Levitate – Petros Nikolidis & Stefanos Giakoumakis
Greece
Levitate is a hybrid dance performance that combines live sound with physical expression, through the collaboration between choreographer–dancer Petros Nikolides and musician-composer Stefanos Giakoumakis. Based on a movement vocabulary that draws from street dance, contemporary dance, and live music production, the performance explores desire, inner conflict, obsession, and the moment of transcendence.
What is it that lifts us off the ground—and what pulls us back down again?
Through raw energy and sensitivity, the work invites the audience into an experience between collision and elevation—a ritual suspended between light and shadow.
Credits
Choreography, Concept & Performance: Petros Nikolides
Music Composition and Live Performance: Stefanos Giakoumakis
Dramaturgy: Andi Xhuma
Lighting Design: Maria Athanasopoulou
Duration: 17 min.
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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.