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The seminar is organized by «Epimenides» Cultural Society of Panormo (www.panormo.com)

 

Daphnis Kokkinos is born in Heraklion of Crete and he is the youngest of six brothers. At the age of 15 he decided to study ballet. His parents were supportive until the end of his studies. He graduated from the Greek National School of Dance in Athens. After one year of dancing at «Zouzou Nikoloudi’s Chorica», he traveled by train for three whole days with destination the «Tanztheater Wuppertal of Pina Bausch» where he works as a dancer until now. Since 2002 had been the assistant of the legendary choreographer. After her death, in 2009, he is also responsible for the rehearsals of the Dancetheater. For the last twenty four  years he has been travelling around the world, performing on stage or preparing the works of «Pina Bausch»: «Iphigenie auf Tauris», «Sacre du printemps», «Kontakthof», «Arien», «1980: Bandoneon», «Two Cigarettes in the Dark», «Viktor», «Ahnen», «Palermo-Palermo», «Tanzabend», «Bamboo Blues», «Agua», «Masurca Fogo», «Danzon», and more. He participated as performer in the movies: «Ηable con ella» of Pedro Almodovar, «Pina» of Wim Wenders and as choreographer in the movie Zenne the Dancer. His first personal work, entitled «Addio Addio Αmore» is dedicated to Pina Bausch.He gives seminars all over the world.

 

 

Giorgia Maddamma 

Graduated Ballet Teacher at National Accademy of Dance Rome (1989).Dancer for company „Danzare la vita“ directed by Elsa Piperno in Rome from 1989 to 1992 and for company “Scenamobile” directed by Joseph Fontano in Rome (1992). Graduated at Folkwang Hochschule Essen directed by Pina Bausch (1994).

Studied Limón Technique and worked as dancer, assistant to Professor Libby Nye and Prof. Alice Condodina for reconstruction of Limón’s Repertory for Tanztheater Hagen and Folkwang Universitaet der Kunste.Dancer for Tanztheater Munster directed by Daniel Goldin from 1996 to 2001.

Dancer for Tanztheater Hagen directed by Renate Killmann from 2001 to 2003.

Dancer for “Echos of American Dance Theater” directed by Libby Nye from 2003 to 2004.

Dancer for Rodolpho Leoni, Mark Siecskarèk, Malou Airaudo, Bernd Uwe Marzaan, Norbert Steinwarz.

Danced Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Anna Sokolow and Lucas Hoving’s Repertory reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle, Gail Corbin, Libby Nye, Jim May, Alice Condodina, Nina Watt.

Degree in Pedagogy of Contemporary Dance at Folkwang University of Arts (2005).

Since 2005 she works in Italy as dancer and choreographer with her company Koreoproject, collaborating with dancers, actors, singers and musicians.

Trainer for Tanztheater Hagen, Tanztheater Kassel, Accademia Perduta Forlì, Cantieri Teatrali Koreja, University of Bologna, Academy of Dance Rome…

Since 2010 teacher for Modern Dance at Folkwang University of arts and since 2012

Ballet Master for Tanztheater Wuppertal