Sia Sourelou

Theodosia Sourelou graduated from the State School of Dance in Athens (Greece). Being in New York (2000-2003) on scholarships by Onassis Foundation and Dance Space Center she collaborated with a variety of choreographers and artists.

As a founding member and choreographer of “enteka (11) dance” she presented her work in Greece, New York and Egypt.

In 2009 she collaborated with Frey Faust as a choreographer and a dancer in performances in Athens and Patras.

In 2010 she was the choreographer of a theatrical play by the actress and director Anna Kokkinou. She has collaborated with the educational organizations DIAN (Greece), Centro Teatro Calabria (Italy), Znanie (Bulgaria) and Teatro Instabile Berlino (Germany) within the European program EROA, part of the program “Culture”.

On October 2013 she participated with her artistic project “A quiet approach in huMInDs” in the national`s network for artists meeting, IETM (Athens).

She was a basic member of Dimitris Papaioannou choreography team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens and the opening ceremony for the 1st European Games in Baku (Azerbaijan) 2015.

On 2016 she participated in a residential program in Andros with Kitt Johnson working on site specific techniques.

She participated in the educational program of Onassis Cultural Center giving creative workshops on elementary and high school children (2015-2016).

Collaborating with the educational program “Agoni grammi gonimi” she is visiting isolated Greek islands giving workshops to children and adolescents and working with the local cultural groups.

On 2016 she presented an interactive, human specific, live performance at the railway carriage theatre “The train at Rouf” and at “Vrysaki” art space.

On 2017 she participated in a residential European program in Skiathos between German and Greek artists working on dance and theatre practices for minorities and vulnerable groups such as refugees, children…

She is also a yoga teacher since 2004.

Honors

  • 2002 Dance Space Center scholarship (New York)
  • 2000 Onassis Foundation scholarship (Greece)

Education

  • 1998 Graduate of the National State School of Dance

Specified in ballet, modern dance technics ( Limon, Graham, Release, Contact ), Yoga, improvisation, choreography. Part of her studies were lessons of history of dance, anatomy of the human body, music history, history of the arts, psychology, Tai Chi, Body Mind Centering, Aikido.

Workshops with David Dorfman, Lisa Race, David Zabrano, Meg Stuart, Ivan Wolfe, Jeremy Nelson, Kirstie Simson, Paul Douglas, Frey Faust, Ted Stoffer, Andalisa Menghini, Alessio Castellacci, 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 (February-May) giving workshops of expression and movement to children and adolescents under an educational program called “agoni grammi gonimi”, visiting Greek islands.
  • 2015-2016 participated in the educational program of Onassis Cultural Center giving creative workshops on elementary and high school children.
  • 2014-2015 Basic member of Dimitris Papaioannou choreography team for the opening ceremony of the 1st European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 2010 worked with actors and was the choreographer at the play “kavalarides stin thalassa” directed by Anna Kokkinou
  • 2011 collaborated with the educational organizations DIAN (Greece), Centro Teatro Calabria (Italy), Znanie (Bulgaria) and Teatro Instabile Berlino (Germany) within the European program EROA, part of the program “Culture”. (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2009 worked on musicians and singers at the National Conservatory of Halandri.
  • 2003-2004 Basic member of Dimitris Papaioannou choreography team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Athens.

She is a dance and yoga teacher since September 2004 in various places in Athens.

Works (choreographer, dancer)

  • 2019 "Friendship" a solo at Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 2016 "Lava" a video dance in the light installation of Squidsoup. A collaboration with Martinus Meiborg and Panos Kostouros. Amsterdam
  • 2016 “Trace… an interactive, human specific, live performance” (the railway carriage theatre “The train at Rouf” and “Vrysaki” art space, Athens)
  • 2013-2014 “A quiet approach in huMInDs” an interactive artistic project (national`s network for artists meeting, IETM, Athens and Notios Art Space.
  • 2012-2013 “P.ARTS” Athens and Crete.
  • 2009 “Life beneath…an interactive, audiovisual performance in collaboration with Frey Faust and Medea Electronics, Athens
  • 2007 “Anexithiki” Athens
  • 2007 “huMANimal” Athens
  • 2006 “Backooh…the creatures that keep your dreams safe” Athens
  • 2005 “Nutcracker” in collaboration with Notos Galleries Athens
  • 2006/2005 “Tiko” Greece, Egypt.

Collaborated with…

  • 2012 “meetings”, improvisation nights in Athens
  • 2010 “do be do be do” Tzeni Argyriou (Athens)
  • 2009 “Public Secret” in collaboration with Frey Faust and Francesca Pedulla (Dancearte Festival, Patras)
  • 2008 “Lights on you” Tzeni Argyriou (Athens)
  • 2000/1999 “Griffon” dance company (for performances in Athens, Kalamata dance festival, Thessaloniki dance festival and London)
  • 2000/1997 “Analia” dance company (in Athens and Spain)
  • 1999/1998 “Sine Qua Non” dance company in collaboration with the National Dance Stage in Athens
  • 1998 “Allou, edo,padou” dance company (in Athens and Corfu)

New York - Works (choreographer, dancer)

  • 2003 “Strike” in collaboration with Hamilton Monteiro, the musicians Aviv Cohen, Sharon Hochma and the director Eric Davis (RedFest)(Judson Church)
  • 2002 / 2003 “Backooh” (St. Marks Church)(Vent Festival)
  • 2002 “TRUST...The Road U Somehow Took” ( OneArmRed )
  • 2002 “huMANimal” (OneArmRed)
  • 2001 “Rhyme” (Evolving Arts Theater) (Dance Space Center)
  • 2003 Birgit Ramsauer “Square dance” an installation artistic project.
  • 2003, 2002 Luis Lara “There is not such a thing” (Judson Church)
  • “Blood Blew Blush” (University Settlement, Williamsburg art nexus)
  • 2002 Jeremy Nelson “Wythoff`s Array (St. Mark`s Church)
  • 2002 Nina Winthrop and dancers “Prism” (Joyce Soho)
  • “Draft Work” (St. Mark`s Church)
  • 2002 Tzeni Argiriou “Erostudies” (Fringe Festival)
  • 2002 Deborah Bailay “Duos” (Merce Cunningham Studio)