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Stella Zannou
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This contemporary class demands from the participants a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to dance!
Influences are found in my class from many different dance techniques (Release – Limon, etc) as well as from martial arts, such as capoeira. So many acrobatics and hand stands will be found but without being the main goal of the class. The floor work is of great importance but we will also fearlessly move into space “off floor”, exploring new or at least unfamiliar movement patterns. The basic aim of my class is to make the dancers reach their limits, express themselves and dance without fear and hesitation.
Stella Zannou
Artistic director of Smack dance company.
She has studied dance and choreography in London College of Dance and London Studio Centre, took her Bachelor of Arts in dance from the American college of Greece and her Diploma in theatre dance from the Greek state school of Dance (2000). Stella has attended workshops of contemporary dance and choreography all around the world with artists such as:
Maya Lipsker, Ted Stoffer, Frey Faust, K. Simpson, S.Davis and Gill Klark, Inaki Azpillaga, Wim Vanderkeybous, D.Zambrano, R.Siegal, R.Maliphant, J.Nelson, T.Thayer, D.Dorfman and Lisa Race, C.Haring, Constanza Macras, etc
In 2006 she founded Smack Dance Company, in Athens.
Her choreographies have been presented in festivals such as the 5th and 6th Athens International Dance Festival, “Tanzwelten 2009” in Braunschweig, Koropi festival, Nomad festival and in numerous theatres in Athens. Stella was one of the artistic directors of Prosxima Dance Company (Greece), for 6 years.
As a dancer Stella has collaborated with:
Richard Siegal in “x-Albee” – 2001, Kalamata festival, Solo for “If – then”, Athens- 2006, Mousontrum/Frankfurt – 2007. M.Klien and Nicolas Mortimore in” Prosximas Drift” – 2000, Tanzquartier, Vienna - 2001 Yannis Antoniou and Kunst – stoff in “Conversations”, San Francisco Festival – 2004 Editta Braun in “Oxalis” – Arge festival, Salzburg - 2005. Thomas Mettler, “about Life and Death” – Dampfzentrale – Bern, 2006 Kalliroi Papadopoulou, “forced feeding”, Martins College and Dampfzentrale festival, 2006 I.Parali and Landscape Dance Co (Cyprus festival, “no ballet festival”, 2006-07-08) Apostolia Papadamaki (Paralympic games, 2005) Xaris Mandafounis co (“en kinisi”- 2009, “without a theme”- 2008, “the Game” – 2002, sexteto +1 – 2003, “strangely sentimental”, 2004)Yannis Antoniou “partially exposed” Improvisation night for Summerfest/dance, San Francisco, 2003 K.Mixos and wrong movement co (Kalamity, 2004 Andaxopoulou Dance Co.( in all productions from 1994-2000) Mahi Dimitriadi Lindal (state school of Dance, 2000)
Teaching experience:
Stella has taught a number of workshops in contemporary dance, for:
the State School of Dance in collaboration with M.Klien and N.Mortimore, 2001
the International Dance Festival of Kalamata, in collaboration with Richard Siegal, 2002
the opening ceremony of Paraolympic games, in copllaboration with Apostolia Papadamaki, 2004
“Artiria”, Leukas - 2008 “
Dance Festival”, in Dais, 2009 Theatrical school “modern times”, 2009
Contemporary dance teacher for dance schools and studios for professional dancers such as:
Dance Cultural Centre, Margo Perdiki Archontaki, Magda and Christina Gerosideri, Sara Hayden, Banjo de Senzala, etc
For 5 years she was the rehearsal director of Prosxima Dance Company, were she taught a number of workshops in contemporary dance.
