Zoi Dimitriou, greek choreographer based in London will be working on her new piece this April. She will be working on The Chapter House, a new interdisciplinary dance piece with intricate choreography by Zoi Dimitriou and video design by Mark Coniglio.
This new work looks at the act of documentation and of performing. It aims to expose the processes and mechanics of making, and uses digital media to document, re-construct and re-enact a live performance.
In The Chapter House, Zoi Dimitriou looks back at the body of her own work and questions how meaning gets revealed and transformed in an attempt to subject the ‘personal’ to another’s viewpoint.
Zoi Dimitriou' Bio
Choreographer and dancer Zoi Dimitriou was born in Athens. She graduated from
the Greek State School of Dance, received the Onassis Foundation Scholarship to
study at Trisha Brown in New York and in 2005 completed with distinction her MA
in European Dance Theatre Practice at Trinity Laban in London. As a dancer she
has collaborated with artists such as Yvonne Rainer, Kirsty Simpson, Felix Ruckert,
Shiobhan Davies among others. Based both in London and Athens she launched
her choreographic career in 2006. Works of her company have been featured in
internationally renowned venues and festivals and have brought the choreographer
major UK choreography awards like the Robin Howard Foundation Award
2008, the Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund Award 2009 and the CfC Award 2010
(Choreography for Children). In Greece she has been commissioned to make works
for the Onassis Cultural Centre, the National Ballet Company of Greece, the Athens
Festival and in the UK for the Laban Theatre, The Place, Sadlers Well’s, Company of
Angels, Shift Company and Focus Company.
Zoi Dimitriou has participated in the European Network Aerowaves and in numerous
other European projects for research and exchange. She teaches at Trinity Laban in
London, Impulstanz Festival in Vienna, Marameo in Berlin, Duncan Research Centre
for Dance in Athens among others. Her work is supported by Arts Council England
and the Hellenic National Centre of Theatre & Dance.
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The Chapter House is commissioned by Trinity Laban and supported using public funding by Arts Council England with further in kind support from dancedigital, Duncan Research Center for Dance (GR) and dance-tech Berlin/ Lake Studios.