Telis Tellakis

Telis Tellakis is a 26 year old dance artist from Greece currently based in Budapest. He studied at the Greek National School of Dance (KSOT , from where he received the ‘Pratsika Institution’ dance scholarship. Telis started dancing at the age of 13 by taking hip hop classes at his hometown and later on he enrolled into classical and contemporary education, at the early years of his university studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts ASFA. During his studies at KSOT Telis had the opportunity to collaborate with internationally acclaimed choreographers and teachers such as Blenard Azizaj , Athanasia Kanellopoulou, Daphnis Kokkinos and Fotis Nikolaou. Right after his graduation, Telis also collaborated as an artistic collaborator and rehearsal stand in to Euripides Laskarides’ latest creation ‘Lapis Lazuli’ from where he expanded and explored further his artistic incline. From September of 2024 he has been a member of the SUB.LAB.PRO The Ensemble Program in Budapest, Hungary.

What happens with dance when it comes to expressing and describing yourself into and towards that is that you know very well what it is, until you actually start putting it into words. Probably there will never be the right words for something that is moving, shifting or even changing all the time. For Telis dance captivates the feeling of solidity within an endless fluidity. What is really reassured is that dance has been already the longest life partner, it is an ongoing relation in which he feels protected, since the opportunities of creativity, exploration and self reflection are widely open. Once Telis realized that dance besides a passion can become a functional mechanism or even a privilege of understanding life and humans, nothing felt the same as before. Dance is hidden in the smallest gestures and pops out in the biggest moments. Dance is always present. Our body is present. Our body is a present.