Toula Limnaios (
Greek
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: Toula Limneos Τούλα Λιμναίος, * 1963 in
Athens) is a Greek choreographer, performer and, alongside a composer
Ralf R. Ollertz, artistic director of
cie. toula limnaios, a dance company based in
HALLE TANZBÜHNE BERLIN.
Biography
After completing her studies in classical and modern dance, M. Alexander and Laban technique, music and dance education, she worked as a dancer with Claudio Bernardo and
Régine Chopinot, and as an assistant with Pierre Droulers. Limnaios received further education at the
Folkwang University of the Arts
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(at that time: Folkwagen University), where she studied together with
Susanne Linke,
Malou Airaudo, Jean Cébron, Lutz Förster and
Dominique Mercy
Dominique Mercy (born 1950)Alan Riding ''The New York Times'', June 17, 2005 is a French contemporary dancer. He has been a member, since 1974, of the Tanztheater Wuppertal company of Pina Bausch as well as a choreographer in his own right.
Biog ...
. She soon became a member of a Folkwang Dance Studio under the artistic direction of
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
.
Limnaios made her name by performing live- improvisations of the ''Duo Landscapes'', she founded together with the musicians
Conny Bauer
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As a student at senior high school in Sonneberg between 1957 and 1961, he was enthusiastic about modern music and danc ...
and
Peter Kowald
Peter Kowald (21 April 1944 – 21 September 2002) was a German free jazz and free improvising double bassist and tubist.
Career
A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with many European ...
. In 1996 she founded cie. toula limaios, a contemporary dance company that brought her choreographic art onto the stages worldwide, including Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Venezuela etc.
Apart from managing her ensemble, Limnaios works as a guest choreographer at the
Theater Osnabrück and the
Frankfurt University of Performing Arts (Hochschule für Darstellende Künste Frankfurt/Main). Between 2007 and 2008 she was a guest professor at the
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ ) in Berlin.
Toula Limnaios is one of the most eminent figures of German dance scene.
References
* ''
Der Tagesspiegel
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'' (The Daily Mirror), a special issue on the ''George Tabori Theatre Award 2012'', The Fund for Performing Arts, 16. – 23.05.2012.
* Elisabeth Nehring:
Mehr Schärfe und Radikalität.' In: ''
Berliner Zeitung
The ''Berliner Zeitung'' (, ''Berlin Newspaper'') is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in East Germany in 1945, it is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since reunification. It is published by Berliner ...
'', Kultur, 05.08.2013.
* Sandra Luzina:
Evolution im Zeitraffer.' In: ''
Der Tagesspiegel
''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, ...
'', Kultur, 05.08.2013.
* Karin Schmidt-Feister:
Das Brennen unter der Hautin:
Neues Deutschland
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For 43 years it was the official party newspaper of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ...
, Berlin – Kultur, 08.08.2013.
* Mareen Ledebur:
Ich glaube nicht an ein Nomadenleben.' In: ''
taz. die tageszeitung'', Kultur, 01.08.2013.
* Tanz-Journal, Issues 4–6, Kieser Verlag, München, 2005.
* The Beckett Circle, Volumes 17–26, p. 9, Samuel Beckett Society, 2001.
External links
Homepage Cie. toula limnaiosHALLE-TANZBÜHNE BERLIN
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1963 births
Living people
Greek choreographers
Greek emigrants to Germany
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts faculty
Dancers from Berlin
People from Athens