TASOS BEKIARIS
Tasos Bekiaris - Choreographer
He is born in Athens with a great desire for interactive communication with art and people. He is trained in different dance genres such as jazz, contemporary jazz, hip hop, musical, as well as in contemporary dance techniques such as ‘release’ and Limon by distinguished teachers in the field. He attended seminars on Dance Therapy and Choreology with Zoe Paneriti and Katia Savrami respectively.
Since 2004, he has been teaching Hip Hop and contemporary dance at senior professional and amateur ballet schools, as well as dance studios, while he also delivers seminar courses in many regions of the country.
He has collaborated for many years with Georgia Konstantina Atsambou for the elaboration of research projects concerning visualisation of space, specifically in the scientific field of "Architecture - Space Design", within the framework of the postgraduate program of the Department of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens.
In the summer of 2015, he participates as the National Greek Participation in the International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture in Prague (The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, PQ 2015), in the framework of the Competitive Section of the Educational Departments (Student). The team consists of Drs. G. Atzambou, Chr. Karadima, professors K. Savrami, G. Parmenidis and the supervisor Th. Vovolis.
As a dancer and choreographer he has worked with the L.A.G group for 3 years in New York and with Maria Lazari's Choronde as part of the Dance Festival of the Greek Choreographers Association.
He has also been a judge of dance competitions in dance federations both in Greece and abroad, most recently participating in the Teenage Grand Prix in Russia.
In 2012 he founds the LOAD Dance Company.
In January 2016 at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, he directs and choreographs "The Prison Ballad" a dance theatre performance of the Kollektiva album of the same name.
In May 2018 he appears on the stage of the National Theatre in the leading role of John the Baptist in the performance "Salome" directed by Stavros Litinas.
In July 2019 he takes part as a dancer in the musical-theatrical play by Reppa - Papathanasiou "Our own cinema" choreographed by Fokas Evagelinou.
In September 2019, he creates together with his colleagues, the official LOAD space, in the context of which the educational section of the group starts.
In January 2023, the second workshop of the LHC method is held.
In 2023 he participates as a choreographer - dancer in the creative team of the opening ceremony of the Mediterranean Coastal Games "Heraklion 2023".
"Many images in my mind... Many words that find correspondence... The only thing I know for sure is that I want to awaken people and unearth their most hidden thoughts... Because that's where I believe the truth of each of us lies... In phrases that may never have found their way into words... It's not the Others' fault... It's me, you, us, everyone...I do not want to present a rosy world because for me it does not exist...I choose the harsh reality that no matter how much it "throws up" we have to deal with it... Of course it is none other than our own Human Nature. This need to create makes me responsible for my continuous education on the field of dance, theatre and art in general."
