Dancer, Choreographer, Musician, Teacher
Multitasking Performer, Animator
Taxiarchis graduated the National Conservatory of Dance (contemporary and classical) whilst he started dance training in Niki's Kondaxaki's Dance School in Athens. He continued his studies in Paris with the 1st award of the State Foundation of Scholarships, to study with Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix the technique Barres Flexibles, in Centre National de la Danse and in Atelier de Paris in Paris.
He also graduated the Music and Musicology Department of the University of Athens. He studied accordion, piano and composition, while he'd been recording for albums in Greece & France.
He has choreographed: My Love (Paris, Athens, Mandra, Heraklion, 2009-2011), Zeïbékiko aujourd'hui (Lyon 2011), All Is One (Mandra 2012, Paris 2013), The Cry (Epirus, Athens 2014-2015), L'Émigrec (Paris, Bretagne, Fontenay aux Roses, Athens 2014-2017), The Agony of Cancer (as previous, 2014-2017), Collective Memory of Epirus (Konitsa 2016), Cabanon-Le Corbusier (Chania 2016). Co-creator with Biörn Grambow the Kouto Kouti - Stupid Box, children's performance (2018).
As a danser, he has worked with Koen Augustijnen & Rosalba Torres Guerrero (Lamenta 2020 - Avignon, Recklinghausen, La Villette, ) C. Cauquil & Olivier Nevejans (2015-2017), Adonis Foniadakis (Urge, Mystify, Romeo & Juliette in international festivals in Greece, Belgium, Finland and Italy 2006-2011), R. Alston (2009), Ch. Mandafounis (2005), J. Hollander (2014), N. Koshou (2015), S. Robin (2008-2009), , G. Amstrong (2008), K. Michos (2012) and others in Europe and North Africa.
As a performer (actor, accordionist, dancer, chorister) he worked for the Alternative Stage of Greek National Opera in ONCE (playing Eamon), director Akyllas Karazisis (Athens 2018-19), In Cité Des Arts - Paris, dir. Marguerite Papazoglou (2012), Gogo Petrali's site specific in Crete (dance and accordion, 2009).
He is qualified teacher of dance (contemporary) from the French and Greek Ministry of Education.
He's been teaching dance in Regional Conservatory and public kindergarden in France, dance in public artistic high school in Greece, dance and music in private dance schools and kindergardens in Greece.
In theater he completed with honors the first-year course of the theater school Kydonia-Chania (2017-2018).
He was movement supervisor on the theater-solo My Angel (Henry Neilor), dir. Michalis Virvidakis (2018).
As musician, he has participated in the albums «Makrovouti» of Themos Skandamis in Athens and «Gaitani» of Trio Tzane in Paris (Naive, world distribution).
He also graduated the Music and Musicology Department of the University of Athens. He studied accordion, piano and composition, while he'd been recording for albums in Greece & France.
He has choreographed: My Love (Paris, Athens, Mandra, Heraklion, 2009-2011), Zeïbékiko aujourd'hui (Lyon 2011), All Is One (Mandra 2012, Paris 2013), The Cry (Epirus, Athens 2014-2015), L'Émigrec (Paris, Bretagne, Fontenay aux Roses, Athens 2014-2017), The Agony of Cancer (as previous, 2014-2017), Collective Memory of Epirus (Konitsa 2016), Cabanon-Le Corbusier (Chania 2016). Co-creator with Biörn Grambow the Kouto Kouti - Stupid Box, children's performance (2018).
As a danser, he has worked with Koen Augustijnen & Rosalba Torres Guerrero (Lamenta 2020 - Avignon, Recklinghausen, La Villette, ) C. Cauquil & Olivier Nevejans (2015-2017), Adonis Foniadakis (Urge, Mystify, Romeo & Juliette in international festivals in Greece, Belgium, Finland and Italy 2006-2011), R. Alston (2009), Ch. Mandafounis (2005), J. Hollander (2014), N. Koshou (2015), S. Robin (2008-2009), , G. Amstrong (2008), K. Michos (2012) and others in Europe and North Africa.
As a performer (actor, accordionist, dancer, chorister) he worked for the Alternative Stage of Greek National Opera in ONCE (playing Eamon), director Akyllas Karazisis (Athens 2018-19), In Cité Des Arts - Paris, dir. Marguerite Papazoglou (2012), Gogo Petrali's site specific in Crete (dance and accordion, 2009).
He is qualified teacher of dance (contemporary) from the French and Greek Ministry of Education.
He's been teaching dance in Regional Conservatory and public kindergarden in France, dance in public artistic high school in Greece, dance and music in private dance schools and kindergardens in Greece.
In theater he completed with honors the first-year course of the theater school Kydonia-Chania (2017-2018).
He was movement supervisor on the theater-solo My Angel (Henry Neilor), dir. Michalis Virvidakis (2018).
As musician, he has participated in the albums «Makrovouti» of Themos Skandamis in Athens and «Gaitani» of Trio Tzane in Paris (Naive, world distribution).
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