A woman, on a decisively important day for her, indulges maniacally in jogging in place—in this practice of health as much as self-torture. Someone is monitoring her like a metronome of her steps: the composer Jan Van Angelopoulos, live, along with his keyboarαds and electroacoustic soundscapes, among the audience. It’s her birthday. A particularly charged and special day. And she runs, runs, runs, fervently preparing her night out. Inspired by catwalks (European, New York, Dramatic Catwalks, etc.), “RUNWAY” explores the array of behaviors and transformations of a woman, based on the era’s dominant beauty standards. Catwalks morph into a form of silly walks, as the performer walks, runs, stumbles, puts on make-up, fixes her hair, stumbles on her heels, and recovers her balance in a race against the corrosion of time and the terror it induces. The treadmill is used as a beauty and wellness tool, as well as an existential prison, a torture instrument, and a conveyor belt for standardized products with expiration dates. It is elevated, eventually, to the symbol of a grotesque and absurd catwalk. A dancer and choreographer, Christiana Kosiari made the best impression following the presentation of her dance performance “Bouboulines” in the summer of 2023 in Elefsina, with her mother and other elderly non-professional dancers in the leading roles holding a heroic ritual against the wear of time in a seaside tavern. Now it’s her very turn to harness time, as “RUNWAY” is her very own solo on a treadmill that never stops.