Evangelos Biskas (GR) is a performance artist working as a choreographer, performer, dramaturg and teacher based in Tilburg (NL). Born in Thessaloniki (GR), he graduated from the choreography department of Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts (FHK) and is currently doing artistic research within the context of the master program ‘Performing Public Space’ (FAA).
Evangelos has developed a distinct movement language by experimenting with elements from a variety of movement cultures such as Hip Hop, contemporary dance, slapstick, acrodance, Qi Gong, and Butoh. He has a vast performing experience moving between renowned festivals, theater venues, art spaces and installations, public space interventions, and spontaneously improvised performances.
Inspired by his dance background, Evangelos places the human body on the spotlight of his works and in the heart of the creative process. Fascinated by the interplay between sensual, imaginary and altered realities, he brings the attention to the transformative presence of the performer through absurd imagery, versatile physicality, and transparent performativity. By tapping into the body’s intuitive intelligence and lineage of memories, he aims to make space for its deepest vulnerabilities in immersive and authentic experiences.
His curiosity to expand his physical and creative knowledge lead him to interdisciplinary projects and collaborations that empower hybridization between dance, physical theatre, contemporary circus, sound design and media art.
Evangelos’s work has been supported by a variety of organizations, venues and fundings, such as Makershuis Tilburg (2016-2017), Dansateliers Rotterdam (2016-2017), Dansmakers Amsterdam (2016-2017), Dans Brabant (2017-2020), Performing Arts Fund NL through PLAN Brabant (2017-2020), Dutch Dance Days (2021), Theater De Nieuwe Vorst (2021-2022) and Corpo Máquina Society (2020-2023) among others. In 2016 he received the ‘Moving Forward-Young Dance Makers Award’ by Dansmakers Amsterdam in collaboration with Dansgroep Amsterdam and the Moving Futures partners. Some of his most notable creations are Eternal Chilling (2016), In Search of a Title (2017), In Between (2020) and Immortal Game (2022), which have played in festivals such as Ardanthé (FR), Moving Futures (NL), Circ (BE), Boulevard (NL), Circolo (NL), Dutch Dance Days (NL), Age of Aquarius (BG), CapoTrave / Kilowatt (IT) and Inequilibrio (IT).
As a performer, Evangelos has made both national and international appearances in festivals such as Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (CZ), Julidans (NL), New Baltic Dance (LT), Hop (ES), STRP (NL), Gender Bender (IT) and Internationale Tanzmesse (DE). He is currently performing in ‘We are in this together’ by Vloeistof (2023) and ‘Crowdkill’ by Anthony Van Gog (2023). Some highlights from previous works are ‘Even Worse’ by Guilherme Miotto (2017), ‘Loophole’ by Charlotte Goesaert (2017) and ‘iTernal PlayGround’ by Katja Heitmann (2014).
As a dramaturg he has collaborated with Josse Vessies (2022-2023) and Bill and Fred Productions (2021-2023), and participated in the European research project ‘Micro and Macro Dramaturgies in Dance’ (2022-2024). Evangelos is a guest teacher and coach at Fontys Dance Academy (2018) and the Academy of Circus and Performance Art (2022-2024).
Here is a showreel to get an impression: https://vimeo.com/518200427
*Evangelos Biskas/ V – PLAN Talentontwikkeling Brabant (plan-brabant.nl)
Credit photo: Bart Stevens