GREECE
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List of Graham teachers in GREECE [ 2 ]
Κατάλογος δασκάλων Graham στην Ελλάδα
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ATHENS, GREECE
Penny Diamantopoulou was born and raised in Athens, Greece where she started her dance training in Classical ballet and Modern dance. She graduated from “Anna Petrova” Professional Dance School. In 1995, after graduating from the Athens University (Department of French Language and Literature), she moved to NY to study at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance on a Demonstrator‘s scholarship. There she completed the Post Certificate Program, as well as her Teaching Training with Diane Gray and Joyce Herring.
She is a former member of the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble under the direction of Kazuko Hirabayashi, Joyce Herring and Kenneth Topping (1996-2000) and a Faculty member at the Martha Graham School (1998-2000).
She has been a Faculty member at the National School of Dance (2002-2021) and at "horohronos" Professional Dance School since 2017, where she teaches Graham Technique and Repertory. She also gives Workshops and Master classes to students and dancers of various ages and backgrounds in Greece and other European countries.
In collaboration with the Martha Graham Dance Company, she teaches, reconstructs and restages pieces or excerpts of the Graham Repertoire in New York (City Center), Greece (Herod Atticus Ancient Theatre, Athens Concert Hall, Athens Festival), France (Conservatoire de Paris), Bosnia (Tanzelarija/Sarajevo), Belgium, Hungary (Hungarian Dance University for the Budapest Dance Festival) and Turkey (Izmir International Festival).
In collaboration with Nina Papathanasopoulou, she presents a lecture demonstration program on the connection between Martha Graham’s choreography and the ancient Greek Mythology (CYA, DEREE College, ACS, DANCE Athens, Poreia Theatre, Hellenic American Union, Corfu International Festival).
In August ’20 she started her collaboration with Movement Migration Nonprofit Organization, teaching virtual Intermediate/Advanced Graham Technique classes for dancers from Europe, Asia and the USA.
She is the founder, choreographer and artistic director of ARTHROSIS Dance Company (based in Athens) with which she presents her work since 2003.
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ATHENS, GREECE
Olia Tornaritou is a graduate with honors, from Anna Petrova Professional Dance School in Athens, Greece and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in
New York. In New York she was a member of Analysis Dance Company, dancing from 1996 to 2000. In 1999 she was selected to perform with the Martha Graham Dance Company the revival of Panorama, Graham’s iconic choreography, under the direction of the legendary Yuriko Kikuchi at the Joyce Theater performances.
She is a senior faculty member at The National School of dance teaching from 2000 until today the Martha Graham technique at the school’s professional, and pre-
professional division. She was the Rehearsal Director at the Hellenic Dance Company from 2000-2018 in productions which took place in Greece and abroad (Brussels, Paris and New York City). From 2013 until 2018 she was choreographing yearly a demo of the Graham technique for the graduating students at the Professional division’s Annual Black Box Performance. From September 2019 until today is a faculty member at the Greek National Opera’s Professional Dance School, teaching the Martha Graham technique.
From 2000 until today is a faculty member, teaching the Graham technique at the Duncan Dance Research Center, Akmi and Axia Vocational Training Institutes,
Studio Metsis, Limassol Municipal Dance School, Akropoditi Dance Festival, DAN.CE Studio as well as the Mari Chatzimichali Professional Dance School and
Rallou Manou Professional Dance School. She is teaching workshops consistently in various dance schools, in Athens, all Greek regions and Cyprus in order to promote the Graham technique.
In 2002 and 2012 was appointed by the Ministry of Culture as a member of the Examining Board for the Diploma Exams of the Professional Dance Schools in the
contemporary dance field. In 2006 she was appointed by the Theater and Dance Department of the Ministry of Culture as Vice-president of the Board regarding the
Greek dance companies’ grands. In May 2022 was honored by the Cyprus Dance Association and the Municipality of Limassol with the “Lilli Chouri” lifetime achievement Award for her total contribution in the art of Dance in Greece and Cyprus.
