Adonis Vais
Performer and creator based in Athens, Greece, collaborating with Christos Papadopoulos since 2020, dancing in the Rose Prize awarded Larsen C and in My Fierce Ignorant Step.
Adonis Vais began dancing at the age of 17. In 2006, he got admitted at the Greek National School of Dance, where he collaborated with the Hellenic Dance Company and choreographer Valasia Symeonidou. He graduated in 2009, awarded the Koula Pratsika Foundation Scholarship and danced in NOWHERE by Dimitris Papaioannou.
He continued his collaborations with: Konstantinos Rigos, Jukstapoz, Elena Christodoulidou and Machi Dimitriadou Lindahl. In 2011, he danced for Dorit Weintal/Dansmakers Amsterdam and the cie.Toula Limnaios. From 2012 until 2019, he co-created and performed internationally with the Sasha Waltz & Guests company.
Since 2020, he is based in Athens and has worked with: Alexandra Waierstall, Christos Papadopoulos, Tzeni Argyriou, Agni Papadeli Rossetou, Alexis Fousekis, Thomas Moschopoulos, Poka Yio, Nadja Argiropoulou, Iria Vrettou, and Ermira Goro.
He has created performances and installations for the: Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Ufer Studios Berlin, Fabrik Potsdam, Athens Pride Festival, Theaternatur Festival, Athens Video Dance Project, Kournos Music Festival, ‘the collective purr’, Urtopias Academy of Choreography, Dance Days Chania, Art Explora Festival and Kalamata International Dance Festival.
The workshop is led by Adonis Vais, a performer and creator based in Athens, Greece, who has been collaborating with Christos Papadopoulos since 2020.