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Athanasia
Kanellopoulou is an Athens based choreographer, dance performing artist and
pedagogue, who owns a very rich history of collaborations, with acclaimed
choreographers and Dance Institutions around the globe. She creates her own
methods from teaching into choreographing, filming, writing and collaborating
with various artists from different disciplines. She is the founder of the
multi-disciplinary platform and project-based Company ‘’Athanasia Kanellopoulou
Performing Arts’’, which has been supported and funded by The Hellenic Ministry
of Culture. Her movement
style and approach drives inspiration upon the human landscape, the
idiosyncrasies of the complex human nature, in a constant conversation and
confrontation with the audience.
She has studied with a
scholarship at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, London and at Martha Graham School, receiving the ''Coca Cola Scholarship for Artistic Excellence''. She has also studied Spanish
Literature and Culture and Traditional Lute. Over 18
years she has lived in Europe and collaborated with prestigious Choreographers
and Companies worldwide. Among others are: the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
Bausch, where she toured with the company as a guest dancer in many festivals
worldwide (2002-2008), Les Ballets C de la B/ Koen Augustijnen (2008-2010), Jasmin Vardimon Company (2006-2008), Gregor
Zoellig/Stadttheater Osnabruck (2003-2005), Rafaelle Giovanola- Cocoondance
(2010-2013), Alexandra Waierstall (2012-2014). She has also collaborated with
many independent choreographers, such as Guy Weissman and Roni Haver, Rami
Levi, Jossi Berg, Iker Gomez, In jung Jun/Blue Elephant Company, Zeynep Tanbay,
etc.
Alongside
touring and creating works for her own company, Athanasia creates different
projects internationally. She has choreographed more than 20 works, and many of
them have been presented in important festivals worldwide, like International
Festival NRW Pina Bausch, Gdansk Dance Festival Poland, Kalamata International
Dance Festival, Arc for Dance Athens, International Solo Tanz Festival Bonn,
Malta Arts Festival, Solo Tanz Festival Stuttgart, International Festival
Burgos Spain, Lucky Trimmer Berlin, Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival
Palestine, Moda Sahnesi Istanbul,Tatavla Sahne Istanbul, Tjarnabio Iceland, No_body
Festival Cyprus, Off Europe Festival, Leipzig/Dresden, etc. She has created
works for the physical theatre postgraduate company JV2 (Jasmin Vardimon ), the
Norwegian University College of Dance, KSOT, the Dance Studies University of
Malta, the Iceland Academy of Arts, the National Dance Company Zfinmalta and
the Palestinian Dance Company Sareyyet Ramallah.
Alongside
creating and choreographing, Athanasia has a very strong background in
teaching. She is leading workshops in places and Academies around the world: SEAD Academy Salzburg, State Dance School of
Athens (KSOT), Garage 29 Brussels, Greenwich Dance Agency, Iceland Dance
Company, Skanes Danstheater, Malta University, Seoul Arts Centre, Cairo
Contemporary Dance Centre, Vibra Festival Ljubljana, University Mimar Sinan
Performing Arts Istanbul, Iceland Academy of Arts, etc. She was also Rehearsal Director
for the choreographer Mavin Khoo and the upcoming National Dance Company
of Malta (Zfin Malta Dance Ensemble). She is
currently living in Athens, and she is teaching Improvisation, Choreography and
Repertoire Works at the School of the Greek National Opera and at the National
School of Dance (KSOT). In 2018, she founded the company ''Athanasia
Kanellopoulou Performing Arts'', a platform of cultural and artistic exchange.
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