Vasiliki Bara is a choreographer, dancer and dance educator in the field of contemporary dance and is based in Leipzig. She studied Dance Studies (MA) at Freie Universität Berlin, during which she participated in projects by Deborah Hay and Meg Stuart. In 2019, she completed her studies with a master’s thesis on the perception of the disabled body in contemporary dance.

As a choreographer, Vasiliki has created a.o. the mixed-abled productions The Dream and The Person I Am for Tanzlabor Leipzig, Lust for the company of Leipziger Tanztheater, the children’s piece Gruselwusel for Theater der Jungen Welt and the theatre production Was ihr wollt (A Tortured Love’s Version) for Schauspiel Leipzig. In 2024, she presented her first solo performance inside human at Schaubühne Lindenfels and in 2025 her latest dance production LASKARINES was created in coproduction with LOFFT – DAS THEATER, which toured in 2026 in Greece and Austria.

For her artistic work, she has received support from a.o. the Fonds Darstellende Künste, Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, the Cultural Office of Leipzig and the Goethe-Institut, as well as from 4fT-Tanzplattform Leipzig, SMouTh, villa/wigman, TanzNetzDresden and KulturOrt Heymannbaude. From 2024 to 2026, she was part of the Artist Development Program at LOFFT – DAS THEATER.

As a dancer, Vasiliki has worked on projects by Alexis Blake, Ildikó Tóth, Irina Pauls, Jone San Martín, Mandy Unger, Marlen Schumann and René Reinhardt.

As a dance educator, Vasiliki works with all age groups, people with and without dance experience, as well as mixed-abled groups. She develops formats tailored to the needs of each group, with the aim of making dance accessible to everyone and fostering individual artistic development. She has taught at institutions including Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Leipziger Tanztheater, Tanzlabor Leipzig, Theater der Jungen Welt, and Tanzplattform Leipzig.

Artistic Statement
In her pieces, Vasiliki seeks the essence of the human soul and the truths we hide within ourselves. Her work is a visceral exploration of the human body, where sensuality and distortion merge to create powerful, evocative images. Drawing from her personal experiences as a woman and her Greek heritage, her work is a collection of thoughts, emotions, and reflections on sexuality, vulnerability, freedom and the tension between reality and imagination. 

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