Choreographer · Dance artist · Athens
Sia SourelouΘεοδοσία Σουρέλου
Live, interactive dance about presence, space and the people in the room. Works for stage, film and site since 1998.
Featured work · 2016The Train at Rouf and Vrysaki art space, Athens
Trace An interactive, human-specific live performance
Selected works
Performances, dance films and interactive pieces from Athens, New York, Amsterdam and Stuttgart.
All works
- 2019 FriendshipSolo Live Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2017 Agoni Grammi GonimiWorkshops on remote Greek islands Education Greek islands
- 2016 LavaMovement in a light installation Film Squidsoup light installation, Amsterdam
- 2016 TraceAn interactive, human-specific live performance Interactive The Train at Rouf and Vrysaki art space, Athens
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2013–14 A quiet approach in huMInDsAn interactive artistic project Interactive IETM meeting and Notios Art Space, Athens
- 2012–13 P.ARTSFour solos, one stage Live Athens and Crete
- 2009 Life beneath…An interactive audiovisual performance Interactive Athens
- 2007 Aneksithiki (x-ethics)A social comment Live Athens
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2007 huMANimal Live Athens; OneArmRed, New York (2002)
- 2006 Backooh…The creatures that keep your dreams safe Live Athens; St. Mark's Church, New York (Vent Festival)
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2005–06 Tiko Live Greece and Egypt
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2005 Nutcracker Live With Notos Galleries, Athens
- — Open Rehearsal Live
- — For YouVideodance by Dimitris Marcantonatos Film
- — For MeVideodance by Dimitris Marcantonatos Film
Θεοδοσία Σουρέλου
About
Theodosia (Sia) Sourelou graduated from the State School of Dance in Athens. From 2000 to 2003 she lived in New York on scholarships from the Onassis Foundation and Dance Space Center, working with a wide range of choreographers and artists.
As a founding member and choreographer of enteka (11) dance she presented work in Greece, New York and Egypt. She was a core member of Dimitris Papaioannou's choreography team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and the opening of the first European Games in Baku in 2015.
Her own work is often interactive and site-specific, using sensors, light and the live presence of the audience. She also gives creative workshops for children and young people, from the Onassis Cultural Center to isolated Greek islands, and has taught yoga since 2004.
- 2000Onassis Foundation scholarship
- 2002Dance Space Center scholarship, New York
- 2004Choreography team, Athens Olympic Games ceremonies (Dimitris Papaioannou)
- 2015Choreography team, Baku European Games opening ceremony
- 2019Friendship, solo at Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Full CV
Education
- 1998: Graduate of the National State School of Dance, Athens. Ballet, modern dance (Limón, Graham, release, contact), yoga, improvisation and choreography, with dance history, anatomy, music and art history, psychology, Tai Chi, Body-Mind Centering and Aikido.
- Workshops with David Dorfman, Lisa Race, David Zambrano, Meg Stuart, Ivan Wolfe, Jeremy Nelson, Kirstie Simson, Paul Douglas, Frey Faust, Ted Stoffer, Andalisa Menghini, Alessio Castellacci and Jurij Konjar, among others.
- Workshops for choreographers and dramaturgs with Lou Cope and Hildegard De Vuyst. Site-specific workshop with Kitt Johnson.
Working experience
- 2017: workshops in expression and movement for children and adolescents on Greek islands, with the educational programme Agoni Grammi Gonimi.
- 2017: European residency in Skiathos for German and Greek artists, on dance and theatre practice with minorities and vulnerable groups.
- 2016: residency in Andros with Kitt Johnson on site-specific techniques.
- 2015–2016: creative workshops for primary and secondary school children, Onassis Cultural Center educational programme.
- 2014–2015: core member of Dimitris Papaioannou's choreography team, opening ceremony of the 1st European Games, Baku.
- 2013: "A quiet approach in huMInDs" at the IETM artists' network meeting, Athens.
- 2011: European programme EROA (Culture) with DIAN (Greece), Centro Teatro Calabria (Italy), Znanie (Bulgaria) and Teatro Instabile Berlino (Germany).
- 2010: choreographer of the play "Kavalarides stin thalassa", directed by Anna Kokkinou.
- 2009: movement work with musicians and singers at the National Conservatory of Halandri.
- 2003–2004: core member of Dimitris Papaioannou's choreography team, Athens 2004 Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies.
- Since September 2004: dance and yoga teacher in Athens.
Collaborations
- 2012: "meetings", improvisation nights, Athens
- 2010: "do be do be do", Tzeni Argyriou, Athens
- 2009: "Public Secret" with Frey Faust and Francesca Pedulla, Dancearte Festival, Patras
- 2008: "Lights on you", Tzeni Argyriou, Athens
- 1999–2000: Griffon dance company (Athens, Kalamata and Thessaloniki dance festivals, London)
- 1997–2000: Analia dance company (Athens, Spain)
- 1998–1999: Sine Qua Non dance company with the National Dance Stage, Athens
- 1998: Allou, edo, padou dance company (Athens, Corfu)
New York, 2001–2003
- 2003: "Strike" with Hamilton Monteiro, musicians Aviv Cohen and Sharon Hochma, director Eric Davis (RedFest, Judson Church)
- 2002–2003: "Backooh" (Vent Festival, St. Mark's Church)
- 2002: "TRUST... The Road U Somehow Took" and "huMANimal" (OneArmRed)
- 2001: "Rhyme" (Evolving Arts Theater, Dance Space Center)
- As a dancer: Birgit Ramsauer, "Square dance" (2003); Luis Lara, "There is not such a thing" (Judson Church, 2002–03) and "Blood Blew Blush" (University Settlement); Jeremy Nelson, "Wythoff's Array" (St. Mark's Church, 2002); Nina Winthrop and Dancers, "Prism" (Joyce Soho, 2002) and "Draft Work" (St. Mark's Church); Tzeni Argiriou, "Erostudies" (Fringe Festival, 2002); Deborah Bailay, "Duos" (Merce Cunningham Studio, 2002)
Honours
- 2002: Dance Space Center scholarship, New York
- 2000: Onassis Foundation scholarship, Greece
Teaching. Sia has taught dance and yoga in Athens since 2004, and gives creative workshops for children, schools and groups.
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