MYRTO GRAPSA
Dance
Myrto Grapsa (b. 1986, Athens) is a graduate of the National School of Dance in Athens (KSOT, BA Honours) and studied at the Department of Theatre Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also holds a postgraduate degree from the London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS). As a performer, she has worked with a number of choreographers, companies, and institutions, including: Marianna Kavallieratos, Kiriakos Hadjiioannou, Jorge Crecis, Jonathan Lunn, Christos Papadoopoulos, Brendan Fernandes, Athina Vahla, Simonetta Alessandri, Brandon la Belle, Andrew Hardwidge, English National Opera, Royal Opera House, Greek National Opera (GNO), National Theatre of Greece, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Hellenic Dance Company and Trumpet Creepers. She has worked as a performer and movement director for theater productions, collaborating with directors Rufus Norris, Yiannis Kakleas, Manos Vavadakis, Aris Laskos, Katia Gerou, as well as with the companies Oper(O) and Terre de Semis. As a choreographer, she has presented her work at Onassis Stegi, Greek National Opera, The PLACE (LCDS, London), Athens Biennale, Athens Dance Festival, New Choreographers Festival at Onassis Stegi, Athens Video Dance Project, at GNO’s online platform GNO TV, and at the German TV network 3Sat, among others. She has participated in International Festivals in Greece and Europe as well as in workshops of acclaimed artists (Hofesh Shechter, Jasmin Vardimon, Dimitris Papaioannou, Andonis Foniadakis and Chisato Ohno, among others). Since 2017, she is the artistic director of Artiria Athens, a performing arts lab in the center of Athens. Since 2012, she has been teaching dance at KSOT and at other professional dance studios in Athens. She is a faculty member of the Greek GNO Professional Dance School, Athens, where she teaches contemporary dance and theory of dance. She has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS in 2022.