Xenia Aidonopoulou Skydiver Greece / UK

Drop-in to the foyer before the show to make simple paper puppets inspired by Skydiver. Create a bird or a butterfly to dance in the sky! Suitable for all ages.

Adult supervision is required.

A thrilling family-friendly dance workshop inspired by Skydiver, led by the talented dance artist Francesca Matthys. This interactive experience will ignite your creativity and transport you to a world where you can play, soar, and bring the sky-bound characters to life, to the originally composed score by Jonny Pilcher.

Suitable for all ages and abilities. Adult supervision is required.

Venues:
Sun 22 Oct – Stanley Arts Book now
Tue 24 Oct – The Place Book now
Wed 25 Oct – Studio 3 Arts Book now
Sun 29 Oct – Watermans Arts Centre Book now

Credit Nikolas Louka

Xenia is a dance artist with a background in dance dramaturgy and performance. She makes visually compelling dance-theatre works and collaborates with multidisciplinary artists with stories to share. She has worked extensively in dance, for the National Theatre of Greece, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Onasis Stagi and smaller art institutions. Between 2005 and 2017, she has worked as a dramaturg and creative consultant with Oktana Dancetheatre and choreographer/director Konstantinos Rigos, current Director of the Greek National Opera Ballet. She has also worked with various choreographers and directors, including Sivan Rubinstein, Georgia Tegou, Michalis Theophanous, Susan Kempster, Kate Flatt, Krishna Zivraj-Nair, Alexandros Efklidis, Simos Kakalas, Konstantinos Arvanitakis, Lenio Kaklea, Victor Arditti. Her work has been presented in venues including Greek National Opera, Sadler’s Wells, The Lowry, Polka Theatre, South Bank Centre and Royal Opera House. She is a member of the Dramaturgs’ Network, UK and a member of the Artist Development Troop at Cambridge Junction.

Skydiver is a Little Big Dance commission, led by South East Dance, in partnership with Dance East, Yorkshire Dance and Take Art, and co-commissioned by Dance Umbrella and Strike a Light Festival. Little Big Dance is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England.

Presented as part of the Orbital Touring Network in partnership with Unicorn Theatre & Team London Bridge, Stanley Arts, The Place, Studio 3 Arts and Watermans Arts Centre.

Unicorn Theatre
147 Tooley St London SE1 2HZ
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Stanley Arts
12 South Norwood Hill London SE25 6AB
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The Place
17 Duke’s Road London WC1H 9PY
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Studio 3 Arts
Boundary Rd Barking IG11 7JR
For access info please contact +44 (0)20 8594 7136 or [email protected]

Watermans Arts Centre
40 High St Brentford TW8 0DS
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