Daphnis Kokkinos – Dancetheatre seminar for dancers and choreographers 7-12/7/14 – Presentation of the seminar, open to public: 12/7 & 13/7 at Carob Mill Cultural Center, Panormo.

Daphnis Kokkinos, dancer of the Wuppertal Dancetheatre and assistant of Pina Bausch, is going to give an educational dancetheatre seminar, at Carob Mill Art & Cultural Centre in Panormo of Crete, on Monday 7 – Saturday 12 July, 10:00 – 15:00 daily. A presentation of the seminar open to public, is going to take place, Saturday 12 of July, 19:30 as well as Sunday, 13 July, at 19:30.after each presentation, Daphnis will perform his first work entitled «Addio addio amore», dedicated to his mentor PINA BAUSCH. The workshop begins with a modern dance training inspired by Hans Zullig (Kurt Jooss company), Alfredo Corvino (Juilliard). Daphnis teaching focuses on a sequence of movements through which students are inspired to find their own movement. A situation is created through constant questioning, which leads to students’ reaction generating a creative frame, unique for each participant. Bonds of trust allow students to feel free to explore their innermost feelings and to transform them into dance and theatre. Daphnis uses music as a fundamental tool for transforming the way of moving and feeling. All in all, it is a common journey into what makes us move and dance… The seminar is aimed at professional dancers and choreographers. To register for a seminar email us, your name and telephone number, as well as a short curriculum vitae, using as subject for the email, Daphnis Kokkinos to epimenides.panormo@gmail.com, until June 29. The number of the participants is limited. For information / questions about the seminar write to: epimenides.panormo@gmail.com Tel: +30 6947.096852 (Monday to Friday 11:00 a.m. – 15:00 p.m.) The seminar is organized by «Epimenides» Cultural Society of Panormo (www.panormo.com) Daphnis Kokkinos is born in Heraklion of Crete in 1965 –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 chorus, he traveled by train for three whole days with destination the Tanztheater Wuppertal of Pina Bausch. Since 2002 he had been the assistant of the legendary choreographer. After her death, in 2009, he is responsible for the rehearsals of the Dance Theater. For the last twenty 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 amore is dedicated to Pina Bausch.