Anastasia Brouzioti
choreographer, dancer, teacher
Biography
She was born in Larissa in 1982. She studied classical dance at the Municipal Academy of Ballet in Larissa(Gr), Contemporary Dance, Improvisation and Movement Composition at AREA (Barcelona) and Hiphop at the Company & Company School (Barcelona). She started to dance professionally and teach in Greece and Spain in 2010. In 2012 she founded the company AlmaLibre.co in which she works as a choreographer and dancer.
AlmalLibre.co's creative and choreographic work i s based on the research of human freedom and the immediacy of dance as a way of expression and communication. The company presented its work in various International Dance Festivals in Greece, Spain, Ireland, Bulgaria, Germany and Italy. It was awarded the Residency Award at Centro Coreografico de la Gomera / Kanarias Islas for the project “ A true story” and the Residency Award at LaCaldera Centre de Creation en Dance y Artes Esceniques, Barcelona (2015) for the project “Race to grace” by the Madrid Choreography Competition. “Race to grace” was selected by the Spanish festival organization “Cielo Abierto” to tour in Spain in 2016. In March 2017 the piece "Home" was awarded the first prize (audience award) by "In progress Feedback Festival 2017" organized by Kinitiras Art Space in Athens. An excerpt from the productions "Home" and “Black Swans” respectively were presented in 2019 and 2020 at Viewfinder under the "40 Winks" of Springback Magazine organized by Aerowaves. The company was supported financially by the Greek Ministry of Culture for the projects "JOY" (2020) and "danceathon" (Kalamata Internationa Dance Festival 2023).
As a dancer / performer she collaborated with: Prosxima Dance Company, Jai Gonzales, Yannis Antoniou-Kunst-stoff company, National Opera of Greece, Kyriaki Spanou, Lola Gonzales, Marianna Kavalieratos, Thomas Mosxopoulos, Amalia Benett, Fani Ardan, LaTaimada, Iasis, Yelp.com, Soyuz, D.Martinez, Ol.Alvarez, and others. As an actress she participated in the film by Giorgos Zois “ Interruption” (Official participation at the Venice Cinema Festival 2015).
Since 2011 to the present she has been working as a choreographer in various theatrical performances and teaching contemporary dance and improvisation at dance schools in Greece and abroad. The latest and long term cooperations she had in theater are: the Thessalikο Theater (Larisa, Greece) from 2020 - 2022 and since January 2023 up to now with the Aggelon Bima Theater (Athens), where is worked in various theater plays as choreographer, actress and director's assistant .