RELIC

2025 is a special year for me personally and for OSMOSIS, as “RELIC” marks exactly ten years of touring since its premiere in Barcelona in the spring of 2015. It has traveled to more than 40 international festivals, been performed in 18 countries and 36 cities, and left its mark in iconic venues such as the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Zürcher Theater Spektakel in Zurich, and the Lyon Dance Biennale. It has also been hosted at leading events such as the Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival in Barcelona, the Prague Quadrennial, the Dublin Dance Festival, the Israel Festival in Jerusalem, and The Public Theater in New York City, as part of the Onassis Festival “Democracy Is Coming.”

With “RELIC,” we embarked on an international journey that continues to this day. It became the ‘signature piece’ of OSMOSIS, attracting the interest of audiences and critics while earning significant distinctions. In 2017, it was honored at the Theatre & Technology Awards in the UK, winning the Creative Innovation in Lighting award, while we were also finalists for the Creative Innovation in Sound category.

On the occasion of this decade of creation, we are planning “RELIC”’s final tour, with major stops across Europe and Asia. This year’s tour begins in Athens at the Onassis Stegi, followed by performances in London, China, at the Aranya Theater Festival, and the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei.

A performance piece with 10 years of life

The 2025 anniversary tour of “RELIC” marks its final global appearance. Beginning at the Onassis Stegi in Athens, Euripides Laskaridis and the OSMOSIS group send a powerful yet celebratory message about their evolution and successful trajectory in the international performing arts scene. From “RELIC” to works like “TITANS,” “ELENIT,” “KAMARES,” “TOURNÉ,” and “LAPIS LAZULI,” each piece highlights the artistic values of Laskaridis and OSMOSIS while also representing Greek artistry at major international institutions and festivals.

Reviews

- “He is the most ridiculous of impossible bodies, and so, on some level, the most tragic of Frankensteinian monstrosities. Your own brain keeps thinking what the fuck? and then: what the hell, just go with it. It’s worth it.”
– Sanjoy Roy (“The Guardian”), “Writing on Dance” – sanjoyroy.net

- “Anarchic, physical theatre that will live long in the memory. Euripides Laskaridis is a Greek exponent of the theatre of the absurd, without inhibition and possessing enormous charisma.”
– Graham Watts, “DanceTabs”

- “Laskaridis masters simple but effective movements and a colorful range of vocal sounds. His sharp imagination messes with our expectations of any familiar gesture or attitude he undertakes, transforming them into dreamlike connections. Again and again, each amusing twist makes one feel more and more at home in “RELIC’s” bizarre atmosphere.”
– Clàudia Brufau, “Aerowaves Review”