Concept by Ion Kazantzidis & Dionysia Kazantzidi

Ion Kazantzidis is a multidisciplinary artist and curator, currently sharing his time between Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Zakynthos, Greece. Since the spring of 2022 he has been collaborating with Dialoghi trio, a baroque music ensemble based in the Netherlands, for the creation of interdisciplinary events based on the interaction of music and stage elements such as video works and animatronics. Ion Kazantzidis is currently working on a series of large-scale paintings that draw their subject from the work of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch.

Dionysia Kazantzidi is a baroque violinist, active in the Netherlands and abroad. From 2005 till 2016 she studied the violin in Athens Conservatory and the Conservatory of Phillipos Nakas. Following her growing interest for the Historical Informed Performance Practice she moved to the Netherlands in 2016 to study the historical violin in Utrecht Conservatory, where in 2020 she got her Bachelor Degree and got admitted to the master program with Antoinette Lohmann. She has received master classes from Fani Vovoni, Iason Ioannou and Veronika Skuplik amongst others. Dionysia specializes in the repertoire for violin and string ensembles from the seventeenth century. She is active with various ensembles such as Dialoghi trio and Amaracus ensemble, of which she is also one of the founding members.

Nefeli Alexouli began studying music in Athens. Deciding to move to the Netherlands and study in depth HIPP, she is studying in HKU Utrechts Conservatorium, with Antoinette Lohmann, while taking part in project orchestras with historical instruments, as a violin or viola player.

Sevastianos Motorinos graduated from his harpsichord studies in the Ionian University – Department of Musical Studies. During his studies, he did an exchange program at the Utrecht Conservatory and later at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Currently, Sevastianos is a master’s student in the HKU Utrecht Conservatory. He has attended several masterclasses as an active member.

La Uyi Ihasee is an Amsterdam based physical theater actor, performer, choreographer and video artist originally born and raised in Norway. They have been trained in a variety of different theater directions, with main focus on Traditional Physical west African voodoo practices. Currently they are studying in SNDO of the Amsterdam academy for theater and dance. Their art is often motivated by the different inequalities in society, touching on themes such as female status and sexuality, racism and body taboos. La Uyi often uses a grotesque and clownesque approach to present their material and confront the audience with expressive feelings and grim movements on stage.