About Us

The Founders of Dancecyprus aspire to provide a permanent, professional company to uplift and entertain our audiences and to inspire dancers and choreographers to believe they have a future in this country.

Dancecyprus has the following aims:

• To perform a repertoire in a variety of styles. The repertoire will also include performances in which part of the program will be music only.
• To encourage artists to be inspired by Cypriot heritage and culture, thus developing the company’s Cypriot identity.
• To create new works.
• To promote performance opportunities for professional dancers and musicians from Cyprus and abroad.
• To extend audiences by providing easy access to a broad spectrum of dance.
• To develop understanding and enjoyment of dance by imaginative programming, lectures, lecture-demonstrations, informal talks, interviews, etc.
• To act as cultural ambassadors abroad.
• To cooperate with other charities where appropriate.

Honorary Founders

Christina Arestis – Soloist of The Royal Ballet, United Kingdom
Antonio Colandrea – Choreographer,Balletto di Toscana and MaggioDanza, Italy
Soteris Georgallis
Martino Tirimo – Concert Pianist, Conductor and Composer

Founders

Christakis Christofides, Catherine Dawson, Lellos Demetriades, Pamela Groves,                Katerina Ker-Lindsay, Jacqueline Owen, Alecos Shantos, Androula Vassiliou, Joris Vreede

Patrons

Bryony Brind - Former Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet, United Kingdom
Martino Tirimo - Concert pianist, Conductor and Composer

Directors

Demetra Antoniou
Catherine Dawson
Nairy Der Arakelian-Merheje
Pamela Groves
Georgia Karayianni 
Katerina Ker-Lindsay 
Jacqueline Owen   
Alecos Shantos

Artistic Team 

Choreographer: Antonio Colandrea (click here for information)
Associate Composer: Constantinos Stylianou
Associate Designer: Andy Bargilly
Choreographer's Assistant: Arianna Marcoulides
Company Pianist: Kyriakos Kyriakou

Associates

Beverley Davies - Public Relations UK
Lellos Demetriades of Demetriades & Associates - Legal Counsel
Savvides & Partners - Auditors
Malvina Constantinou - Wardrobe Mistress
Yiangos Hadjiyiannis - Technical Director
Georgia Karayianni - Make-up
Hugo Bauwens - Hair Styling

Company Members

Meriel Antoniou
Aris Arestis
Andy Bargilly
Alain Boccard
Christakis Christofides
Catherine Dawson
Jane Dawson
Lellos Demetriades
Nairy Der Arakelian-Merheje
Stephanie Fellas
Pamela Groves
Frosso Hadjigeorgiou
Georgia Karayianni 
Katerina Ker-Lindsay
Andreas Mavromichalis
Jacqueline Owen
Yiannis Papachristodoulou
Paschalis Paschali
Maria Pitsilli
George Scordellis
Alecos Shantos
Demetris Tackoushis
Androula Vassiliou
Joris Vreede
Monty Youngs