
Katerina Giannakopoulou
MULTiDiSCiPLiNARY ARTiST & DiRECTOR
ONLY HUMAN – first part of the Documentary Series Music4Everybody! (Director, Dramaturgy, 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)
LIVE ON STAGE (Katerina la Greca & Friends)
ABOUT HER
Katerina, also known as “Katerina la Greca” is part of the “Flamenco Zentrum Köln” Community since 2001. She works as a solist, performer, choreographer, coach or director with ” Oper Köln”, “La Fura dels Baus”, “Schauspiel Köln”, “Javid Afsari Rad Ensemble” & “Zarbang Ensemble”.
EDUCATION
She was only 6 years old when she met her first teacher Pina Bausch who guided her when she entered the artistic world of dance theatre, giving her the opportunity to take part in all the involved aspects- from rehearsals to closing night.
Her formation at an early age was in classical ballet, modern dance, jazz dance, flamenco dance and voice training. Later she completed her education as a professional dancer and dance teacher in Theatre Bayer Erholungshaus at the age of 21.
After that, she moved from Germany to Sevilla, Spain where she became “Katerina la Greca” mixing flamenco dance with dance theatre and sharing the stage at international flamenco festivals with Icons like Rocio Molina, Belen Maya, Leonor Leal and more. Her formation was with masters like Rafaela Carrasco, Manuel Betanzos, Israel Galván, Matilde Coral…
At the age of 25 she started to focus more on acting, working in the theatre “Viento Sur” in Sevilla Spain where she got the opportunity to play several main roles such as Phädra (Racine), Celestina (Max Frisch) and Mirandolina (Goldoni).
With 29 she decided to move back to Germany where she took 2,5 years of acting training at Schauspiel Zentrum Cologne in the areas of film and theater.