The Company
Prosxima Dance Company
Prosxima Dance Company was founded in 1996 and it is based on the ideal of utilizing the dance medium to foster communication within the wider community. Prosxima Dance Company worked as a collective of artists, allowing for diversity to emerge and be integrated in the creative process. After a decade the collective felt the need to pursue independent paths leading in 2006 the choreographer Maria Koliopoulou to take over the full responsibility of the company and become its artistic director. However a strong core of the company founding members - Anna Mimi and Dimitra Kritikidi - remain intact counting 30 years of solidarity and friendship.
Diversity and Inclusion
Prosxima Dance Company and choreographer M. Koliopoulou are active in the field of performing arts with vulnerable social groups, presenting accessible works in Greece through their long-term collaboration with the Onassis Stegi and the Unlimited Access, iDance: Dance without discrimination and Europe Beyond Access Programme for a series of workshops for people with and without disabilities, as well as the choreographic work ‘The Flight’ presented during the International Unlimited Festival 2015. Prosxima Dance Company has inclusive works commissioned for the Athens Festival such as ‘Clear Midnight’ for a mixed group of dancers with and without disabilities (2021), as well as internationally: The choreographic work’ Dancing (fancy)’ was created with the support of NRW KULTURsekretariat, ROOTS & ROUTES and Goethe Institute for the program ‘Culture Moves Europe’ (2023), The work Made for the dancer with disability Madeleine Månsson started with the support of the Swedish International Dance Programme (2021) and the work Here and Where? following an invitation from the inclusive dance company Stopgap dance company (2019) in England.
Internationally recognized with awards such as the Jarmila Jeřábková Award and Tanzrecherche NRW, Prosxima consistently facilitates safe spaces for expression, ensuring that marginalized bodies reclaim visibility and power within the contemporary arts.
Prosxima Dance Company has initiated a pioneering research program in Greek Public Universities. Supported by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation in the framework of "Points of Support", the program was hosted in 2024–2025 by the University of Patras, Department of Theatre Studies and School of Medicine, and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Theatre Studies. In 2026, it is being hosted by the Universities of Thessaly and Crete, Department of Early Childhood Education, bringing inclusive dance into the realm of academic research and pedagogical training, reclaiming that the art of dance belongs to all bodies regardless of their physicality.
The company’s choreographic works have been presented, amongst others, at
Athens Epidaurus Festival 2021
Theater Aan Het Spui, Danceable#3, Holland Dance Festival, 2019
State Museum’s of Contemporary Art, Off Borders Festival, 2019
Tanz_House Festival, Salzburg – Austria 2017
Athens concert hall, 5th Greek Dance Platform, 2016.
TanzKosmos 2014 – KosmosTheater, Vienna, November 2014.
Festival Culturel International de la Danse Contemporaine, Algiers 2014 & 2013
KosmosTheater, Vienna 2014 & 2012
Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens 2011
Stockholm Fringe Festival, Stockholm 2011
Balkan Dance Platform, Ljublana, 2011
Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2010
Duncan Centre, Prague ‐ Czech Republic 2010
Contemporary Dance Festival, Serres ‐ Greece 2010 & 2009
Filippi & Kavala Festival, Kavala ‐ Greece 2009
New Europe Dance Festival, Prague ‐ Czech Republic 2009 & 2008
Dance Screen The Hague, The Netherlands 2007
Tanz _House Festival, Salzburg ‐ Austria 2006
4th Duo Dance International Festival, Budapest ‐ Hungary 2005
Festival International de Videodanza de Buenos Aires ‐ Argentina 2005
Dance Screen Brighton / IMZ, Brighton ‐ U.K 2005
1st Mediterranean Dance Platform, Chania ‐ Greece 2004
Summerfest/Dance Festival, San Francisco ‐ U.S.A. 2003
International Month of Dance – Demetria, Thessaloniki‐Greece 2003 & 2002
TanzQuartier, Vienna ‐ Austria 2002
8th International Kalamata Dance Festival ‐ Greece 2002
The company has been awarded
• 2nd Prix-Festival Culturel International de la Danse Contemporaine,Algiers 2013
• Jarmila Jeřábková Choreography Award ‐ New Europe Festival 2008
• Audience Award ‐ 4th Duo Dance International Festival 2005
• Performance Award ‐ Napolidanza “Il coreografo Eletronico” 2005
The company has been leading and participating in Community Projects
Blind platforms, Pireus Municipal Theatre, 2017
Rapidly becoming, Dance Association, Athens Festival 2017
On the road, Dance Association, 20th Kalamata International Dance Festival 2014
Community dance project 7+1, Iraklio, Crete, 2013
Community dance project 9+1, MCF, 2013
Community Dance project 9+1, MCF, 2012
CCP Collective Choreography Project
Community dance project 7+1, 17th Kalamata International Dance Festival 2011
Prosxima’s international collaborations include
Editta Braun / Editta Braun Company - Austria, Yannis Antoniou / KUNST STOFF - San Francisco, Richard Siegal – Germany, Michael Klien - Austria, Nicolas Mortimore - Great Britain / Barriedale Οperahouse.
Prosxima Dance Company with the official name «OMADA SYNCHRONOU CHOROU PROSCHIMA is a "Non Profit Civil Law Company" with the distinctive title "PROSXIMA DANCE COMPANY —N.G.O." and its statute can be found here: ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΗΤΙΚΟ ΤΡΟΠΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ ΘΕΩΡΗΜΕΝΟ.pdf