Daphnis Kokkinos

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch:

  • 1993-present: Dancer
  • 2002-2009: Assistant to Pina Bausch
  • 2009-present: Rehearsal Director
  • Folkwang Tanz Studio: 1989-1992 under the artistic direction of Pina Bausch

2020-present: Director of the National School of Dance

CHOREOGRAPHIES

• “Addio Addio Amore-a piece for Pina”
• “Lamento” for the National Opera School
• Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring for the National Opera Ballet
• “Wandering Dunes” for the Šeiko Dance Company, Lithuania
• “Hug me, it’s forbidden” in the performance Remember me for the National School of Dance
• “A-mnεmε” for the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Rome

STUDIES

• Theatre: Cretan Youth Theatre and Hellenic American Union
• Dance: National School of Dance (Excellent)

FILM PARTICIPATIONS

• Pedro Almodovar: “Talk to her”
• Wim Wenders: “Pina”
• Zenne Dancer: Choreographer

WORKSHOPS

He has conducted workshops in various countries around the world on the art of dance theater, such as Greece, Korea, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Chile, France, Brazil, Israel, and Lithuania.