Trustee
Christina Fotinaki is an award winning choreographer, FISTD and Examiner in Modern Theatre, Imperial Ballet and Contemporary Dance, in addition to her roles as a Tutor and Assessor for DDE.
Christina is a member of the ISTD Modern Theatre Grades, Jazz awards and Advanced 1 teaching teams.
Enrolled as a full-time student, Christina pursued her studies at the Maya Sofou Professional School of Dance and successfully completed her graduation in 1992. Christina extended her educational pursuits globally by participating in courses across Bern, Zurich, Vienna, New York, and Los Angeles. Her studies encompassed disciplines such as Graham, Cunningham, Hawkins, Limón, and Release techniques, with a particular focus on choreography, improvisation, musical jazz, commercial jazz, hip-hop, and contemporary jazz from 1993 to 2007.
Following her graduation, Christina embarked on her teaching journey, instructing diverse groups and levels of students, ranging from foundational to Advanced 2, DDE, Licentiate, and Fellowship levels in both Modern Theatre and Imperial Ballet.
As a co-founder and Director of Dance Texture, Christina spearheads a comprehensive, full-time professional training program designed for both dancers and dance teachers. This initiative is established in Athens, Greece.
Christina’s achievements as a choreographer within the performing industry are equally remarkable. In 2000, she took on the role of assistant choreographer for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat” directed by Gillian Gregory. Additionally, she served as an assistant choreographer in 2003 for “Victor-Victoria,” also directed by Gillian Gregory, and in the same year, contributed as an assistant choreographer to “Musical Nights,” directed by Derrick Lassala.
From 2003 until the present day, Christina has been involved in choreographing as well as being a part of the production teams in major musical productions, theatre performances, dance group showcases, video clips, television programs, TV series, film, music stage productions, and music awards ceremonies in Athens.
In 2018 Christina was awarded the Imperial International Theatre Award.
