Efrosini Protopapa (artistic director / choreographer)
Susanna Recchia (performer / assistant to the artistic director)
Anastasia Tsonou (performer)
[Efrosini's photo] Efrosini Protopapa (artistic director / choreographer)
A founding member and the artistic director of Lapsus Corpi, Efrosini is a choreographer and researcher based in London. She has been making work since 1999 and has choreographed all of the group’s productions to date, which have been presented throughout the UK, as well as in Germany and in Greece. She lectures on dance composition, choreography and theory in the performing arts, in academic institutions in the UK and in Greece, and regularly contributes articles to international performing arts journals. Recently she was commissioned to create a work for 16 3rd-Year Laban students, which toured in Universities in the UK. Efrosini’s work is inspired by the thinking and processes of Jonathan Burrows, Xavier Le Roy, Jérôme Bel, Thomas Lehmen and Forced Entertainment, and the writings of Tim Etchells, André Lepecki, Adrian Heathfield and Bojana Cvejic. A graduate of the State School of Dance and the Department of Theatre Studies in Athens, she also studied at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam and holds an MA with distinction from Laban in Choreography, Aesthetics and Visual Design for Dance. Her postgraduate studies in the UK were funded by the State Scholarships Foundation, Greece, and the A. S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. She is currently completing a practice-based PhD in Choreography with a postgraduate bursary from Roehampton University, looking at issues of fact and the real, representation and meaning in performance.
[Susanna's photo] Susanna Recchia (performer / assistant to the artistic director)
A founding member of Lapsus Corpi, Susanna has performed in all of the group’s productions to date, including the 2004 solo Umm… I… and uh… and its 2008 recreation Umm… I… and uh… [revisited]. Currently she also leads most of the group’s warm-up classes, as well as Lapsus Corpi’s educational and participatory activities together with Efrosini. A dance-artist and teacher based in London, Susanna has taught release technique, improvisation and movement research extensively, in the UK, Italy, the Netherlands and Iceland. She has worked with Carol Brown, Kirstie Simson, Christian Burns and Joe Moran, amongst others, and is deeply influenced by the work of Gill Clarke, Kirsty Alexander, Miranda Tufnell, Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose. She was a participant in the Siobhan Davies Bank Project 2007, led by Deborah Saxon and Sarah Warsop. Susanna initially studied dance at the National Academy of Dance in Rome, then gained a Professional Diploma from Laban and completed the BA (Hons) Course in Dance Theatre with distinction at Laban, from where she also received the Award of Best Performer 2004. Following a Foundation Course in Dance Movement Therapy at Goldsmiths University, Susanna has also recently completed a two-year a Yoga Teacher Training Course and is now certified Yoga teacher. Currently she is working on a book on Contact Improvisation and its teaching methods to be published in Italian.
[Anastasia's photo] Anastasia Tsonou (performer)
Anastasia is a founding member of Lapsus Corpi and has performed in most of the group’s productions to date. A performer and dance/movement teacher based in Greece, she has performed in various productions in London and in Athens, working amongst others with Lisa Torun, Protein, Miguel Pereira, Rafael Bonachela, Carol Brown, Sofia Spyratou, Artemis Ignatiou and Apostolia Papadamaki. She trained at Laban where she completed the BA (Hons) Course in Dance Theatre. After touring as a dancer for one year with Transitions Dance Company, she completed an independent project focusing on psychology and dance and has been awarded with the degree of MA in Performance from Laban. Her postgraduate studies were realised with a scholarship from the A. S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. Recently also took part as a dancer in a production of the Greek National Opera and was selected to perform with the Hellenic Dance Company in a repertory work choreographed by Jasmin Vardimon. Lately she has become interested in Authentic Movement and is pursuing her research in this field further.