Choreographer, performer, educator and researcher · Improviser
IMDL / Shared encounters

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 · IMDL 03 · Splendor · 15 November 2025
Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park
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.
03 / At IMDL
IMDL / Improvised Music Dance Laboratory