{{Short description|Greek choreographer, performer and artistic director}} [[File:Toula-Limnaios 1997 expo-Entrez-ds-la-danse.jpg|thumb|right|Toula Limnaios]]
'''Toula Limnaios''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Toula Limneos, Τούλα Λιμναίος, born 1963 in [[Athens]]) is a Greek choreographer, performer and, alongside a composer [[Ralf R. Ollertz]], artistic director of [[cie. toula limnaios]], a dance company based in [[HALLE TANZBÜHNE BERLIN]].
== Biography ==
After completing her studies in classical and modern dance, M. Alexander and Laban technique, music and dance education, she worked as a dancer with Claudio Bernardo and [[Régine Chopinot]], and as an assistant with Pierre Droulers. Limnaios received further education at the [[Folkwang University of the Arts]] (at that time: Folkwagen University), where she studied together with [[Susanne Linke]], [[Malou Airaudo]], Jean Cébron, Lutz Förster and [[Dominique Mercy]]. She soon became a member of a Folkwang Dance Studio under the artistic direction of [[Pina Bausch]]. Limnaios made her name by performing live- improvisations of the ''Duo Landscapes'', she founded together with the musicians [[Conny Bauer]] and [[Peter Kowald]]. In 1996 she founded cie. toula limaios, a contemporary dance company that brought her choreographic art onto the stages worldwide, including Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Venezuela etc.
Apart from managing her ensemble, Limnaios works as a guest choreographer at the [[Theater Osnabrück]] and the [[Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts|Frankfurt University of Performing Arts]] (Hochschule für Darstellende Künste Frankfurt/Main). Between 2007 and 2008 she was a guest professor at the [[Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts]] (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ ) in Berlin.
Toula Limnaios is one of the most eminent figures of German dance scene.
== References ==
* ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'' (The Daily Mirror), a special issue on the ''George Tabori Theatre Award 2012'', The Fund for Performing Arts, 16. – 23.05.2012. * Elisabeth Nehring: ''[http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/toula-limnaios-mehr-schaerfe-und-radikalitaet,10809150,23909582.html Mehr Schärfe und Radikalität.]'' In: ''[[Berliner Zeitung]]'', Kultur, 05.08.2013. * Sandra Luzina: ''[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/evolution-im-zeitraffer/8592758.html Evolution im Zeitraffer.]'' In: ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'', Kultur, 05.08.2013. * Karin Schmidt-Feister: ''[http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/829585.das-brennen-unter-der-haut.html Das Brennen unter der Haut]'' in: ''[[Neues Deutschland]]'', Berlin – Kultur, 08.08.2013. * Mareen Ledebur: ''[http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=ku&dig=2013%2F08%2F01%2Fa0157&cHash=a984fc9bf26152f8c2ead6650dda90d8 Ich glaube nicht an ein Nomadenleben.]'' In: ''[[taz. die tageszeitung]]'', Kultur, 01.08.2013. * Tanz-Journal, Issues 4–6, Kieser Verlag, München, 2005. * The Beckett Circle, Volumes 17–26, p. 9, Samuel Beckett Society, 2001.
== External links == * [http://www.toula.de Homepage Cie. toula limnaios] * [http://www.goethe.de/kue/tut/cho/cho/hl/lim/enindex.htm Goethe-Institut/ 50 Choreographers] * [http://www.halle-tanz-berlin.de HALLE-TANZBÜHNE BERLIN]
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