WORKSHOPS // MASTERCLASSES

Chara Kotsali

Chara Kotsali lives in Athens. She graduated from the “Rallou Manou” Higher Professional School of Dance and the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and has also followed the Professional Drums Course at the Μοdern Music School.

As a performer, she has collaborated – among others – with Christos Papadopoulos, Euripides Laskaridis, Patricia Apergi, Simos Kakalas, Sofia Paschou, Iris Karayan, Sofia Mavragani, Ermira Goro, Aliki Kazouri, Thomas Moschopoulos, Apostolia Papadamaki, Michalis Konstantatos, Medie Megas, Artemis Lampiri, Margarita Trikka, Vahid Evazzadeh, Angela Brouskou, Greek Dance Theater (Elliniko Horodrama), performing both in Greece and abroad.

She received the Jarmila Jeřábková award in Prague for her solo piece “Legacy” and the duet “Time to Mourn,” both conceived and choreographed by Iris Karayan. She was casted for the film “Suntan” by Argyris Papadimitropoulos. She has choreographed theater performances directed by Thanos Papakonstantinou (in the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, and elsewhere), Thomas Moschopoulos, Ektoras Lygizos, Akilas Karazisis, Argiris Xafis, Anestis Azas, Sylvia Liouliou, Haris Fragoulis, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, et al., and has worked as an assistant choreographer in dance pieces by Patricia Apergi and Christos Papadopoulos. She teaches contemporary dance techniques in the “Rallou Manou” and “Anna Petrova – Maro Marmarinou” professional dance schools. She was an assistant to Patricia Apergi, in a movement workshop for people 65+ yrs at the Onassis Cultural Centre. Since 2016, she is the coordinator of movement workshops taking place in the Female Prison of Elaiona, Thiva, in the framework of the Greek National Opera’s Educational Programs.