GEORGIOS MICHELAKIS
Dance
Born in Heraklion, Crete (1993). He graduated from the Greek National School of Dance (Athens, 2015) and is currently studying at the Department of Theatre Studies of the School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has collaborated with the following companies and choreographers: MiR Dance Company from Gelsenkirchen in Germany (for the projects Adam & Eve by Roy Assaf, Les noches by Mauro Bigonzetti, Sacre by Ivgi & Greben, L’Orfeo, Notre Dame de Paris and Momo by Giuseppe Spota, Lead me by Fabio Liberti, and Shoot me into the green screen 1 by Antonin Comestaz and Erion Kruja); Athanasia Kanellopoulou (X-odus, 2019); Sharon Fridman Company (Free Fall, 2018); Patricia Apergi /Aerites Dance Company (Cementary and Planites, 2017-2019); Hikaru Fujii (The Primary Fact, 2018); and Anastasia Valsamaki, (Sync, 2016-2017). In theatre, he has participated in performances directed by Fanny Ardant (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Greek National Opera, 2019), Thomas Moschopoulos, (Manon, Greek National Opera, 2018), Stavros Litinas (Salome, Greek National Theatre, 2018), and Michael Marmarinos, (An endless journey, Pantheon Theatre, 2016). He was the choreographer in Manos Vavadakis’ staging of Ubu Roi (Greek National Theatre 2018). He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021).