Advanced
Media Lab.
She
has been awarded with a “Fulbright Artist’s Award 2004-2005 for her overall
artistic work and with a «Stanley J. Seeger Visiting Fellowship» at the Music
& Advanced Media Lab of the Princeton University. Finally, she has been
awarded with a 1st Prize of the Edinburgh Festival 1997.
In
2001 she founded the artistic company “ODC Ensemble”. She is a member of the International
Institute of Theatre, iTi
She
has directed:
For
the theatre:
•
The Outcry by Tenessee Williams, National Theatre of Patras, Greece 2011.
•
Sous l’’oiel d’’ Oedipe, by Joel Jouanneau International Institute of Theatre,
iTi, April 2010, Forum for Contemporary Dramaturgy, 2010.
•
Viciousness in the kitchen, site-specific performance based on the radio play
Three women by Sylvia Plath, “Sunergeio Theatre” and “6 D.O.G.S” 2010.
•
From AlphaΑ
to ΩOmega.
Musical performance with singer Tania Tsanaklidou and Blaine Reininger of the
wellknown group ‘Tuxedomoon” and others, “Gyalino Mousiko Theatre” and big
scale tour in Greece, 2010.
•
The Country, by M. Crimp. Theatre Kappa 2009.
•
ODC (Homer’s Odyssey) a physical challenge to narrate musically the whole of
the Odyssey. Presented at “ XIV
International Meeting of Ancient Drama, European Cultural Centre of Delphi”,
“Homereia”, Xios, “Αeschyleia”,
Eleusina, “International Festival of Experimental Theatre in Cairo”, “Alekton
theatre”, etc.
•
The sound of gun, by L. Anagnostaki, “Theatre 104, Athens” 2008.
•
«Lettre aux jeunes acteurs, by O. Py, International Institute of Theatre, iTi,
Forum for Contemporary Dramaturgy, 2008
•
A night of secrets by A. Dimou, “The National Theatre of Greece”, Athens 2007.
•
Faith by K. Robin, Theatre Emporikon, Athens 2005.
•
The Mysterious Mr. Love by C. Leich, “Theatre Ilisia Volanikis”, Athens 2004
and “Theatre Kalamarias”, Thessaloniki 2005.
•
They’re playing our song, by N. Simon. Theatre «Ιlisia-Volanakis»
2006.Theatre «Egnatia» 2006.
•
Destiny by A. Dimou, “Theatre Technis”, Athens 2004 and “Theatre Neou Kosmou”
2005.
•
Streams of Voices. National Theatre of Greece, 4th Summer Academy
2003.
•
The iron, by R. Munro, “Aplo Theatre”, Athens 2003.
•
ODC…After Homer, based on Homer’s Odyssey, prod. By the Greek Ministry of
Culture and the Arts Council, U.K. Performed at: Opera of Cairo ,«Edinburgh
Festival 2002», Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Inauguration Ceremony, Princeton
University, Chashama Theatre, N. York, Broadway Avenue.
•
The Suppliants after Aeschylus after Kossovo, by T. Hammershlag (The Lion King
Theater, “Edinburgh Festival 1999”, THE GILDED BALLOON 1999. Produced by “The
Arts Council”.
•
Ajax by Sophocles, Jermyn Street Theater, West End, London 1998.
•
Nine Lives, Ten Tales by L. Warren, BAC Theater, London 1998 and “Edinburgh
Festival 1997”.
•
The Decameron of Women by J. Vosnezeskaya, “Theatre IVI”, Athens 2000.
Adrian
Frieling was born in Hamburg, Germany. He studied »Applied Cultural Science« (
- fine arts, literature and theatre, in theory and praxis [acting, dramaturgy,
directing]) at University of Hildesheim, Germany. As a basic member of the German
theatre-company »THEATER MAHAGONI« (Ηannover, Βerlin) he participated in 25
theatre-productions (1992-2000). The Plays were shown on Festivals in Berlin, Cologne,
Basel, Leipzig, Hannover, Antwerp, »IMPULSE«-Festival, »KAMPNAGEL« and others.
In 1995 he
started to work also in Athens. The most known productions were:
»Althusser
Rock«, 1995, by »THEATER MAHAGONI«, director: Albrecht Hirche, Michael
Marmarinos (Athens, Berlin, Paris, Angouléme, Oldenburg, Hannover, Leipzig,
Festival «Manöver»)
»Electra«
(Sophokles, role: »Pylades«), 1998, director: Michael Marmarinos («Athens
Festival», Epidauros, Thessaloniki).
»Bad
Actors«, 1999, by »THEATER MAHAGONI« (Athens, Berlin, Hannover, Festivals in
Hannover, «Euroszene» (Leipzig), «TRANSEUROPA» (Hildesheim), First Price of F
estival »IMPULSE«.
»Clytemnestra«,
2000, by Αndreas Staikos, directed by
Adrian Frieling (Thessaloniki, Athens)
»FASSBINDER
...harder! ...faster! ...more!«, 2003, written and directed by Adrian F
rieling, (Athens, Bremen)
»Dying as
a Country« by Dimitris Dimitriadis, 2007/8, director: Michael Marmarinos.
(«Athens Festival», «Kunstenfestival» Bruxelles,«Wiener Festwochen» Vienna,
«Dramatyczny» Warsaw, «Festival d’Automne» Paris)
Amalia
Bennett graduated from the Laban Centre of Movement and Dance in London. Since 1993 she has collaborated as a
choreographer and dancer with “Οκτανα Dance
Theatre”, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, Dance Theatre and the
National Theatre in Athens. She works as a freelance choreographer for the
theatre in the National Theatre in Thessaloniki and Athens. She has also
collaborated as a choreographer with director Nikita Milivoyevitch in Bitef Theatre,
Belgrade, Richstheater Stockholm, National Theatre of Istanbul, Enparts Project
Biennale Venezia, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf.
She also teaches movement for actors at the National School
of Drama
in Thessaloniki and Athens. graduated
from the Laban Centre of Movement and Dance in London. Since 1993 she has collaborated as a
choreographer and dancer with “Οκτανα Dance
Theatre”, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, Dance Theatre and the
National Theatre in Athens.
She works
as a freelance choreographer for the theatre in the National Theatre in
Thessaloniki and Athens. She has also collaborated as a choreographer with
director Nikita Milivoyevitch in Bitef Theatre, Belgrade, Richstheater
Stockholm, National Theatre of Istanbul, Enparts Project Biennale Venezia,
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf. She also
teaches movement for actors at the National School
of Drama
in Thessaloniki and Athens.
Lambros
Pigounis lives in Athens and specialises in the field of contemporary classical
and electroacoustic composition. He studied violin and theory of music at the
Greek Conservatoire in Athens. From 1998-2001 he studied electroacoustic
composition at the University of Hertfordshire. While he was working on his
degree, he pursued additional studies with Jonathan Harvey, Javier Alvarez,
Jonty Harrison and Ambrose Field. He continued his studies at the City
University of London, where he completed an MA in Electroacoustic Composition supervised
by Simon Emmerson and Denis Smaley. Additional
studies include also seminars and masterclasses in the field of computer
algorythmic composition, and violin improvisation for theatre and dance. He has appeared in concerts and festivals,
such as the Laban’s Dance Festivals, Greenwich and Docklands International
Festival, the Northern Exposure of Contemporary Dance and Video Festival, the
Mercat de les slors in Barcelona, the International Platform of Arts in
Portugal, the DAL NIENTE 3 Projects in London, Synch Festival in Athens, Athens
Digital W eek Festival, Moving Silence Festival. His main artistic activities are
collaborations with musicians, directors and choreographers. His recent works also
include the audio programming and consultancy in the performance “ΑΩ”, Palace theater 2008, and the
interactive development of the “dreamgrove.org” sound installation at the
Athens Byzantine Museum and the Biennale of Hong Kong (2008-2009) as well as
several other commissions for the theatre. He is currently preparing for a
Research PhD focusing on the input of the human agent in electroacoustic
composition and performance, based on interactive compositional models.
