“Dave De Rose presents…” #3
The versatile sound artist Dave De Rose (Moloko, Mulatu Astatke, Rokia Traoré, Mark Ronson…) created last season at KET a monthly cycle of live performances that was embraced by the city’s artistic communities and the audience of the space.
For the third night of the season, he collaborates with Dimitris Chatzizisis (aka Foken), Vasia Koutsilianou and Theano Xydia.
Dimitris Chatzizisis: violin, loops, fx
Vasia Koutsilianou: dance, movement
Theano Xydia: dance, movement
Dave De Rose: drums
Dimitris Chatzizisis (Foken)
Born in Thessaloniki, he studied violin at the Music College and the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, as well as composition at the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has collaborated as a performer and composer with groups of various musical genres playing violin and guitar, as well as with artists such as: Alkinoos Ioannidis, Fotis Siotas, Lefteris Moumtzis, Dave De Rose, Stella etc. In 2020 he released his first solo album “Delfon”. He has been involved in free improvisation and music for theatre.
Vasia Koutsilianou
A graduate of the Athens Conservatory and the Physics Department of the Athens University of Music and Performing Arts, she has collaborated with the National Museum of Contemporary Art and with artists such as Grace Schwindt and Lila Zafeiropoulou. She has presented her works at festivals such as Dance Days Chania and Athens Video Dance Project. In 2024 she presented “Right Eye’s Truth”, a duet based on the distortion of truth. As a dance teacher she has worked with the NGO All Special Kids in Geneva and with dance schools in Athens.
Theano Xydia
She studied dance at the National School of Dance. She was trained in improvisation techniques starting with instant composition (Julyen Hamilton) and continuing with teachers and different approaches such as Ermis Malkotsis, Daria Fain, Meg Stuart. In recent years she has been collaborating as a dancer with Griffon dance co (Ioanna Portolou). As a choreographer, she searches for the meaning of experience in a performance for both the viewer and the performer. Her latest personal work is “Raw”, a performance on relationships. She has been a member of the Underscore collective and the M54 space. Some of the choreographers she has collaborated with are Anastasia Lyra, Christos Papadopoulos, Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Sophia-Danae Varvila, Apostolia Papadamaki, etc.
Dave De Rose
With a career that has included collaborations with renowned artists like Moloko, Mulatu Astatke, Rokia Traore, and Mark Ronson, among many others, Dave De Rose is a drummer, bassplayer and a producer who has spent the past 15 years pursuing underground music projects. He’s a core member of the space-age Gnawa project Electric Jalaba, Rave At Your Fictional Borders, is the director of international improvisation collective Agile Experiments (2018-present) as well as a prolific producer and dedicated music educator.