LIA KARAGIANOPOULOS
Lia Karagianopoulos
Baltimore, MD. | (410)458-6068 | lia.karagianopoulos@gmail.com​
Experience
Company Dancer | Deep Vision Dance Company- AD: Nicole A. Martinell | 2015 - Present
Dance Instructor | Mission Dance Works | 2017 - Present
Company Dancer | Dragonfly Dance Experiment/Opera AACC Corps de Dance- AD: Megan Adrielle (Morse Jans) | 2013 – 2014
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree | December 2017 | Towson University
· Major: Dance Performance and Choreography -Minor: Pre-Physical Therapy
Honors: Cum Laude, National Honors Society of Dance Arts
Associate of Fine Arts Degree | December 2014 | Community College of Baltimore County
· Major: Dance Performance and Choreography -Honors: Summa Cum Laude
METdance Professional Summer Intensive | 2017
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Summer Intensive | 2016 & 2015
Ririe-Woodbury Summer Move-It Intensive| 2014
Training
· Modern: Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Nicole Martinell, Tommy Parlon, Melinda Blomquist, Stephanie Powell, Sonia Synkowski, Candice Webster
· Ballet: Runqaio Du, Susan Mann, Catherine Horta-Hayden, Tommy Parlon, Linda O’Brien, Claire Sweet
· Composition: Liz Lerman (workshop), Nicole Martinell, Betsy Romer, Tommy Parlon, Melinda Blomquist
· Gaga: Ana Long, Maree Remalia
· Jazz: Tommy Parlon, Linda O'Brien, Lester Holmes, Danielle Sten-Guillermo
. Hip-Hop: Quilan Arnold
. West-African: Sylvia Soumah, Adjetay Klufio, Brenda Brown
. Guest Residencies: Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kim Bear-Bailey
Stage
Performance
. Baltimore Dance Invitational---"Inner Pallet" presented by Deep Vision Dance at The Gordon Center (2018)
. Impacting Spaces: 3 Cities Tour—Deep Vision Dance Co. presented Matter, Energy, Human at Community Education Center (Philadelphia, PA), Atlas Performing Arts Center (Washington, DC), and Baltimore Theater Project (Baltimore, MD) (2017)
. What's Going On—Vincent Thomas /VT Dance guest performance at Baltimore Theater Project (2017)
. Matter, Energy, Human—Deep Vision Dance Company at Haver de Grace Opera House (2017) and Baltimore Theater Project (2016). Composition by Tim Nohe and Shelly Purdy –
· AKIMBO Art Walk—Deep Vision Dance Company. An Evening at the Chesapeake (2016) Suits & Bottle Caps (2015)
. Carmen—Opera AACC Corps de Dance at The Kauffman Theater in The Pascal Center for Performing Arts (2014)
· Not the Normal – ACDFA Mid-Atlantic adjudicated concert (2013) University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Ludovico Einaudi, Nuvole bianche—duet: Dancers & Choreographers - Lia Karagianopoulos and Christopher Reed
Choreography
· Tethered – ACDA Mid-Atlantic Conference adjudicated concert (2018) at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Ameliorate (2017): Meredith Monk, van_Hoek Vow—duet
· In Better Times – Fall CCBC Company Show (2014): The Social Network, Hand Covers Bruise—solo
Film
· Dissolving Contention – Length: 6:24. Created: 2017. Showcased: 2018 Mid-Atlantic Emerging WAMMfest in Towson, MD. Cinematography: Titus J. Burrell; Choreographers and Dancers: Lia Karaginaopoulos and Kimani Lee
Skills & Abilities
Learning from video, Quick learner, Partnering, Working under pressure, Improvisation, Understudy/Learning multiple roles, Singing, Acting, Drawing, Creative and critical writing.