Demy Papathanassiou
Demy Papathanassiou is a choreographer, dancer, curator and mechanical engineer based in Athens. In 2018 she completed a Minor Concentration in Contemporary Dance Practices, focusing on choreography, becoming the first disabled person in Greece to earn a university qualification in contemporary dance. She was co-artistic director of Theatre enCorps Collectif and has been part of Onassis Stegi's iDance network since 2013.
Her works include Dançor (2018), Journey (2019), [New] Horizons (2020), You Walk (2021; Honourable Mention, Jury Award, Festival VideoAndanza Internacional, 2023) and Who am I today? (2024). In 2026 her solo research Mis-wired / Re-wired was selected for the residency programme of the Greek Dance Workers' Union and Technopolis – City of Athens.
Since 2019, she has collaborated with Prosxima Dance Company as a dancer and choreographer. Beyond her creative work, she has engaged in company workshops and benefited from their ongoing artistic mentorship. Her solo Who am I today? tours as part of the company's Dance Diptych.
As a curator, she led the closing event of Seven to the Seventh at Nostos Festival (2019) and co-curated Making the Leap: Dancer to Choreographer for the Europe Beyond Access Lab (2022). She was one of two moderators at the closing symposium of Europe Beyond Access in Brussels.
She also develops work in training and inclusion, particularly with disabled artists, leading accessible dance workshops both on her own and with other artists. She advocates for disabled people’s right to study dance at university level, including at the University of Performing Arts (U.O.P.A). She is co-founder of ARSI, a Greek network for dance and disability.