KATERINA LA GRECA

Multidisciplinary Artist & Director
Rooted in flamenco. Creating across dance, film & social impact.

“Through movement, image and sound, I craft performances and films that explore identity, transformation and social resonance. My work blends flamenco’s emotional depth with a contemporary artistic vision.”

EMBRUJO FLAMENCO by Katerina La Greca

(Flamenco Dancer & Choreographer, Concept)

Katerina la Greca & Aeham Ahmad

(Flamenco Dancer & Choreographer, Concept

BETWEEN WAR & PEACE with Mine Yücel & Kyrill Korsunenko

(Flamenco Dancer, Director, Choreographer, Concept)

ONLY HUMAN II – Experimental Documentary Series with music4everybody! e.V. & cineMars

(Director, Writer, Choreographer, Coach)

ONLY HUMAN I – Experimental Documentary Series with music4everybody! e.V. & cineMars

(Director, Writer, Choreographer, Coach)

PANDEMIA – interdisciplinary art film by Katerina Giannakopoulou

(Director, Dancer, Actress, Producer)

THE TRAGEDY OF DOMNA VISVIZI – interdisciplinary art film

(made by Katerina Giannakopoulou & Mixalis Iliaskos)

AS THE WAVE BROKE…. – a film by Alexandra Bekiou

(Katerina Giannakopoulou in the role of Julia)

Katerina la Greca & Friends

(Productions)

ABOUT HER

Katerina La Greca is an internationally award-winning multidisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, and flamenco performer of Greek origin.
Based between Gran Canaria and Cologne, her work bridges flamenco, film, movement, and socially engaged art practices across Spain and Germany.

She is the founder of ARTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE!, a collaborative platform that brings together artists, filmmakers, institutions, and communities to create transformative stage and film projects. Her focus lies in exploring urgent social themes, promoting diversity, and fostering collective awareness through the arts.

Katerina has performed internationally as both soloist and ensemble dancer and has been part of the Flamenco Zentrum Köln since 1998. As the creator and director of ONLY HUMAN, she has collaborated with renowned institutions including La Fura dels Baus, Philharmonie Köln, Schauspiel Köln, Javid Afsari Rad Ensemble, and Zarbang Ensemble.

In 2025, she premiered her latest production Embrujo Flamenco – a powerful solo performance that blends traditional flamenco with jazz, experimental sound and theatrical imagery. Developed on Gran Canaria, the work embodies her artistic identity as a performer rooted in flamenco and expanded through cross-genre exploration. The piece is adaptable for theatres, hotel stages, and outdoor venues.

Her directorial work includes the multi-award-winning documentary series ONLY HUMAN (2020–2023) – which supports youth from refugee and migrant backgrounds through collective creation. Since 2015, she has realised over 100 productions in schools, arrival centres, and community spaces.

Her debut film PANDEMIA (2020), an experimental music short told from the perspective of Mother Nature, received international recognition for its poetic language and strong ecological message.

In The Tragedy of Domna Visvizi (2020), she portrayed the legendary Greek heroine in an interdisciplinary film performance officially recognised by the Greek National Tourism Organization. This followed her artistic collaboration with filmmaker Mixalis Iliaskos, with whom she co-founded Greek Natural Videos – an homage to their homeland through poetry, landscape and dance.

She also starred as Julia in Als die Welle brach… (“As the Wave Broke”, 2019), a poetic film by Alexandra Bekiou about female transformation and resilience in the aftermath of trauma.

EDUCATION

Katerina’s artistic path began at the age of four under the influence of Pina Bausch, who introduced her to dance theatre and invited her into early stage experience. She received professional dance training at Theater Bayer Erholungshaus, with a foundation in ballet, modern, jazz, flamenco and voice.

Her passion for flamenco brought her to Seville, where she studied intensively with Rafaela Carrasco, Manuel Betanzos, and Matilde Coral, performing alongside musicians such as Juan Antonio Suárez “Cano”, Rafael Jiménez “Falo”, and Leonor Leal. There, she became known as Katerina la Greca.

She later trained in acting at Viento Sur Teatro in Seville with Jorge Cuadrelli, and at Schauspiel Zentrum Köln, specialising in film and theatre performance.

Today

Katerina La Greca continues to create cross-cultural, interdisciplinary works that explore identity, memory, ritual, and transformation. Whether through flamenco, film or collaborative performance, her work seeks to move – and to move others.