Milena Ugren Koulas
Milena Ugren Koulas was born in 1979 in former Yugoslavia. She graduated from Codarts University of Arts in Rotterdam in 2003, and in 2019 from COMMA Master Choreography in Holland, where she was also a guest choreographer and a guest teacher. In 2015, she was one of the Aerowaves selected artists. For the last 20 years, she has been living and working in Cyprus as a professional dancer and choreographer. In collaboration with her husband, drummer, George Koulas, and for the last few years with her Stylish Junkies team, Milena has been creating and performing in Cyprus and in Europe in Serbia, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Greece.
In Memory Of
“In Memory Of…” is a choreographic work that belongs to my ongoing research about how trauma affects people, and how traumatic experiences shape the way we think, move, communicate, and relate to others. In this piece, I explored with dancers different scientific research about trauma in an abstract and physical way. The tension of movement in the choreography, transitions between movement, and how we relate to each other, were all influenced by the information about what trauma is.
ChoreographerMilena Ugren Koulas
Dancers
Elena Gavriel, Katerina Tylliridou, Magda Argyridou, Anna Nikolaou
Music
George Koulas
In addition to its performance, the company facilitated a masterclass for festival participants.