FRIEND WITH THE MOUNTAIN

FRIEND WITH THE MOUNTAIN
Eva Georgitsopoulou

The performance Friend with the Mountain engages in dialogue with the historical identity of the zeibekiko— a solo, male, improvisational dance— and tests its boundaries: What kind of zeibekiko does a woman dance? By dissecting tradition and its cross-gender coordinates, the body on stage negotiates both individual and collective dimensions of grief, constructing its own space.

Choreographer and dancer Eva Georgitsopoulou meets on stage with Elina Rizou on solo bouzouki, together shaping a ritual of re-translation of the solo dance—one that traverses memory and invites an embodied collective experience.

The production was first presented as part of the Ministry of Culture’s program “All of Greece, One Culture 2025.”

Duration: 50 minutes