KUNST-STOFF productions, is a Goldie award winning, contemporary dance/production company based in Athens, Greece. It has been creating eclectic movement-focused art experiences for the past 24 years and focuses on international collaborations and co-productions.
KUNST-STOFF is known for its unusual and highly visual theatrical dance works, which merge different art forms, often creating unexpected collisions and provocative beauty. While versed in the realm of established dance techniques, the company's work steps outside the "known" with a distinctive movement style that extends the body beyond codified limits.
KUNST-STOFF has internationally presented work at the ODC Theater, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the San Francisco International Arts Festival, at Burning Man, MANCCY Tallahassee FL, Tanztage Berlin, Dimitria International Festival in Thessaloniki, the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, Dock 11 in Berlin, and the Athens International Dance Festival among others.
Yannis Adoniou is born in Athen and studied at the State School of Dance (KSOT) and the School of Hamburg Ballet. He danced with the Hamburg Ballet, Osnabruck State Theater, Bonn Ballet, Underwegs Theater in Heidelberg, William Forsythe’s member project, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, San Francisco Opera and Sara Shelton Mann's Contraband, among others. In 1998 he created the organization KUNST-STOFF productions where as artistic director he was honored with the Goldie Award. In addition to the KUNST-STOFF Dance Company, he created works for groups and universities such as Seattle Opera, Sacramento Ballet, Bonn Ballet, Opera Santa Barbara, National Opera House of Kuwait, the Modern Department at the University of Utah, Florida State University, Lines Ballet/Dominican University, Municipal Theatre of Patras, NEON Organization, Benaki Museum, MoveOn Academy, Milan among others.
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