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

Her most recent dance productions include LASKARINES (2025), a co-production with LOFFT – DAS THEATER, which, following its premiere in Leipzig, was also shown in Greece and Austria, as well as the solo performance inside human (2024), which she presented at Schaubühne Lindenfels in Leipzig and Elastic Arts in Chicago.

Vasiliki also created the mixed-abled productions The Dream (2022) and The Person I Am (2023) for Tanzlabor Leipzig, Lust (2023) for the company of Leipziger Tanztheater, Lust for Life (2024) for the MPart Festival in Larissa, Greece, the children’s production Gruselwusel (2024) for Theater der Jungen Welt and the choreography for the theatre production Was ihr wollt – A Tortured Lover’s Version (2026) at Schauspiel Leipzig.

Her artistic work has received support from, among others, Fonds Darstellende Künste, Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Kulturamt Leipzig and the Goethe-Institut, as well as 4fT – Tanzplattform Leipzig e. V., SMouTh, villa/wigman, TanzNetzDresden and KulturOrt Heymannbaude. From 2024 to 2026, she was part of the Artist Development Programme at LOFFT – DAS THEATER.

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

As a dance educator, Vasiliki develops formats tailored to the needs of each group, aiming to make dance accessible to everyone. Her teaching engagements include Leipziger Tanztheater, Tanzlabor Leipzig, Theater der Jungen Welt, 4fT – Tanzplattform Leipzig and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.
 

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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