Yiannis Tsigkris (b. 1989, Athens) graduated from the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School (2012) and completed his Master of Arts in London Contemporary Dance School (2014). In Greece, he has collaborated with Mariela Nestora, Lenio Kaklea, Iris Karayan, Persa Stamatopoulou, Vitoria Kotsalou, Andonis Foniadakis, Konstantinos Rigos, Yannis Adoniou, as well as with Almalibre.co, Michael Klien (at R.I.C.E. on Hydra island), FLUX Laboratory at the National Museum of Contemporary Art and visual artist Jannis Varelas. In the UK, Yiannis has collaborated with Joe Moran (Sadler’s Wells), Paolo Mangiola, Eleesha Drennan, Jenni Wren and has danced works by Merce Cunningham at the Barbican Gallery in London as part of the exhibition Dancing Around Duchamp (2013). He has attended a research lab led by UltimaVez and Wim Vandekeybus in Brussels (2018). He danced at the New Choreographers Festival 6 held at Onassis Stegi and has collaborated with the Greek National Opera in opera productions and as an assistant choreographer. In 2022, he received a danceWEB scholarship to attend ImPulsTanz Vienna International Festival. He has attended workshops held by the dance companies DV8, Rosas and Hofesh Shechter Company and by choreographers Benoit Lachambre, Mathilde Monnier, Laura Aris, Maya M. Carroll, Sita Ostheimer, Abigail Yager, Chisato Ohno, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and Milan Heirich. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS in 2022.