BORN April 6th 1975
EDUCATION
Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, City University London,UΚ, BA Hons in Dance Theatre, 1993-1996
PERFORMANCES
Blame it on the sun - Pattihio theatre Limassol, 2002
Insomnia - Château roux France, 2002
Evergreen – in collaboration with Christodoulos Panayiotou Limassol, Contemporary Dance Platform, Zagreb, Break a leg Festival, Limassol, 6th European Dance Festival , London, Aerowaves Festival, The Place, Prague,Tanec Praha Festival, 2003 Amsterdam, Julidans festival, Aerodance, Leipzig, Euro-scene Festival , 2003
Apostasi Asfalias - Nicosia, National Theatre, Rialto theatre Limassol, , 2003
Peri Orismenis Kinisis - Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, 2003
Soundproof - Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 2005
Eye to I -Contemporary Dance Platform Limassol, Leipzig, Euro-scene Festival, Dresden, Tanzherbst Festival, Amsterdam, Fresh Dance, Julidans festival, Volos, 2nd Mediterranean Platform for Contemporary Dance, Kalamata International Festival, 2005
Monday Mourning - Limassol, Contemporary Dance Platform, 2006
Living Happily Forever After - Dresden, Tanzherbst Festival and neubau / Staatsschauspiel, 2006 Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 2006
Nicosia, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, 2006Heart Time - in collaboration with Machi Demetriadou Lindahl Limassol, Dance House Lemesos, Nicosia, Artos Foundation, 2007
En Oiko - Limassol, Summer site specific Festival, 2008
ISLANDING - Opening of the Larnaca International Airport, 2009
Pretendance - Limassol, Contemporary Dance Platform, Nicosia, European Dance Festival, Prague,Tanec Praha Festival, 2009
Party Animals - Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Peiraios 260,Kypria International Festival, Larnaca Municipal Theatre, Strovolos theatre, Rialto theatre Limassol, Paris, Unesco Building, 2009-2010
GIRAFFE - Limassol, Contemporary Dance Platform, 2010 Nicosia, European Dance Festival, Kalamata International Festival, Royal festival Hall, DancEUnion, Southbank Centre London,, 2011
The Feast in the Garden - Aliada Restaurant Limassol, Palia Electriki Restaurant Nicosia, 2010
AGAIN - Ponec Theatre Poland, baroque music festival, 2011
Tune In - Contemporary Dance Platform Limassol, Point Centre of Contemporary Art Nicosia, European Dance Festival, Kalamata International Festival, Brussels, Bozar theatre, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Venice, Biennale of Visual Arts, Oo exhibition, Cyprus and Lithuanian Pavillion, curator Raimundas Malašauskas, Dublin, Made in Dublin Festival, Prague, Tanec Praha festival, The Hauge, Korzo, Monaco, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco 2012-2013, The Buffer Fringe Festival, Home of Cooperation, 2014, Leipzig, Terra Mediterranea Exhibition, 2016
IntuNition Limassol, Rialto theatre, National theatre Nicosia,, 2012
Changing Skin - Open House festival Limassol, Act you Age EU Programme, Maastricht, Act you Age EU programme, 2013
The shape of necessity - Contemporary Dance Platform Limassol, European Dance Festival Nicosia, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Bassano Del’ Grappa, E-motion Festival ,2013
Humans Being - Rialto Theatre Limassol, Cyprus National Theatre Nicosia, , 2013
Dream on - Summer site specific Festival Limassol 2014, Art your service , Kypria Festival Nicosia,2019
Hand - The Performance ShopNicosia , 2014, The Performance Shop Limassol, 2015
The Record Replay React Show - Dance Platform, Rialto Theatre Limassol, Stromboli, Forget Amnesia- Volcano Extravaganca, Fiorucci Art Trust, 2014
SKIN - The Performance ShopLimassol, 2015, Summer site specific Festival Limassol, 2015, Contemporary Dance Platform (Parallel Events), 2016 , The Performance Shop-Athens and Epidaurus festival, 2018 Nicosia, Theatro Polis OPAP, 2019
Drops of Peace - The underwater Heart of the Mediterranean Εu Programme Partners dk-bel France, Quasi Stellar - Greece
Paiania, Vorres Museum Gardens, Limassol, Municipal Gardens, 2015 , Cergy, Visages du Monde, 2016, Kalamata International Dance Festival, Thorigny-sur-Marne, Le Moustier,
Beirut, French School, Clichy sous Bois, La Fontaine aux Images, 2016The silent dinner - The Performance Shop Limassol, 2015
The active spectator The Performance Shop Limassol, 2015, Theatro Polis OPAP, 2017, The Performance Shop - Athens and Epidaurus festival , 2018
JAKATOUMBA - Rialto Theatre,Limassol - 2016, State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, Nicosia - 2017
Truth well faked - Contemporary Dance Platform, Rialto theatre Limassol, The Yard Residency – Οld vinegar factory, 2016
Word March - Contemporary Dance Platform,Limassol - 2017
The Speaker - Summer site specific Festival Limassol, 2017 , Art your service , Kypria Festival, Nicosia, 2019
3 for random - Dentro Theatre,Nicosia, Open House Festival (Dance House Lemesos), 2017
The Persians of Aeschylus - movement and choreography (directed by Aris Βiniaris, Αtossa Kariofilia Karambeti) Nicosia, Amphitheatre Makarios lll 2017, 2018
Ancient Odeon of Pafos, Ancient Theatre of Kourion, Municipal Amphitheatre of Deryneia, Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre of Larnaka, Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Open Theater E.I.M. – Frontzou, Ioannina, Ancient Theater of Dion , Theatro Dassous, Thessaloniki, Odeon of Herodes AtticusGold - Limassol Municipal Arts Centre –Apothikes Papadaki - 2018, Nicosia International festival,Μunicipal Theatre, 2019
Resculpting Freedom - Nicosia Muicipal Arts centre, Treasure Island exhibition, Nicosia - 2014, Theatro Polis OPAP, Terra Mediterranea exhibition, 2017
Near Life Experience - Contemporary Dance Platform, Rialto theatre Limassol, 2018
Humping Contemporary Dance Platform, Rialto theatre Limassol - 2019
Collective Tune in - Site specific festivalLimassol, Nicosia, Art your service, Kypria festival, 2019
Body Unmuted - Theatro Polis OPAP Nicosia, Limassol Municipal Arts Centre –Apothikes Papadaki, Open House Festival - Dance House Limassol, 2019
The Performance Shop - Pop Up festival, Nicosia, 2014, Limassol, City centre, 2015, Athens, Athens and Epidaurus festival, 2018, Αrt Your service, opening of the Κypria Festival, 2019 (theperformanceshop.org)
Sexy Yuppies - Contemporary Dance Platform, Rialto theatre Limassol, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia -2020
Skull – in collaboration with Yiannis Christofides, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, 2020
Reel - in collaboration with Maria Leonidou, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, 2021
Egennisamen in collaboration with Christos Hadjichristou, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, 2021
Death by Karaoke in collaboration with Sakari Laurila, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, 2021
A future to die for, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, 2021
Vessel, Rialto theatre Limassol 2022
Channels, Contemporary Dance Platform, Rialto theatre Limassol - 2022
ΑRTISTIC PRACTICES / WORKSHOPS
Standup PerformDance - Dance House Lemesos, with Cathryn Robson -2009, Kalamata International festival with Guy Cools - 2010, Tilburg, Danshuis Station Zuid with Guy Cools, Impuls Tanz Vienna, with Guy Cools, 2012, Dance House Lemesos, 2016
The Record Replay React workshop - Stromboli, Forget Amnesia- Volcano Extravaganca, Fiorucci Art Trust, 2014
IntuNition - Limassol Dance House, with Εvie Haraki Mahera, 2012 & 2017 Cologne, Studio 11 with Εvie Haraki Mahera, Prague, Tance Praha festival with Εvie Haraki Mahera, Venice Biennale with Εvie Haraki Mahera, 2013, Nicosia pop-up festival with Εvie Haraki Mahera, Thessaloniki, Dimitria festival with Εvie Haraki Mahera, 2014 Theatro Polis ΟPAP, 2020
The Onion – An artist’s tool kit - Theatro Polis ΟPAP Nicosia, 2019, OPEN UP EU Programme, Theatro Polis ΟPAP - Nicosia, Limassol, Dance Ηouse Lemesos residency programee 2021
Voicing the personal to touch the universal - Perceiving Academy, Sound and Touch, organized by E.KA.TE, 2020
The Performance work ‘shop’ - BOW (Bodies of work) BJCEM – Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Dance House Lemesos, Limassol Municipal Arts Centre –Apothikes Papadaki, 2019
Performing Biography - OPEN UP EU Programme, Theatro Polis ΟPAP Nicosia, 2021
Lost in findings - Venice Biennale, Italian Pavillion, 2019
CURATORIAL
The Performance Shop Nicosia, Pop Up festival, 2014, See participating artists here
The Performance Shop Limassol, City centre, 2015, See participating artists here
The Performance Shop Athens, Athens and Epidaurus festival, 2018, See participating artists here
Βridges 2018, co-curator A residency programme at Theatro Polis OPAP bridging art and science. The Bridges participants (in alphabetical order) are:Aleksandra Borys (choreographer of art and science),Alexis Vasiliou (performance artist / curator),Charlotte Jarvis (visual artist),Enacttheatre, Guy Cools (dance dramaturge), Maria A Loizidou (cancer geneticist),Marina Genadieva (visual and performance artist), Nikolas Kasinos (performance and visual artist), PASHIAS (visual artist), Petros Konnaris,(performance artist)
Αrt your service, 2018, curator, The concept for the Kypria opening was based on the “The Performance Shop Concept” by Lia Haraki, where live art becomes an essential part of everydayness. Participating Artists: Dimitris Chimonas & Enacttheatre, Loukia Pierides, Marina Genadieva, Marios Ioannou, Korallia Stergides, Lia Haraki, Eleana Alexandrou and Petros Konnaris , Andria MIchaelidou, Stephanie Pastella, Panos Bartzis, Maria Kassapi, Emily Cutler, Panayiota Nicolaou, Arianna Marcoulides, Marios Takoushis, Magda Argyridou, Elena Gavriel, Christianna Eftychiou, Alex Miklosy, Melina Sofokleous, Annie Chouri, Hamilton Monteiro, Stelios Xydias, Andreas Stefanou, Rea Olympiou
Castle of anti-escape, 2019-20, curator A series of collaborative projects in the forms of residencies, performances and art works. Αrtists: Yiannis Christofides, Cathryn Robson, Sakari Laurila, Yiakinthi Lagioy, Maria Leonidou, Christos Hadjichristou and Lia Haraki
Sexpectations - Open house Festival 2015, curator. Artists: Ivo Dimchev, Eleana Alexandrou, Tabea Martin, Hodworks
ACADEMIA
Lecturer, University of Nicosia, Dance Programme, Cyprus, 2007-Present
Intercollege -Theatre studies, 2014 – 2018
Vladimiros kafkarides acting college, 2003 - 2005
ARTICLES
Tune In, From Stage to Page, 2013
There needs to be listening to receive the sound of knowledge, liaharaki.com, 2021
The work of art rather than the art work makes art necessary, iaharaki.com, 2020
TALKS
Falling in Art, Dance House Lemesos, 2015
Whatever you perform is right TEDx Limassol, 2015
The necessity of performance, TEDx Patras, 2018
POSITIONS
Artistic Director of .pelma.lia haraki (2003-present)
President of committee of Dance House Lemesos, 2007-present
Curator of the Open house Festival ‘Sexpectations’, 2015
Partner, Cyprus representative of the Aerowaves EU network, 2004-2016
Lecturer and part of core team for the development of the dance programme of the University of Nicosia, 2007
Coordinator of the performance laboratory ‘Open up’ EU Programme, 2020-2023
Resident artist at Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia municipal arts centre In collaboration with the Pierides foundation 2018-present.
AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS
Choreography award for the piece ‘Evergreen’, contemporary dance platform, 2003
Aerowaves network final selection of the work ‘Evergreen’, 2004
Choreography award for the piece ‘Eye to I’ , contemporary dance platform, 2005
Creator of the Year, Madame Figaro awards voted by the public, 2007
Aerowaves network final selection of the work ‘Pretendance’, 2009
Special mention for the Cyprus and Lithuanian Pavilion, Venice Bienale, 2013
The Performance shop was selected as one of 25 best practices in Europe by the EDN (European Dance House Network) which answered to the question ‘how dance can become relevant’, 2016
Creator of the Year, Madame Figaro awards voted by the public, 2019
Updated November 2021