Choreographer, Dancer, Musician
Ksenia Kontomanoli
Assistant Choreographer / Multi-Media Designer
Ksenia is a multi-media artist whose work revolves around the beauty of the human body in movement, as well as the understanding of body politics in modern society.
A professional dancer herself, Ksenia was born in 1992, and graduated from the National School of Dance in 2017. Among others, she performed for Hellenic Dance Company, Lida Doumouliaka and Polina Evangelou while today she also works as a Pilates Instructor.
In parallel, she studied in UNIWA at the department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts where she graduated in 2021. For the years 2014-2020 she worked as a professional photographer & video editor but most importantly created her own dance film "Circa Diem" in 2021.
Thanks to her many capacities, Ksenia not only takes the role of the choreographer´s assistant in this team, but also offers her knowledge on light design, video editing and photography material.
Stavros Ikmpal
Dancer
Stavros - Alexandros Ikbal is an excellent graduate of the National School of Dance in Greece (KSOT). During his studies, he participated in KSOT’s ‘Open Studio - Black Box’ performances and in the production "Growing!" at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival dancing for Christos Papadopoulos and Andonis Foniadakis.
In 2017 he performed the piece “Moksha” by Jose Agudo for Dance Days Chania 7 (DDC7) in collaboration with Mavin Khoo. In 2018 he worked with Arthrosis Dance Company of Penny Diamantopoulou and one year later he traveled to the USA as an assistant to the choreographer Christian Denice in Eisenhower Dance Detroit.
From 2019 to 2021 he lived and danced in Geneva with the Ballet Junior de Genève performing in repertoires of Hofesh Shechter, Roy Assaf, Barak Marshall, Emanuel Gat, Olivier Dubois, Sharon Eyal amongst others in theaters and festivals in Switzerland and France. During this time he also collaborated with the choreographers Cathy Marston in the creation of "Moving, Still" and Marcos Morau for "Waltz".
In 2021 he started to work as a choreographer for the female choir “CHÓRES” in Athens,Greece and he has taught contempotary dance workshops in the professional department of the National School of Dance and the professional dancing school "Choros” of Maro Grigoriou.
Since 2022 Stavros is an official member of Lida´s team after the performance of "Kinetic Orchestra- The Sacrifice" in Zürich.
Eleftheria Iliopoulou
Dancer
Eleftheria Iliopoulou is an honors graduate of the Greek National School of Dance.
She has been a performer with the “Farm in the Cave” International Theatre Studio in Prague during the period 2019-2022. As a member of the Hellenic Dance Company, she has danced for Anton Lachky and Antonis Foniadakis, while in her freelance career she performed for Alexandros Stavropoulos, Marianna Kavallieratos and Penny Diamantopoulou in Theatres such as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Onassis Stegi and the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. She took part in the Rolex Arts Festival with Khoodia Thoure and in the Eleusis European Capital of Culture in 2023, while one year later she collaborated with Gioele Coccia for Meteore Festival in Rome, and with Giorgos Koutlis for the production named Oxygen for Onassis Stegi in 2024. She has presented two solo works in Kalamata Dance Festival, the Tanecno Dance Festival in Slovakia and the Pop up Solo Dance Festival in Athens.
Eleftheria has been a member of Lida Doumouliaka's team since 2020. She has performed her works in Theatres and Festivals in Switzerland and Europe such as the Theatre der Kunst in Zurich, the Hannover Choreographic Competition in Germany, the InciDanse Dance Festival, and the Theatre Equilibre- Nuithonie in Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Kostas Phoenix
Dancer
Kostas Phoenix began his journey in dance at the age of 12 with Break Dance. He graduated from the State School of Dance in Athens in 2016 and he's been working both in Greece and abroad ever since. He has collaborated with companies and choreographers including: the Gerhart Hauptmann Theatre in Germany, the Kennedy Muntanga Dance Theatre in the UK, Akram Khan in collaboration with Hellenic Dance Company, Aerites Dance Company led by Patricia Apergi and Adi Salant of Batseva.
He himself is inspired in his art by everyday human stories, the traditional dances of various cultures, martial arts, street dance styles etc. His diverse dancing backround offers an interesting input in Lida´s team in which he is an official member since their cooperation with the "Kinetic Orchestra", in Zürich.
Vassia Kolliou
Dancer
Vassia Kolliou (b. 1994, Athens) is a contemporary dance artist and graduate with honors of the Greek State School of Dance (KSOT). She has collaborated with internationally acclaimed choreographers and companies across Greece and Europe. She performed with the Hellenic Dance Company in Open Frontiers, interpreting works by Akram Khan, Anton Lachky, Martha Graham, and Jasmin Vardimon at the Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival.
Since 2017, she has been a core member of the “Arthrosis” dance company (Penny Diamantopoulou), performing internationally, including at the Next@Graham Festival (New York). She collaborates with Lida Dounouliaka in Switzerland; in 2024 the team received the “Carte Blanche” distinction. In April 2026, she presents the duet “Times and Signatures / A Matter of Femininity” in Fribourg.
She has also collaborated with Antonis Foniadakis (Bolero) and appeared in the Netflix series Maestro (Christoforos Papakaliatis). She also teaches contemporary dance and Graham technique.
Vassia has been a member of Lida Doumouliaka's team since 2020. She has performed her works in Theatres and Festivals in Switzerland and Europe such as the Theatre der Kunst in Zurich, the Hannover Choreographic Competition in Germany, the InciDanse Dance Festival, and the Theatre Equilibre- Nuithonie in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Violeta Kotsi
Costume designer
Violeta is a fashion designer specialized in sewing and pattern cutting based in Athens, Greece. She studied Fashion Design and Construction at ”Pansik Fashion School '' in Athens, where she graduated having created a collection of her own. Violeta has attended many workshops around fashion, costume making, costume history and sustainability, and she was selected to represent her Fashion School at the workshop ”Fashioration Project- study of Balkan Costumes” supported by the European Union. Currently, she is working in Cristiana´s Vardakou brand of clothing, where she creates collections of loungewear and homeware with naturally dyed organic fabrics. Violeta made the costumes for Lida’s choreography ”Traces” for Hannover Choreographic Competition with great success and since then she is officially part of the team.
