Choreographic Work

The “Dance Theatre Company of Lilly Velissariou” was founded in 1989. In this time, the company has performed more than 100 times and collaborated with more than 80 artists. On 1997, the company organized and offered a 3-month seminar for professional dancers. Since 1990 the company’s legal profile is a “non-profit organisation”.

The choreographies that were presented by the particular art group are based on the principles of dance theatre. The philosophy behind the choreographies is that the plays should always have a clear subject and sense of direction. The main work is performed upon the performers of the plays (dancers and actors) called to work with both the motion and the theatrical expression. The music is subtly present behind all forms of movement as much as under silence. The plays start at sentimental peak and come to their fulfilment by the intervention of speech, the artistic appearance, the kinesiology harmony and the musical thrill.

Since 1991 the Ministry of Culture sponsors the Company.

1993 sponsored by Filoskin Company 1995 sponsored by COMPULINK network. 1998 sponsored by Kostopoulos’ Foundation Alpha Bank.

1. “Traum Wirklichkeit” (1989 – ’90)
   Choreography-Direction-Stage design: Lilly Velissariou
   Music: Brian Eno
   Costumes: Guy Matish. Llly Velissariou
   Art direction: Pantelis Xirohimonas, Michalis Sofoulis
2. “Homeopathy” (1989 – ’90)
   Choreography-Direction: Lilly Velissariou
   Costumes: Guy Matish
   Music supervisor: Lilly Velissariou.
3. “The Waves ” of Virginia Wolfe (1990)
   Choreography: Sofia Lykouris
   Direction: Themis Panou
   Costumes: Lea Koussi
4. “The Sinful” (1990)
   Choreography: Rania Damigou
   Music: Nena Venetsianou.
5. “Our own magic world” (1990)
   Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
   Music: Wim Mertens.
6. “Sea Ballads” (1991)
   Goethe Institute Production for the cycle “Dramatic Music and Organic Theatre “
   Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
   Music composition: Michalis Travlos.
   Orchestra Director: Theodoros Antoniou.
7. “The Simulacrum” (1991)
   Choreography-Direction: Lilly Velissariou
8. “Homo” (1991)
   Choreography-Direction: Lilly Velissariou
   Music composition: Leonardo Valenstain
   Costumes: Lea Koussi
9. “Route Traces” (1991)
   A puzzle of different choreographies by Lilly Velissariou tied together by speech, for two men dancers, one woman and an actor.
10. “Agelliki” (1992)
    Choreography-Script: Lilly Velissariou
    Direction-Stage design: Vassilis Mirianthopoulos-Lilly Velissariou
    Music composition: Marina Tsegeli
    Lights: Panagiotis Manoussis.
11. “The Murderess ” of Alexandros Papadiamantis (1993)
    Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
    Direction: Vassilis Mirianthopoulos
    Music composition: Gerasimos Skouris
    Costumes: Lilly Velissariou-Vassilis Mirianthipoulos
    Art direction: Yorgos Skavaras
    Lights: Panagiotis Manoussis.
12. “Axana, the Journey, the Cyberland and the Destiny” (1995)
    Choreography-Direction: Lilly Velissariou
    Script: Lilly Velissariou
    Music composition : Gerasimos Skouris
    Stage design-Costumes: Lea Koussi
    Lights: Panagiotis Manoussis.
13. “…Moments… ” (1996)
    Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
    Direction: Lilly Velissariou-Takis Flamouridis
    Script: Lilly Velissariou-Takis Flamouridis
    Music supervisor: Takis Flamouridis
    Stage design-Costumes: Lea Koussi
    Lights: Panagiotis Manoussis.
14. “Aspects of the Moon” (1997)
    Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
    Direction: Lilly Velissariou-Takis Flamouridis
    Script, music supervisor: Takis Flamouridis
    Costumes: Lilly Velissariou
    Lights: Panagiotis Manoussis.
15. “Puzzle” (1999)
    Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
    Music supervisor: Takis Flamouridis
    Stage design-costumes: Lea Koussi
    Lights: Antonis Panagiotopoulos
16. “Happiness” (1999)
    Direction-Script: Takis Flamouridis
    Kinesiology: Anna Karamitsou
    Music supervisor: Takis Flamouridis
    Stage design-Costumes: Lea Koussi
    Lights: Antonis Panagiotopoulos

 

Theatre of the Hellenic-American Union 1990
Knossos theatre 1990, 1991 April, 1991 December
“Dromena” of the Municipality of Athens, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996
Veakio theatre “Cultural Presences” 1990 July, 1990 August
Spiros Evagelatos’ theatre 1993
Factory 1994, 1997, 1999
Simio theatre 1994
Lantaren Venster Roterdam 1992
Goethe Institute “Music at the end of the millennium” 1991
Community of Ipati 1993 Politechno theatre 1995, 1996
Municipality of Agioi Anargiri 1996, 1997
Month of dance Open theatre 1998, 1999
Second National Dance Festival of Lefkossia Cuprous 1999
Ivi theatre 1999 (Association of Greek Choreographers)

Vasilis Tasioulas 1989
Kostas Martinis 1990
Dimitris Mareskas 1989-1992
Giorgio Alexander Mutti 1990
Yannis Andritsopoulos 1990
Alexei Feoktistov 1996, 1997
Maro Grigoriou 1989, 1990
Sofia Likouri 1989, 1990
Madlen Vassileskou 1989
Irini Mintza 1990
Angeliki Vaena 1990
Anna Karamitsou 1990, 1995, 1999
Klio Soulea 1990, 1991, 1994
Rania Damigou 1990
Maria Angelou 1991
Florenza Pizani 1991
Persa Stamatopoulou 1992, 1993
Anna Maria Kormali 1992
Elena Kourkouli 1993, 1994, 1996
Natassa Avra 1993, 1994
Ifigeneia Koufoudaki 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998
Tonia Theodosiadou 1994
Popi Diamanti 1994
Vasia Lionaki 1995
Evi Xristodoulou 1995
Vicky Papanikolaou 1995
Katerina Angeletaki 1997
Katerina Argirou 1997-1999
Konstantina Koukoulitsa 1997
Marilena Petridou 1997
Tzina Zourka 1997-1999
Evita Choudala 1997
Christina Striftobola 1998,1999
Kleopatra Gouma 1999
Nikos Doulas 1999
Nikos Liberatos 1999
Thenis Panou 1990
Dimitris Petropoulos 1990, 1994
Marina Gazeta 1990
Nikos Anastasopoulos 1990
Nikos Iordanidis 1991
Vasilis Mirianthopoulos 1991-1993
Lina Karadoni 1993 Fanis Takos 1994
Maria Pasxali 1995 Konrad Beuks 1991
Antonis Rabaounis 1994
Christina Gerosideri 1997

Pantelis Ksirochimonas 1990
Michalis Sofoulis 1990
Guy Mathis 1989
Antonis Psarras 1995
Lina Moisidou 1992
Giorgos Skavaras 1993, 1994
Pantelis Pantelopoulos 1990, 1995
Lea Koussi 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999
Chrisanthi-Nansi Palantza 1995

Michalis Kosmidis 1990
Michalis Travlos 1991
Leonardo Valenstain 1990
Gerasimos Skouris 1993, 1995
Marina Tsegeli 1992
Takis Flamouridis 1996-1999

Vasilis Segos 1990
Tassos Vrettos 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
Antonis Simeonakis 1989-1991
Spiros Tsakiris 1992, 1993
Stefanos Kiriakopoulos 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Dimitris Tsaousakis 1993
Popi Meliou 1996
Yannis Kanelopoulos 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999
Babis Theofilaktopoulos 1996, 1997, 1999
Lina Kostolidou 1993
Nikos Zaxarias 1995
Georgia Fakiola 1991, 1995, 1999
Yannis Koutsoudakis 1989
Giorgos Stavropoulos 1994
Konstantinos Broumis 1991
Panagiotis Manousis 1993-1999
Loizos Pavlides 1993-1999
Giota Liapopoulou 1995, 1996
Kostas Avramiotis 1995
Michail Weckert 1996
Achilleas Savaris 1996
Dionissis Papakostas 1999
Antonis Panagiotopooulos

Roxani Kamvisi 1995
Alexandros Arplias 1995-1997
Katiana Mantzaridou 1999
Kostas Kourmoulakis 1990
Tzina Kostoulia 1993
Mairy Magdalinou 1991
New wave-Chelmis 1990

On 2000, Lilly Velissariou envisaged a new dance group in a completely different way, and so she managed as art director the “Vis Motrix “, along with Anna Karamitsou, Stavros Apostolatos, Christina Striftobola, Lea Kousi, George Hatzidakis, and Hara Bakonikola. Vis Motrix means, “Motive power”. The group, carrying all the history of the Dance Theatre Company of Lilly’s Velissariou, with desire for creation, experimentations with new techniques and technologies, would offer a completely new path to the creator of the group. The group was distinguished for the improvisation and the humorous spirit with intense to the movement’s research.

1. “Adam-Eve” (2000)
   Video art: Nikos Giavropooulos
   Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
   Acting: Stavros Apostolatos, Anna Karamitsou
   Screenings:
   • Official first screening at Art house-Milos in Thessaloniki for “Luminous” 2000 (20 screenings)
   • Lima-Perou for the 5th “International Festival of Video Art” 2001 (first screening)
   • Sao Paolo-Brasil, for the “Video Brasil International Electronic Art Festival” 2001 (first screening)
   • Nude, Athens 2003 and more.
2. “Post production” (2001)
   Choreography-acting: Stavros Apostolatos, Lilly Velissariou, Boris Voutsinos, Anna Karamitsou, Christina Striftobola
   Video: Panagiotis Karamitsos
   Performances:
   • Official first performance at Dance month-Open theatre 2001 (2 shows) •”Day of dance” at the third Dance festival at Dandoulaki’s theatre 2004
3. “Annunciation” (2001)
   Video Art: Nikos Giavropooulos
   Choreography-Acting: Stavros Apostolatos, Lilly Velissariou
   Screenings:
   • Art Festival & Technology Mediaterra-Micro Museum 2001 (first screening)
   • Sofia-Bulgaria 2001 (first screening)
   • Belgrade-Serbia 2001 (first screening)
   • Maribor-Slovenia 2001 (first screening)
   • Frankfurt-Germany, National Book exhibition 2001 (first screening)
   • “Nude”, Athens 2003 and more.
4. “Trio installation” (2002)
   Choreography: Stavros Apostolatos
   Music: Otomo Yoshihide
   Dancers: Anna Karamitsou, Christina Striftobola, Andromachi Agelouli
   Performances:
   • Dance festival at Dandoulaki’s Theatre 2002 (3 performances)
5. “Black People” (2002)
   Choreography: Christina Striftobola
   Music: Clint Mansell, Placebo
   Dancers: Anna Karamitsou, Christina Striftobola, Andromachi Agelouli
   Performances:
   • Dance festival at Dandoulaki’s Theatre 2002 (3 performances)
6. “Moments” (2004)
   Video: Nikos Giavropoulos
   Choreography: Lilly Velissariou
   Solo Dancer: Ifigeneia Koufoudaki
   First official performance:
   • “The Athens Concert Hall” for the event “Platform of Dance”
7. “Spring” (2004)
   Video art “Portraits with speech”: Nikos Giavropoulos
   Improvisation, performing: Lilly Velissariou
   Script of the fairytale “Endless story”: Lilly Velissariou
   First official performance:
   • “Nude”