Danswerkhuys - workshop en netwerk voor professionele dansers
Litsa Kiousi
- Dancer, teacher
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DANCE PERFORMANCES
2006 Chantal Yzermans"U 2, three times",Belgium/Berlin
2005 Horst Viral"Biomatrix",Berlin
LaborGras
Improvisation Concert #2, Berlin
Bernard Baumgarten/Unit Control
"Trilogy", Ettelbruck (Luxemburg)
2004 Bernard Baumgarten/Unit Control
"ChoreoGraphy", Esch (Luxemburg)
"Henry", Festival Cour Des Capusins, Luxemburg, Salzburger Performance Tage
Sven Seeger/Sven Seeger & Co.
"Whatever...forever", "Whatever...on the edge", Berlin, Chemnitz
2003 Bernard Baumgarten/Unit Control
"Henry-Lab", Roubaix (FR)
Improv. Collective (L. Kioussi, M. Sakka, D. Alexander, H.-W. Klohe, L. Helmstedter a. o.
"Schnittstelle-Meetingpoint" (Performance/Installation), Kunstkreuz, Berlin
Veronika Riz
"Rumors & Roomers", Bolzano & Krems (Donaufestival)
2002 Chantal Yzermans & 242 Pilots
"Pond Assemplage", Judson Church, NYC
Deborah Bailey/ Innerlandscapes Dancetheatre
"Duos", Merce Cunnigham Studio, NYC
2001 Fran Spector Atkins/Spector Dance
"Figures in dust", Monterey Dance Festival (CA)
2001 Deborah Bailey/ Innerlandscapes Dancetheatre
"Cloister", Merce Cunnigham Studio, NYC
2000 Antonella Massussi
"Sonic Dance", Brescia (I)
1999 Eugenio De Mello
"Cucine", Festival Internazionale Di Danza, Brescia (I)
Sofia Smailou/Nafsika Dance Theatre
"Roots", International Dance Festival Seoul & tour in Greece
THEATRE PERFORMANCES
1998 Paravassi Theatre Company
“Maria Pentayiotissa”, dir. T. Kyriakos, chor. S. Karayanni
Festival Petra, Athens
1997 Paravassi Theatre Company
“The night they killed the chief"”, dir. T. Kyriakos, chor. S. Karayanni
Festival Petra, Athens
EDUCATION
2002- Professional studies in the International Program at the Merce Cunningham Studio. Awarded
2000 with a scholarship from the M. C. Studio for 3 semesters.
Teachers: Robert Swinston, Luise Burnes, Meg Harper, Yukie Okuyama, June Finch, Jeffrey
Moen, Carol Teitelbaum a. o.
Workstudy student at the Movement Research (NYC). Release Technique, contact
improvisation with Tere O`Connor, Vicky Shick, Gwen Welliver, K.J. Holmes, Chamecki
and Lerner e.a.
1999 Guest student at the dance department of Teatro Carcano(Milan)
Teachers: B. Ratshinskaya (Ballet), D. Montagna (Cunningham Technique based)
1998- Dance Degree from the professional school of D. Grigoriadou and the Ministry of Culture
1995 in Greece.
Scholarship awarded student.
Teachers: B. Rizova (Ballet), K. Bogoeva (Point work & Classical repertory), M Grigoriou
(Cunningham Technique), D .Kalithrianou (Limon Technique), D. Grigoriadou (dance
history). Also music, anatomy, rythmics, psychology.
WORKSHOPS
2004 Rasmus Ölme, Ultima Vez Vocabulary, Brussels
Tere O´Connor, Composition, Berlin
2002 Jeremy Nelson, Release Technique, NYC
Foofwa D´Immobilite, Cunnigham Repertory, NYC
2001 Kei Takei, Body-Mind Centering, NYC
Kristie Simson, Contact Improvisation, NYC
1999 Charles Cre-Anges, Cie. Repertory, Athens
Giorgio Rossi, Dancetheatre, Brescia (I)
1998 Benno Voorham, Contact Improvisation, Athens
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-present
Guest teacher for the Professional Educational Program at the Tanzakademie "balance1" and
"DanceWorks" (Berlin), for Contemporary dance and Cunningham Technique.
Open Professional classes at the"Dock 11" Studios (Berlin).
Professional training for the UnitControl Dance Company (Berlin/Luxemburg)
Guest teacher for contemporary dance, for amatuers and professionals, at the schools of
D.Giannatou,N.Palaiologou and A.Hatziaras (Greece).
OTHER SKILLS/ INTERESTS
Fluent in Greek, English, Italian.
Acting...singing...travelling!!!