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Marianna She studied dance and choreography at The Place –
London Contemporary Dance School and continued
Kavallieratos her studies (Onassis Foundation scholarship) at SUNY
Purchase (New York). In 1992, she began collaborating
with stage director and visual artist Robert Wilson, at
Choreography, the Watermill Center (New York) in such productions
as T. S. Eliot, Une femme douce, Persephone, The
movement Days Before DD&D III, Wings on Rock, Prometheus,
training Relative Light, Gluck’s Alceste, Odyssey, Sonnets.
In collaboration with prominent institutions and
organisations such as the Onassis Stegi, Athens
Epidaurus Festival, Spoleto Festival, Greek Ministry of
Culture and Sports, her choreographic projects have
been presented worldwide such as Ever After, Bastet,
Τhey, Stations, Recalculate, Auto Run, Moment, as well
as site-specific projects in Athens and New York. Among
her life changing collaborations was the project As One
of Marina Abramović (Benaki Museum, NEON), as part
of the feature performance entitled Skin. Alongside her
artistic work, she has taught contemporary dance and
choreography in schools and workshops in Greece and
abroad.

Nikos Born in Athens, he studied cinematography and has
worked in many television and cinema productions.
Vlasopoulos Since 2000 he has been working as a lighting designer
in theatre and dance performances. His works have
been presented at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus,
Lighting the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the National Theatre of
Greece, Onassis Stegi, Greek National Opera, National
Theatre of Northern Greece, Athens Concert Hall,
Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Karolos Koun Art
Theatre, Athens Epidaurus Festival, etc. Moreover, his
works have been presented at various theatres and
festivals abroad, including the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris),
Théâtre Saint-Gervais (Geneva), The Place (London),
Lyon Dance Biennale, Hellerau Theatre (Dresden),
Tanzhaus NRW (Düsseldorf), Centre national de la danse
(Paris), Les Hivernales (Avignon), etc.