July 2020

In the context of the two-day artistic event in miniature organized by the Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre, in collaboration with the Onassis STEGI and the support of the Municipality of Syros-Ermoupolis on 7^th and 8^th August 2020.

Contemporary Dance workshop for teenagers

Observing in motion
In these two meetings we will focus in observing the self and others while in motion.
Using exercises of structured improvisation, we will try to deepen and lighten the observation over the sensory information given from the presence and motion of our bodies in space. We will move together and alone, in low and high speeds, and we will reflect upon these experiences aiming a more conscious and pleasant connection with the body, the space and others.

For teenage participants (13-16 years old), with or without previous experience to dance

Candy Karra 
Candy Karra lives and works in Athens. She graduated from the “Niki Kontaxaki” Higher Professional School of Dance and holds a BA in Pedagogical Studies from the Kapodistriako National University of Athens, both with distinction. She was invited to participate in Ultima Vez’s first monthly and intensive research program on theater and dance in Brussels and she was selected to participate in the first master class for young artists at the EUROPOLY Festival at the Kammerspiele in Munich, Germany.
She regurarly teaches contemporary dance and improvisation to various age groups and was the head of a series of dance educational workshops for the children and youth, in collaboration with the Onassis Stegi, the Municipality of Athens, the SOS Children’s Villages, the Cavafy Archive , and the cross-cultural organization Polyphonica, among others. She is a faculty member of BA Contemporary Dance Practice of DEREE – ACG and has collaborated with “Aktina” Professional Dance School. She has also worked as a kinesiologist in theater performances, and has volunteered for the Athens Sunday School for Migrants’ theater group.
As a performer she has collaborated with dance companies and choreographers like Androniki Marathaki, Margarita Trikka, Artemis Lampiri, Konstantinos Rigos for OKTANA dancetheater, Fotis Nikolaou, Jérôme Bel, Cie. Willi Dorner, David Dorfman Dance, Quasi Stellar of Apostolia Papadamaki, Still Pilgrim Paradox of Stella Fotiadi, Natasa Zouka, Harry Koushos, Athanasia Kanellopoulou, Antigone Gyra, Eirini Kyrmizaki, Aliki Kazouri for Choreyftes Dance Company, Maria Anthymidou, Maria Tzika and others. She has performed in various festivals in Athens, Cyprus, Germany, Canary Islands and New York, like Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Kalamata International Dance Festival, Dancing Athens Festival of Onassis Cultural Center, Metamorphosis and Nostos Summer Festival of Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Arc For Dance Festival, In Progress festival at KINITIRAS residency center, MIR festival, Akropoditi DanceFest, DIMITRIA festival, Athens Video Dance Project festival, Kypria International Festival, Folkwang Physical Theater Festival at Essen – Germany, pad – Performance Art Depot at Mainz – Germany, MASDANZA at Mas Palomas and Tenerife – Canary Islands, Figueres es Mou – Spain, Battery Dance Festival – New York and others.
She co-choreographed and performed the piece “manoeuvre_” which premiered in the 7th New Coreographers Festival of Onassis Stegi.

In the context of the two-day artistic event in miniature organized by the Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre, in collaboration with the Onassis STEGI and the support of the Municipality of Syros-Ermoupolis on 7^th and 8^th August 2020.

Contemporary Dance workshop for adults

Dense Dunce Dance
The class starts with the preparation /warm up of the group. We move on with improvisational tasks in order to further explore different kinetic qualities and maybe enrich our personal movement identity. Also exercises that aim to sharpen our music and spatial awareness and kinetic games that train our stamina, strength, flexibility and speed. The class ends with a combination/choreography. We will focus on the clarity and musicality of the movement, as two elements that help the movement project in space, deeply influence the physical experience of our movement and also the way its perceived by the external eye.
Some of the exercises will be done in couples and will include tactility.
The class is suitable for professional dancers, dance students and people with previous experience in dance technique classes.

Chara Kotsali 
Chara Kotsali lives in Athens. She graduated from the “Rallou Manou” Higher Professional School of Dance and the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens https://www.onassis.org/foundation/athens, and has also followed the Professional Drums Course at the Μοdern Music School. As a performer, she has collaborated – among others – with Christos Papadopoulos, Euripides Laskaridis, Patricia Apergi, Simos Kakalas, Sofia Paschou, Iris Karayan, Sofia Mavragani, Ermira Goro, Aliki Kazouri, Thomas Moschopoulos, Apostolia Papadamaki, Michalis Konstantatos, Medie Megas, Artemis Lampiri, Margarita Trikka, Vahid Evazzadeh, Angela Brouskou, Greek Dance Theater (Elliniko Horodrama), performing both in Greece and abroad. . She has taken part in the Aerowaves Network with the selected performances D.opa by Patricia Apergi, Mothers by Iris Karayan, Elvedon by Christos Papadopoulos and Speechless by Sofia Mavragani. She co-choreographed the piece “manoeuvre” that was part of the Young Choreographers’ Festival in Onassis Foundation.She performed in the solo piece ‘ Legacy ‘ and the duet ‘Time to mourn’ choreographed by Iris Karagian, that both recieved the award Jarmika Jerabkova in Prague. She was casted for the film “Suntan” by Argyris Papadimitropoulos. She has choreographed theater performances directed by Thanos Papakonstantinou (in the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus,a.o.), Thomas Moschopoulos, Ektoras Lygizos, Akilas Karazisis, Argiris Xafis, Anestis Azas, Sylvia Liouliou, Haris Fragoulis, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, et al., and has worked as an assistant choreographer in dance pieces by Patricia Apergi and Christos Papadopoulos. She teaches contemporary dance technique in the “Rallou Manou” and “Anna Petrova – Maro Marmarinou” professional dance schools. She was an assistant to Patricia Apergi, in movement workshops for people 65+ yrs at the Onassis Cultural Centre. Since 2016, she is the coordinator of movement workshops taking place in the Female Prison of Elaiona, Thiva, in the framework of the Greek National Opera’s educational programs.