11th International Interdisciplinary
NO BORDERS PROJECT
Tzununá, Lake Atitlán
12-31 December 2024
12-31 December 2024
11th NO BORDERS PROJECT
12-31 December 2023
TEACHERS
Vangelis Legakis (GR)
Gliding Space & Contact Beyond Contact
Integration of dance modalities with Qigong, Yoga, Energy Work and Healing
VANGELIS LEGAKIS
Van is an international Dance Artist, Choreographer, Producer and Therapist. He has been leading educational, cultural, arts and healing projects across the world for over 17 years. He studied BA (Hons) Dance Theatre and MA Choreography at Trinity Laban (London, UK) and thereafter furthered his studies by acquiring a Masters in Buddhist Studies from the Hong Kong University.
Trained in and teaching yoga and qigong as well as being an accredited practitioner and a therapist of different modalities (Craniosacral, Thai and Tsi Nei Tsang Massage, Deep Tissue and Holistic Massage, Neuroskeletal Re-Alignment Therapy, Reiki I, II and Master’s Level, Reflexology, and Cosmic Healing Qigong).
Having two distinctive paths in his life, the one of dance and choreography, and the other of healing and spirituality, has formed the philosophy Embodied Unity and the practices Contact Beyond Contact and Gliding Space. Embodied Unity is an integration of diverse Dance Languages, Yoga and QiGong, Meditation and Mindfulness. This integration is intended to enhance dance education, performance, dance technique and the choreographic process, and as a whole, improve the living standards and relationships we build in our lives.
Van is the founder and artistic director of Unity Space and The Van – L Dance Company, under which he spreads interdisciplinary art and healing festivals, projects and workshops.
[ABOUT THE CLASS]
Gliding Space & Contact Beyond Contact are practices that integrates the profound dance languages of Flying Low (FL), Passing Through (PT), Contact Improvisation (CI), Release Technique (RT), movement coordination of Somatics and Forsythe Improvisation Technologies (FIT) together with spiritual and healing modalities of Yoga, Qigong, Thai & Abdominal Massage, Craniosacral, meditation as well as philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism.
GS is more oriented in set sequences in space and is only for professional dancers and CBC is more open ended focusing on improvisation and is open to all diverse background people.
Julyen Hamilton
Choreographic Compositions
Julyen Hamilton is a maker of dances, music, poetry and classes. He has been making and performing dances for 40 years throughout the world. Born and brought up in England he trained in London in the 1970’s, a time of radical experimentation, he has been an exponent of innovative performance since that time. His work is mostly improvised : he composes dance works instantly as well as the texts which often accompany them. His work with text is unique. It fuses naturally his long-term writing practice with his refined skills in dancing. When working with his company ALLEN’S LINE he directs dancers and lighting designers to make and perform work through this same immediacy. Since the 80’s he has performed constantly in close collaboration with many of the highest quality musicians from all over Europe. It is with some of these musicians that he gives readings of his poetry. He is at present performing the solos ‘INTERVIEW’and ‘HELD DEAR’ , “KOAN” and performing with bass player Barre Phillips amongst many others.
With his company ALLEN’S LINE, he has been performing their latest piece ’The Eclipse of Reason’ in Rome, Paris, Bruxelles, France and Italy.
As a pianist he plays regularly with ‘Hamilton Carroll’ in Berlin and Brussels. Their first cd ‘POINTER’ was released in 2016. His label ‘Bluedog Publishing.net’ produces videos of his performances on DVD. CDs and print. His poetry album ‘Jack Gets Out of Prison’ with bassist Wilbert de Joode was released in 2018. His piano/bass album ‘The Road to Amarillo‘ with bass player Giorgos Kokkinaris was released in early 2022.
[ABOUT THE CLASS]
Julyen Hamilton’s teaching investigates deeply the creative act and the technique needed to accompany and facilitate it. His vision of technique is one which observes how things are made, how they function and how knowledge, experience and intuition can be used to create the work we each need to make. It naturally enters the world of physiology, philosophy, culture, imagination
and the future. In recent years the compositional elements of major concern have been time, space, dramaturgy, music and the voice; they stem from his experience as a dancer who creates and organises material instantly before the public. The basic work is the handling of the body and the ‘speaking’ from it in space, motion and time. Its coordination and its relationship to the material it creates – and then to the sharing of it in performance. His ability to distill and convey essential principles allows dancers from a wide range of backgrounds to engage in his methodology.
Julyen Hamilton’s teaching investigates deeply the creative act and the technique needed to accompany and facilitate it. His vision of technique is one which observes how things are made, how they function and how knowledge, experience and intuition can be used to create the work we each need to make. It naturally enters the world of physiology, philosophy, culture, imagination
and the future. In recent years the compositional elements of major concern have been time, space, dramaturgy, music and the voice; they stem from his experience as a dancer who creates and organises material instantly before the public. The basic work is the handling of the body and the ‘speaking’ from it in space, motion and time. Its coordination and its relationship to the material it creates – and then to the sharing of it in performance. His ability to distill and convey essential principles allows dancers from a wide range of backgrounds to engage in his methodology.
Danae & Dionysios (D&D)
Contemporary Dance Improvisations
Dionysios Alamanos – Creator and performer
Born in Athens, Greece and raised in Zante Island, Dionysios Alamanos started his education at the School of Music and Arts of the Ionian Islands at a young age.
He began experimenting with various styles of street dance alongside his own research on movement and then studied at the National School of Dance, Greece. As a freelancer, he has collaborated with Hellenic Dance Company both as a dancer and an assistant choreographer for Anton Lachky’s in ‘’No more Fairytales’’ and has also performed an excerpt of Akram Khan’s ‘’Vertical Road’’. Furthermore, he has worked with Cocoon Dance Company. He is currently touring with Akram Khan Company and Sue Buckmaster’s production ‘’Chotto Desh’’.
Ιn 2015-2016 and in collaboration with Danae Dimitriadi, he created his first piece ‘’Uncia’’ which has been performed in theatres and festival until today and is now on development for a full- evening version.
Danae Dimitriadi – Creator and performer
Born in Athens, Greece, and graduated from the State School of Dance, Danae danced as a member of Hellenic Dance Company for the production ‘’Open Frontiers’’ at the Athens Concert Hall and
at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival in choreographies by Akram Khan, Anton Lachky and Martha Graham. In 2014 she also took part in ‘’Panorama’’ which was presented at the New York City Hall and at Odeon Herodes Atticus in cooperation with Martha Graham Dance Company. Furthermore, Danae has been taught repertories such as ‘’Kaash’’ and ‘’iTMOi’’ in London. During 2016 and 2017, she joined the company ZfinMalta Ensemble.
In 2015-2016 she choreographed her first production ‘’Uncia”, a ten-minutes duet with Dionysios Alamanos which toured around Greece and in several international festivals; it is now in development for its full-evening version.
Dionysios Alamanos – Creator and performer
Born in Athens, Greece and raised in Zante Island, Dionysios Alamanos started his education at the School of Music and Arts of the Ionian Islands at a young age.
He began experimenting with various styles of street dance alongside his own research on movement and then studied at the National School of Dance, Greece. As a freelancer, he has collaborated with Hellenic Dance Company both as a dancer and an assistant choreographer for Anton Lachky’s in ‘’No more Fairytales’’ and has also performed an excerpt of Akram Khan’s ‘’Vertical Road’’. Furthermore, he has worked with Cocoon Dance Company. He is currently touring with Akram Khan Company and Sue Buckmaster’s production ‘’Chotto Desh’’.
Ιn 2015-2016 and in collaboration with Danae Dimitriadi, he created his first piece ‘’Uncia’’ which has been performed in theatres and festival until today and is now on development for a full- evening version.
Danae Dimitriadi – Creator and performer
Born in Athens, Greece, and graduated from the State School of Dance, Danae danced as a member of Hellenic Dance Company for the production ‘’Open Frontiers’’ at the Athens Concert Hall and
at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival in choreographies by Akram Khan, Anton Lachky and Martha Graham. In 2014 she also took part in ‘’Panorama’’ which was presented at the New York City Hall and at Odeon Herodes Atticus in cooperation with Martha Graham Dance Company. Furthermore, Danae has been taught repertories such as ‘’Kaash’’ and ‘’iTMOi’’ in London. During 2016 and 2017, she joined the company ZfinMalta Ensemble.
In 2015-2016 she choreographed her first production ‘’Uncia”, a ten-minutes duet with Dionysios Alamanos which toured around Greece and in several international festivals; it is now in development for its full-evening version.
[ABOUT THE CLASS]
Working across disciplines, Danae & Dionysios seek to delve into partnering tools and the ways one can use to expand their approach when working closely to other bodies. Investing time into understanding simple and playful movement mechanisms, we will then explore how they can develop into a common language between people and become material for structuring a choreographic idea. The workshop will also focus on tasks related to the details of hands and their expressiveness, the connection of the feet to the ground and the ways information can travel from there to the upper body, in order to achieve bigger volume in space. Concluding, Danae & Dionysios will share choreographic phrases from their repertoire.
[ABOUT THE CLASS]
Working across disciplines, Danae & Dionysios seek to delve into partnering tools and the ways one can use to expand their approach when working closely to other bodies. Investing time into understanding simple and playful movement mechanisms, we will then explore how they can develop into a common language between people and become material for structuring a choreographic idea. The workshop will also focus on tasks related to the details of hands and their expressiveness, the connection of the feet to the ground and the ways information can travel from there to the upper body, in order to achieve bigger volume in space. Concluding, Danae & Dionysios will share choreographic phrases from their repertoire.
Gonçales Reis
Contemporary Dance Workshop
Gonçalo T. Dos Reis comes from the south of Portugal. Where he started dancing at the age of 15 in a private dance school for 3 years till he got accepted at Codarts Rotterdam, University of Arts. During his studies in the Netherlands he danced pieces by the choreographers Hofesh Shechter, Marco Goecke, Cayetano Soto, Jirí Kylian and Stephen Shrosphire.
In 2017 and 2021 Gonçalo was selected to be part of the Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival Stuttgart where he presented his own creations “Who I am is not…” and “IVAR”
In the season 2019/2020 Gonçalo was part of the Tanz Luzerner Theater Ensemble where he worked with choreographers such as Gustavo R. Sansano, Kinsun Chan, Ella Rothschild, Caroline Finn , Jasmine Morand and Michael Langeneckert.
At the moment Gonçalo is a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher.
As freelancer Gonçalo has worked with choreographers Margarida Belo Costa, Hugo Marmelada and more recently KOMOCO Dance Company led by Sofia Nappi.
As a teacher Gonçalo has teached at Codarts Rotterdam, University of Arts, Danza180, Camada – Centro Coreográfico, Ways Training & Conservatório Regional Maria Campinha. In which, Danza180 and Ways Training he created a dance piece for each.
At the moment Gonçalo is a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher.
[ABOUT THE CLASS]
The class aims to explore and research our most human feelings and search within ourselves through improvisation.
In this class, dancers are encouraged to experiment, explore, and respond to various stimuli, such as music, emotions, fantasies, and even their own thoughts. Where there is no right or wrong the main goal is to foster individuality, spontaneity, and a deeper connection to one’s body and artistic expression. Leaving any assumptions of dance and judgment outside the room and just letting our inner child and inner feelings lead us through all these imaginary places, situations and playgrounds. As well moments of creative practice, where the dancers will be led to create, explore and mostly get out of their comfort zone in the process.
