Choreographer, performer, educator and researcher · Improviser

Maria Pisiou

Maria Pisiou

Maria Pisiou

IMDL / Shared encounters

Maria Pisiou performing at IMDL 03

Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park

01 / Practice

Maria Pisiou is a performer, choreographer, researcher and videographer whose practice centres on instant composition. She uses scores, movement, writing and the camera to investigate how a dance takes shape through its relationships with sound, light, the ground and other bodies. Her research Relationscapes developed during her Master Theatre Practices studies at ArtEZ between 2018 and 2020. It explores ways of preparing performers to work with uncertainty while remaining responsive to their surroundings. Her teaching extends this inquiry through workshops and collaborative laboratories, including Relationscapes and COLab.

02 / In practice

Maria Pisiou performing at IMDL 03

Maria Pisiou · IMDL 03 · Splendor · 15 November 2025

Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park

Sound. Movement.
In real time.

Sound. Movement.
In real time.

Sound. Movement.
In real time.

01 / Performance film

Maria Pisiou — IMDL #3: Splendor · 1 min

Films: Jongkag Park

Practice & experience

Maria Pisiou works across movement, text and video as a choreographer, performer, educator and researcher. Her practice includes improvisation, instant composition and choreographic scores.

Holds an MA in Performance Practices from ArtEZ and degrees in dance and pedagogy from institutions in Thessaloniki.

Presented work at Tanzhaus Basel, Dance Days Chania, the Stedelijk Museum and BUDA art centre.

Performed in projects with Marina Abramović, Julyen Hamilton and Byström Källblad, among others.

Co-founded Sky studio, a collective space for art and performance in Amsterdam Oost, in 2025.