Christina

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Dancer/ Model: Christina Mertzani Photo: Nynke Brandsma
Dancer/ Model: Christina Mertzani Photo: Marios Theologis
Dancer/ Model: Christina Mertzani Photo: Wong Choi Si
Dancer/ Model: Christina Mertzani Photo: Katerina Martinou
Dancer/ Model: Christina Mertzani Photo: Marios Theologis
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Short CV

 

A choreographer, dancer and teacher, Christina Mertzani graduated from Athens State School of Dance in Greece, in 2004.

 

As a performer, Christina has worked with Johannes Wieland (Germany), Stella Zannou (Greece), Peter Vosperton (New Zealand), Kostandin Mixos (Greece),  Helder Seabra (Belgium), Kat Valastur (Germany), Apostolia Papadamaki (Greece) and among others, as well as performed choreographies by Wim Vandekeybus, Mark Morris and Martha Graham.

 

Christina has presented her creations Metamorfosis, Inside, Athenian house, Mix-up, Cube, Alternative Bodies, Stheno, Run Away, Minotaur, Beyond Illusion and video dance works Entanglement, Reborn Temptation and 60 Pulses in more than 30 countries around the world.

 

In the past 17 years, she has been teaching and choreographing around the world for different companies, universities, state theaters, festivals and studios for professional dancers. Some of the places she has collaborated are Sasha Waltz & Guests, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Beijing Dance Academy, Tainan University of Technology, b12 festival, one small step festival, Cie.toula limnaios, Marameo, Staatstheater Osnabrück, Landesbühnen Sachsen, Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Heidelberg, Tanzbüro Basel, Staatstheater St. Gallen, Staatstheater Bern, Nachschub, HJS Profitraining Amsterdam, SOZO visions in motion, Landestheater Linz, Anton Bruckner University, Staatstheater Bielefeld, Staststheater Braunschweig, AKBANK Sanat Istanbul and many more.

 

She served as a faculty member of Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Austria for two years (2017-2018).

 

Christina co-directed for 9 years (2010-2018) the International Contemporary Dance Festival in Corfu, Greece, One Small Step.