Dance
Chiara Bersani
Artist
Chiara Bersani is an Italian artist working in the field of performing arts. She trained in the field of theatrical research with influences from contemporary dance and performance. Her first choreographic work, Family Tree, received several national awards including the Perspective Dance Award 2011 and was part of the NID Platform 2014.
Manolis Saridakis
Artist
Manolis Saridakis lives in Athens, is 35 years old, and works in dance, theatre, and music. He received his training as a contemporary dancer and choreographer as part of Onassis Stegi’s iDance, Europe Beyond Access, and Unlimited Access programs, held both in Greece and beyond, alongside contemporary and African dance workshops given by the Liminal arts organization. Manolis has appeared in Onassis Stegi productions (“Sweet Abyss”, “Deep Fusion Butterfly Band”, and more) and in a large number of theatrical performances staged by ARTOGETHER (Art of People With and Without Disabilities). He starred in the documentary film “I Am a Dancer” directed by Stavros Petropoulos, and produced by Onassis Stegi. He is studying découpage at the Theotokos Foundation, music at the National Conservatory of Athens, and qigong at the “Spring of the Young Forest” School for Martial Arts.
Watch Society Uncensored: Disability and culture, visibility and representation
FilmResource
On 19 February 2023, Onassis STEGI premiered their second episode of Society Uncensored, titled ‘Disability and culture, visibility and representation.
Demy Papathanasiou
Artist
Demy Papathanasiou worked for many years as a mechanical engineer. In her forties, she began to train in dance. She is now an esteemed choreographer and led one of the Europe Beyond Access artist laboratories in Athens.
Vinterresa
Resource
Vinterresa (Winter Journey) is a new dance solo about the power of memories and our past by choreographer Carl Knif for Swedish dancer Madeleine Månsson
Giuseppe Comuniello
Artist
Giuseppe Comuniello is a visually impaired dancer and choreographer from Italy supported by Oriente Occidente Dance Festival. In 2019, he was one of the selected artists to take part in the third Europe Beyond Access laboratory held in Maastricht. His work, spanning both stage and screen, demonstrates a broad range of interests including differences in perspectives, the haptic realm and touch, group dynamics, and streams of consciousness. Giuseppe is also part of the disabled artists group, Al. Di. Qua, alongside Chiara Bersani, Diana Anselmo, Dalila D’Amico, Aristide Rontini, Valentina Alessandria, Claudio Gaetani, and Giacomo Curti. In his portfolio, he has worked with Camilla Guarino, Virgilio Sieni Company, Alessandro Schiattarella and BewegGrund Company, Civil Ballet Company, musician Francesca Gaza, among many others. He has taught workshops with: Stopgap Dance Company, Camilla Guarino at the Teatro Comunale of Ferrara for the Festival La società a teatro, Mariateresa Diomedes for Disability on stage at the Orme festival in Lugano, and Silvia Berti at the Istituto Cavazza in Bologna. This film is part of a series of artist profiles produced by the transnational network, Europe Beyond Access.