegi Touring Program