Grigoris – G. Gaitanaros was born in 1984 in Athens (Greece). He graduated from the Democritus University (Faculty of Law, Greece, 2002 - 2007) and he is a member of Piraeus Bar Association since 2010. He studied dance at the Institut de Formation Professionnelle de danse Rick Odums (IFPRO - professional dance departement) to Paris (France, 2008-2009). He holds a Master’s degree (distinction) in design for performing & visual Arts at Middlesex University of London (UK, 2013 - 2014), as well as an ongoing Master’s degree in the interuniversity program of creative writing at the University of Western Macedonia in collaboration with the Open University (Greece, 2017).
He has attended professional long-term workshops of dance, physical theater and martial arts in CVN Kalari Nadakavu (Kerala - India, 2012), Nrityalya School for Classical Dance (Kerala - India, 2012), Juste Debout School (Paris - France, 2011), Jacob's Pillow School (Athens - Greece, 2010), Centre des Arts Vivants (Paris - France, 2008), El Timbal Performing Circus Arts (Barcelona - Spain, 2005), and master classes with Battery Dance Company (Athens - Greece, 2013), Akram Khan Company (Athens - Greece, 2012), Netherlands Dance Theater (The Hague - Netherlands, 2011) and he is also a certified stretching instructor by BFS Academy (2016).
Furthermore, he has attended workshops of applied arts (graphic design, video editing) at ΑΚΤΟ College and InfoQuality Center (Athens - Greece, 2013).
He is the creator of Face the Fact group (2012) and director of Face the Fact Studio (2016). Group's research purpose is the unity of performing arts and their connection with visual arts as well as with philosophy, psychology, literature and politics with the focus in dance, theater, cinema, creative writing and educational programs.
He designs live performances and short films, participating in festivals, exhibitions and lectures in collaboration with cultural institutions, research groups or freelance artists. Additionally, he writes articles published in online journals.
He works as a director and choreographer in audiovisual & dancetheater productions, as a teacher of dance and theater in schools and dance studios, as well as a freelance legal advisor/lawyer.
His work as a researcher and artist has been presented in Greece and abroad and is based on the process of synthesis, with a focus on social issues, and the innovation in educational methodologies and artistic creation.
CREATIVE WRITING - CINEMA
Soul Washer / Script - Direction - Choreography
London Greek Film Festival, 2018 (London, UK)
8th Athens Video Dance Project, 2018 (Athens - Greece)
Kubrick Short Film Festival, 2018 (Athens - Greece)
Intermediaciones - Videoarte y Video Experimental Festival, 2017 (Medellin - Colombia)
Tipperary Dance Platform's International Dance Festival, 2017 (Tipperary - Ireland)
8th Bridges International Film Festival, 2017 (Peloponnese - Greece)
The class / Script - Direction - Choreography
7th Athens Video Dance Project, 2017 (Athens - Greece)
Breath in. Wear it. Move it / Script - Direction - Performance
Nike's competition / Best Video Award, Pansik Fashion School, 2016 (Athens - Greece)
Bankman / Script - Direction - Performance
London Greek Film Festival, 2016 (London – UK)
On Performance Symposium, Michael Cacoyiannis Foundation, 2016 (Athens - Greece)
8th Performance Dinners by Chelsea college of Arts & Maria Paschalidou, 2015 (Athens - Greece)
Expanding the Rhythm - Instructional Video / Script - Direction - Performance
6th Athens Video Dance Project, 2016 (Athens - Greece)
Expanding the Rhythm - Urban Landscape & Everyday Movement / Script - Direction - Performance
5th Athens Video Dance Project, 2015 (Athens - Greece)
Butterfly Fly / Performance
Melina Mercouri Foundation, 2012 (Athens - Greece)
DANCETHEATER
Aliss at the Fire (Jon Fosse) / Choreography & Performance
Semio theater, 2014-5, (Athens - Greece)
Museum of Human Behaviour / Choreography & Performance
Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2013, Benaki Museum (Athens – Greece)
I saw you / Choreography & Performance
In Progress/Feedback Festival 2013, Kinitiras Theater (Athens - Greece)
Expanding the Rhythm / Direction - Choreography - Performance
Semio Theater, 2013 (Athens - Greece)
Quasi Studio, 2013 (Athens - Greece)
Vyrsodepsio Theater, 2012 (Athens - Greece)
The Pathless Land / Direction - Performance
Page 31 Festival 2012 (Spring), Contemporary Art Meeting Point (Athens – Greece)
Analysis Project / Co-Direction - Performance
Page 31 Festival 2012 (Fall), Contemporary Art Meeting Point (Athens - Greece)
Billie Holiday / Direction - Choreography
Acropol theater, 2012 (Athens – Greece)
Kappa Theater, 2011 (Athens - Greece)
All is full of love / Choreography - Performance
Beton7 Theater, 2011 - 12 (Athens - Greece)
Eros Iros (Alexandros Papadiamantis) / Choreography
Philippi Festival/Thassos 2011, Municipal Theater of Kavala (Kavala - Greece)
Se dialoguer / Choreography - Performance
Avlea Theater, 2011 (Athens - Greece)
Delos Project / Choreography - Performance
Six Dogs Stage, 2011 (Athens - Greece)
Les 6 Eluards / Choreography - Performance
Six Dogs Stage, 2011 (Athens - Greece)
Trio Project / Performance
10th Festival of Greek Choreographers, Roes Theater, 2011 (Athens - Greece)
Street Philosophy / Performance
9th Festival of Greek Choreographers 2010, PK Theater (Athens - Greece)
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
The Third Bell (3rd high school of Nikaia) | Wet Dreams (Giorgos Maniotis) | Teaching - Adaptation - Direction - Choreography
Piraeus Municipal Theater, 2017 (Athens - Greece)
The Third Bell (1rst professional high school of Piraeus) | The Class | Teaching - Text - Direction - Choreography
Piraeus Municipal Theater, 2016 (Athens - Greece)
LECTURES
Us -and- the Others / VideoDance as an expressive & educational tool
Athens School of Fine Arts, 7thAthens Video Dance Project 2017 (Athens - Greece)
Performance & Politics / Is performance making anti-capitalist way of production (and if so, how)?
MCF, On Performance Symposium 2016 (Athens - Greece)
Research Design Concepts
AKTO Art & Design College - MA in Design 2015 (Athens - Greece)
TV ADS
Jumbo
Easter (2011) / Choreography
Jumbo
Summer (2011) / Choreography
TEACHINGS
Contempo-Jazz (classes)
Face the Fact Studio 2016-18, (Athens - Greece)
Dance In Studio 2013-14, (Athens - Greece)
Rhythmphrenia (workshop)
Face the Fact Studio 2017, (Athens - Greece)
360 Training (classes)
Face the Fact Studio 2016, (Athens - Greece)
Kalaripayattu (classes&workshops)
Husky martial arts academy 2016, (Athens - Greece)
Swaha Yoga Center 2015-16, (Athens - Greece)
Studio floor barre 2015, (N. Makri/Attiki - Greece)
Eagle Claw Kung Fu 2014, (Athens - Greece)
Lalo Studio 2013, (Athens - Greece)
Stretching - Flexibility (classes)
Face the Fact Studio 2016, (Athens - Greece)
Jazz Hop (classes)
Playground for the Arts 2015, (Athens - Greece)
Expanding the Rhythm (workshops)
Semio Theater 2013-14, (Athens – Greece)
Dance In Studio 2013, (Athens – Greece)
Vyrsodepsio Theater 2012, (Athens – Greece)
Meditating the dance (classes)
Quasi Studio 2013, (Athens - Greece)
Kivotos tou Kosmou 2012, (Athens - Greece)
Experimental Jazz (classes)
Playground for the Arts 2012, (Athens - Greece)
Citizens Theater 2012, (Kavala – Greece)
Street Modern Jazz (classes&workshops)
Echoes & Footprints 2011 - 12, (Athens – Greece)
Danzarin 2010, (Athens - Greece)
Jazz (classes)
Centre d'Alesia 2009, (Paris - France)