Danae & Dionysios - About

Before joining forces to develop their works of art together, Danae Dimitriadi and Dionysios Alamanos studied alongside one another at the Greek National School of Dance and danced as part of its Hellenic Dance Company, which was founded in the year 2000 to connect the international dance scene with young Greek talent and has presented works by such choreographers as Martha Graham, Pascal Rioult, Anton Lachky, Jasmin Vardimon, and others.

The Hidden Life of Trees – an international bestseller written by German forester Peter Wohlleben – anthropomorphizes trees in order to help us understand both their behavior and the complex network of relationships that develop between plants. Dance, on the other hand, makes frequent use of zoomorphism in order to help us grasp differing qualities of movement, creating in this way sense perceptions of bodies engaged in dance that are more direct.