Linda Kapetanea

Born in Athens, in 1973

Linda Kapetanea graduated from the Greek State School of Dance in 1994. With a scholarship from the Greek National Scholarship Foundation, she later studied at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Movement Research and Dance Space, New York, where she also worked with choreographer Irene Hultman. In Greece, she danced with several companies (Sine Qua Non, Horeftes, and others) touring extensively around Europe, while in 2002 she was awarded as a “Best Performer”; Linda has been a member of “ULTIMA VEZ –WIM VANDEKEYBUS” (creations: Blush, Sonic Boom, Pure, movies: Blush, Here After). During the last three years she has been frequently invited to teach in SEAD-Salzburg, Budapest State Dance School, DOT 504. Since 2006 is Linda staff teacher in State School of Dance. She is a founding member of RootlessRoot, a company with which she created performances Sudden Showers of Silence, Holdin Fast, Burned tree is visiting Athens before next summer.