Four young teachers came from Athens to present their first lectures at the ISTD Worthing Congress. First to take the floor was Antonis Lithadiotis, who partnered by Anna-Zoi Giannelou, presented a variation in Cha Cha Cha. Next it was the turn of August Koumoulos to introduce his young partner, Iris Koraki after which the couple went on to show everyone a variation in Jive.
The four young teachers are all involved in Theatre genres as well as Dancesport and they demonstrate the closely integrated approach that is becoming the hallmark of ISTD schools in Greece.
Having already successfully completed her ISTD Latin American Intermediate examination, Anna Giannelou made it her aim to take the same in Modern Ballroom. She completed this successfully in May 2010 at the Spirit of Dance ADC inn Athens, at an examination session conducted by ISTD examiner, Miss Margaret Connon.
Anna achieved this with the added distinction of being the first person to do so world-wide. This challenging examination included both set and unset amalgamations from the Grade 5/Silver syllabus in Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Tango, together with partnered dancing in each of the dances and also in Rhythm dancing and Viennese Waltz.
The practice of the work in these areas, together with the understanding of the syllabus of individual figures and the different ways they may be danced provided Anna with an absorbing period of study and one which, she feels has given her an excellent insight into the FDI and Licentiate qualifications.
Another first! Young dancers at the Elizabeth Livieratou School of Dance in Lixouri all successfully completed their first Social Dance Tests in Disco Freestyle and Latin American dancing. This was a very exciting day for the children in the school as some candidates presented Freestyle and Hip Hop routines to the visiting examiner, Miss Anne Lingard and others went on to perform in the Rumba and Jive.
Social One Dance Test DFR: Nafsika Alivizatou, Irini Stamo Grigoropoulou, Nikoleta Andreopoulou, Stavroula Destouni, Dimitris Solidakis, Anna Klavianou, Aliki Aravadinou, Katerina Tzouganatou, Mikaela Antonelou, Ageliki Marouli, Iliana Dostouni, Valeria Pasiali, Dionisia Pasiali, Sotiria Antonelou, Maria Mourelatou, Despina Mourelatou, Agapi Athelini, Katerina Antolelou, Ageliki Vitouladiti, Anna Tzouganatou, Fotini Andreopoulou.
Social Dance Test No.1 DFR: Aliki Mitsaki, Barbara Voutsina, Violeta Voutsina, Eleni Gerasimatou, Evagelia Loukeri, Sophia Tsivra, Olga Andritsi, Anna Antonelou, Irini Gerasimatou, Joanna-Amy Sweetnan.
Social Dance Test No. 1 Latin American: Nikoleta Andreopoulou, Fotini Andreopoulou, Dimitris Solidakis, Eleni Gerasimatou, Sophia Tsivra Evagelia, Loukeri, Anna Antonelou, Irini Gerasimatou.
The ISTD inaugural reception held on 23 May in Athens, Greece was an outstanding success, with many teachers involved in ISTD Dancesport and Theatre Faculties coming together for an evening that included valuable discussions and exchanges of ideas.
Read a report on the reception from Claire Thompson as featured in Dance maagzine
Julian Amey, Chief Executive of the ISTD, Marion Lane, and Richard Hunt, member of the International Development Committee of the ISTD
Adamantia Chrisodoulou, Vicky Zorba and Dionissis Dimitrakopoulos have joined the ranks of teachers gaining ISTD qualifications in Athens. Adamantia and Dionissis gained their Associate qualifications in Disco Freestyle and Vicky a Student Teacher in Latin American. All are highly motivated young professionals who are already producing excellent work within their classes. A range of amateur students were also highly successful at medal levels in Latin American, Modern ballroom and Disco Freestyle.
The heat of Agrinio did not manage to stifle the enthusiasm for Dance at Helen’s Academy. Helen was successful at Associate level in Latin American and Danai Tyraki, a teacher at the Academy in DFR. Both also produced excellent standards within their pupils, who were successful at both Medal and Grade examinations.
Students, and centre row from left to right, Marion Lane with Miss Margaret Connon, the visiting ISTD Examiner, and Helen Pisiou
Marion is the ISTD Dancesport tutor to two centres in Greece – Spirit of Dance and the Helen Pisiou Dance Academy – providing professional training from Student Teacher to Fellowship and Foundation in Dance Instruction and Certificate in Dance Education in all Dancesport genres.
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