Iris Athanasiadi

Choreographer Performer Movement Director

Iris Athanasiadi (she/her) is a Greek architect, choreographer and performer based in London, UK. Her work focuses on researching common threads between architecture and choreography, mindfulness and multi-sensory experiences. Her purpose is to create experiences that enhance the body’s sensory awareness and facilitate a poetic exchange between the body and the world, challenging the ocularcentric culture of today’s western world.

Starting from the body as the first space we experience, her methodology considers movement as a space-crafting activity; an ephemeral space formed by connecting our movement traces as we navigate the world. She has given a TEDx talk, performed at Tate Modern (UK) and her work has been experienced at the Royal Academy of Music (UK), Athens Video Dance Festival (GR), Ugly Duck (UK), Stone Nest (UK), John Lyons Theatre (UK) and is supported by the Arts Council England.

Credits

CHOREOGRAPHER/ PERFORMER, Witching, Theatre Deli, 3 days, 2023

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Who discovered America?, Golden Goose Theatre, 1 week, 2023

PERFORMER, Our Labyrinth, Tate Modern, 2 months, 2022

PERFORMER, Soothing Streams, Art Hub Gallery, 2 nights, 2021

CHOREOGRAPHER, Re: Sense, Online, 3 nights, 2020

CHOREOGRAPHER/ PERFORMER, Iterating, CityLit, 1 night, 2020

CHOREOGRAPHER/ PERFORMER, Non/sense, Royal Academy of Music, 1 night, 2020

CHOREOGRAPHER/ PERFORMER, Evolution, Goldsmiths University, 2 days, 2019

PERFORMER, Portrait of Humans, Stone Nest, 2 nights, 2019

PERFORMER, There exists neither this shore nor the other, Goldsmiths, 3 nights, 2019

PERFORMER, Embodying land values, The Bartlett School of Architecture, 1 day, 2019

PERFORMER, From/ To/ From, Athens Video Dance Festival, 2 days, 2018

CHOREOGRAPHER/ PERFORMER, Mobile Immobility, Art Factory, 2 days, 2017

Training

MFA Choreograph with Distinction Sep 2018 - Nov 2020
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK

Professional Certificate - Voice Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
Lab Music Education, Athens, Greece

BA & MArch in Architectural Engineering Sep 2010 - Jul 2017
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

Selection of Master Classes July 2017
International Jazz Summer Music Academy
Taught by Sheila Jordan, Jonathan Kreisberg, Eric Ineke, Roni Eytan, Petros Klampanis, Lefteris Kordis, Panayota Halulaku

Qualifications: Classical guitar: Grade 8 (ABRSM equivalent), Piano Grade 6 (ABRSM equivalent), Music Theory Grade 5 (ABRSM equivalent)

CPD workshop (64 hrs) on design software and equipment July 2020
Make it Laboratory, Athens Municipal Maker Space, Athens, Greece


Level 2 Mental Health First Aider

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching

Additional Languages

GREEK

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