Improvisation – Petros Nikolidis & Stefanos Giakoumakis

Levitate
Improvisation workshop with live music

Levitate is a workshop accessible to people of all physical abilities, inviting participants to explore the living relationship between sound and movement.
Through a movement vocabulary inspired by street dance and contemporary dance, and guided by Petros Nikolidis, participants are invited to enter into dialogue with music created live in the moment by Stefanos Giakoumakis.
Participation is adapted to each individual’s abilities and needs — ranging from full-bodied movement to micro-movements, gestures, breath, vibration, or visual cues. Physical diversity is approached as a source of creativity and transformed into a tool for connection and exchange.

Ages: 12+
Levels: All

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Petros Nikolidis

Petros Nikolidis is a dancer, choreographer, and performer based in Greece. He was born in 1997 in Thessaloniki and studied dance in Paris, where he primarily focused on street styles. He graduated from Juste Debout School in 2019 and returned to Athens due to the pandemic. Since then, among other projects, he has participated for four consecutive years in the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, collaborating with various choreographers and directors such as Dimitris Papaioannou, Antonis Foniadakis, Giannis Kakleas, Andi Xhuma, Anastasia Valsamaki, and Ilias Chatzigeorgiou. At the same time, he has created his own works, including the short dance film “AGKATHI”, which has competed in various festivals worldwide; the dance performance Levitate (2025, Dance Laboratory Rhodes, Embros Theatre, Roes Theatre); and the dance performance Kinèpha, which premiered at the 1st Urban Forest Jazz Festival (2025). He is also assistant choreographer and co-creator of the performance “CHRYSI EPOHI” by Konstantinos Rigos (2025). Throughout his career, he has received distinctions in Street Dance Battles in Greece and abroad. Petros strives to remain multidimensional and to expand his horizons across all aspects of art.

Stefanos Giakoumakis

Stefanos Giakoumakis is a musician, composer, and producer born in Athens in 1998. He studied at the Department of International, European and Regional Studies at Panteion University. In parallel, he completed his studies in modern jazz music and electric guitar, while also attending thematic courses in art history, music history, and composition. In recent years, he has been exploring the role of music as a narrative tool. He has composed original music for theatre performances, contemporary dance productions, and art installations, frequently performing his own works live. He has also served as Production Director of the contemporary dance festival Dance Laboratory Rhodes (2023, 2024, 2025), while participating as a producer in film shoots and live performances. His works have been presented, among others, at: Kalamata Dance Festival, Fringe Istanbul Festival, Patras Art Festival, Dance Laboratory Rhodes, Our Festival, Buzau International Arts Festival, Duets and others.