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THE LADY IN THE MOONLIGHT by Yorgo Sicilianos
3rd Online festival “The Music of Language”
Ballet / Dance
CLOSED REHEARSAL 2020
GNO Professional Dance School
37'
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Description
The students of the Professional Courses for dancers and dance teachers of the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School perform choreographies by Myrto Grapsa, Iris Karayan, Yiannis Tsigkris and Marius Petipa curated by Natasha Siouta, as part of their preparation for the 2020 final and graduation exams.Trailer
At a glance – Synopsis
Despite the challenging circumstances caused by the pandemic, the month-long absence from the studio and the so little time for preparation, we decided to organize this closed rehearsal on the Greek National Opera Alternative Stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, giving our students the chance to experience some of the magic of having their work presented on stage.Without costumes or make up, and in a very short time, our students took the plunge with unbounded enthusiasm, creativity and consistency, proving their talent and devotion to the art of dance. Decisive was the contribution of the School’s teachers, Myrto Grapsa and Yiannis Tsigkris who offered their contemporary choreographic compositions, and Natasha Siouta who curated the classical variation. Iris Karayan was invited to create the choreography for our senior students, especially for the occasion. The original music is by Ted Regklis, composer and accompanist in the School. We wholeheartedly thank them.
The rehearsal is dedicated to the memory of our beloved Aleksandar (Saša) Neškov, distinguished Principal Dancer of the GNO Ballet and teacher at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School, who passed away unexpectedly in May 2020. His kindness, high moral character and rare talent will remain engraved in the minds and hearts of all of us.
Creative team – Cast
Artistic curator
Yorghos Matskaris
Director of Studies of the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School
1st year Pavlos-Orfeas Argyropoulos, Maria-Despina Vazaka, Anastasia Galati, Anastasia Themistocleous, Lambros Kazeros, Konstantina Koletta, Fotis Konstantinou, Angeliki Michalaki, Styliani Biraki, Georgia Nikolopoulou, Kiara Dailani, Marina-Andriani Pantelaki, Parthena-Zoe Papadopoulou, Theoni Peraki, Dimitris Stavrianopoulos, Iliana Ifanti, Eleni Fotou, Sophia Hadjigeorgiou
2nd year Maria Violaki-Georgiladaki, Calliope Voidaski, Katerina Devetzi, Anastasios Kalabokis, Sophia Koskina, Eleni Makri, George Margis, Georgia Petroleka, Nectarios Ramias, Aspasia Tsagada, Maria Harutyunyan, Orfeas Hadjispyrou, Alexandra Chryssikopoulou
3rd year Ιfigenia Vlaikou, Chryssoula Dimaki, Angela Ioannou, Apostolos Kousinas, Eleni Myriagou, Maria Nikolitsa, Anastasia Pattelaki, Michalis Pinos, Stathis Tzouvaras
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Born in 1986, she is a graduate of the London Contemporary Dance School and the Greek State School of Dance. As a performer she has collaborated with Marianna Kavallieratos, Jorge Crecis, Kiriakos Hadjiioannou, Jonathan Lunn, Athina Vahla, Simonetta Alessandri, Andrew Hardwidge, Hellenic Dance Company, and Trumpet Creepers. In theatre she has worked with Rufus Norris, Heiko Lange, Yannis Kakleas, Terre de Semis, Manos Vavadakis, Aris Laskos, and Katia Gerou. She has collaborated with the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House, London. As a choreographer she has worked at the Onassis Stegi, the Athens Biennale, the Athens International Dance Festival, the Greek Choreographers’ Festival, the Athens Video Dance Project, 3Sat (German TV), and the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School. Since 2017 she has been the artistic director of the performing arts laboratory Artiria Athens. She is a member of the teaching staff of the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School.
Iris Karayan Choreography (Movement Fragments)
Dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. She studied dance at the Greek State School of Dance and completed postgraduate studies in performative arts and culture at Goldsmiths College in the UK. She is also a graduate of the American College of Greece – Deree (degree in business administration). She has taught choreography and improvisation at the Greek State School of Dance and the Rallou Manou Dance School. She has also taught at the Department of Theatre Studies (Nafplio, University of the Peloponnese). She has collaborated with Onassis Stegi (on educational programmes) conducting dance workshops for people with or without disability, especially with the visually impaired. Her works have been presented at dance festivals in Greece and abroad and have won important distinctions. Her research work and productions have received funding from the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Stegi, and the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation. In 2010 she was awarded the first-place Jarmila Jeřábková award for young choreographers in Prague. She was a resident artist in Saari, Finland, with the support of the Kone Foundation (2017). She was also granted a scholarship from the Fulbright Foundation for her artistic research in New York (2018), and was a fellow in residence at the Boliasco Foundation in Italy (2020). Lately she has been planning and conducting dance and improvisation workshops while working on her research projects.
Natasha Siouta Choreography instruction (Le Corsaire, Pas d’Esclave)
She is a dance professor with a degree from the Niki Kontaxaki Professional Dance School. For several years, she was a leading dancer in the Kontaxaki company. She has successfully taken part in international ballet competitions, including the one at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the one in Varna, Bulgaria. She has received diplomas in the English method of the Royal Academy of Dance and attended seminars in London on a scholarship. Her collaboration with the Greek National Opera began in 1994. In 1999, she became a permanent member of the GNO Ballet, in 2003 she advanced to Demi-Soloist and in 2004 to Principal Dancer. She has starred in the ballet productions La Bayadère, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, etc. She teaches classical ballet at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School.
Yiannis Tsigkris Choreography (Untitled Practice)
Graduate of the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School (2012), he completed his postgraduate studies at the London Contemporary Dance School (2014). In Greece he has collaborated with choreographers Andonis Foniadakis, Konstantinos Rigos, Mariela Nestora, Iris Karayan, and Vitoria Kotsalou, and in England with Joe Moran, Eleesha Drennan, Paolo Mangiola, and Jenni Wren. He works in Athens as a dancer, choreographer and contemporary dance and improvisation teacher. He is a member of the teaching staff of the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School.
Ted Regklis Music (Untitled Practice, Movement Fragments, Chorus, Between a Line and a Curve)
Composer and sound artist, he was born in 1986 in Chania, Crete. He has composed music for films, theatre and video games. In 2018 he wrote original music for the Greek National Opera’s ballet production Swan Lake that was choreographed by Konstantinos Rigos. In 2019 his music was used in the international trailer of the Oscar-winning film Parasite. In 2020 he composed the music for the Greek National Theatre’s performance S’ esas pou me akoute (To you listening to me) directed by Alexandros Avranas.