Born in Limassol in 1978. Lives and works in Limassol.
STUDIES
2001-2003
Master in Performing Arts (Dance Department) / Arts du spectacle, University of Surrey (Roehampton-London) – Université Lumière Lyon 2
2001-2002 Danse studies, London Contemporary Dance School
AWARDS
4th DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 2005 (www.deste.gr)
5th Platform of Contemporary Dance Prize for the performance Evergreen (in collaboration with Lia Haraki),
Nicosia, 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES
2006
Residency at Platform-Garanti Center of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey (upcoming)
Slow dance marathon, Central Square of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel (upcoming)
Christodoulos Panayiotou Video Works, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Umjetnicka Galerija) – XXII International Festival Sarajevo (Sarajevo Winter 2006), Bosnia and Herzegovina
Christodoulos Panayiotou (new video work), Gazon Rouge, Athens, Greece
2005
Slow dance marathon, Residency of the Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Kalamaria (Thessaloniki) in collaboration with the Forum for European Artistic Exchanges (Forum)
2004
Forever is gonna start tonight, Medieval Castle of Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus
2002
You make me feel brand new, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
STAGED PERFORMANCE
2005
Anthem, Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus. Festival Al Sud, Faro and Lisbon, Portugal
2003-2004
Evergreen, (in col. with Lia Haraki). 1st Prize at the 3rd Platform of Dance – Cyprus / Aerowaves Landon Prize. Limassol (Rialto Theatre), Zagreb (Vidra Theatre), London (Aerowaves Festival), Prague (Tanec Praha Festival), Amsterdam (Julidanst – Aerodance), Malmo (Palladium Theatre), Leipzig (Euro-Scene 2004)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
EV+A Limerick (Biennale of Limerick), Limerick, Ireland (upcoming)
While we were sleeping, Platform-Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
2005
The Gesture, Quarter, Centro Produzione Arte, Florence, Italy
DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Accidental Meetings, The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
2004
HyperLinks, Evagoras & Kathleen Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
Bodyworks, The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia
ArtAthina 2004, Kappatos Gallery, Athens
2003
20 Rooms (St. George Lycabettus Hotel), Kappatos Gallery (Cur. Yiannis Toumazis), Athens
PUBLICATIONS
2005
Utopia has had to be postponed, for the performance Anthem
2004
Il n’y a pas de Yukali, for the performance Soundproof by Lia Haraki
2003
Mickey Mouse is Dead, for the catalogue of Polys Peslikas’ exhibition Impatient youths of the sun at Carré Sainte Ann, Montpellier
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
Yorgos Karouzakis, Eleftherotipia, Athens, 2005
Marina Fokides, Cool, Athens, 2005
Christina Skordi, Selides, Nicosia, 2005
Yiannis Toumazis, Bodyworks (Catalogue), The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia, 2004
Yiannis Toumazis, 20 Rooms (Catalogue), Kappatos Gallery, Athens, 2004
Donald Hutera, Dance Europe, London, March 2004 (vol. 72)
Elena Parpa, Fileleftheros, Nicosia, 8 February 2004
Alexandra Koroxenidis, International Herald Tribune, Paris-Athens, 2 December 2004
Giorgos Vamvakides and Stathis Panagoulis, Time Out Athens, Athens, 4 December 2004 (vol. 41)
DOCUMENTARY
DESTE Prize (Interview), National Greek Television, Director: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
Between the Soul and body (on Evergreen), Director: Andrea Sestakova,
Camera: Thomas Krivy, Producers: Czech National Television, Tanec Praha