The dynamics of movement
Masterclass with Athanasia Kanellopoulou

An integral part of any form of art is personal exploration, the diversity of each person’s perception and physical limitations. The body breathes, transforms, communicates, moves, feels, trusts, questions. An ambiguous universe is created, where movement and stillness, sound and silence, individuality and collectivity mix and coexist. The masterclass focuses on the musicality of the body, on the coordination and limitation of movement possibilities, in order to find new qualities and dynamics. Using personal movement and through improvisational instructions and choreographed compositions, we redefine the physicality and natural momentum of movement, discovering the freedom and different qualities that lead us to a clear perception of internal and external space.

Level: Intermediate-Advanced
Ages: 16+

Fee: 15 euro / 12 euro *
* for Akropoditi Dance & Performing Arts Centre’s students, students, unemployed

Duration: 2 hours

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. She has lived and worked across Europe for over 18 years and has 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, Les Ballets C de la B/ Koen Augustijnen, Jasmin Vardimon Company, Gregor Zoellig/Stadttheater Osnabruc, Rafaelle Giovanola- Cocoondance, Alexandra Waierstall and many others. She has choreographed more than 25 works, presenting them in festivals around the globe, and has created commission works for companies and Dance Institutions in Europe and the Middle East. 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).
www.athanasiakanellopoulou.com
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