Ioli Kaskani is a dancer, performer from Cyprus, currently based in Brussels, Belgium. In 2021 she completed her studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London. She then continued her training in Berlin at Dart Studios Intensive, where she also started freelancing. She has worked with Olive Bieringa & Otto Ramstad, Charles Washington, Zoe Georgallis, Viky Kalla, Annie Khouri, Nefeli Kentoni, Eva Papavasileiou and Belinda Papavasileiou. She has also collaborated with the artists George Dimitriou, Max Tobin, Nefeli Kentoni, Marita Anastasi, Stella Stylianou and Pol Andres Thio in film productions for Xarkis Festival, Cyprus Contemporary Dance Platform and independent projects. In 2022 and 2023 she was a resident artist at Dance House Nicosia and in 2024 she was a resident artist at Dance House Lemesos. Her work has been presented at Mediterranea 20 – Young Artists Biennale ‘Borderless’, Open House Festival, Cyprus Choreography Platform- Parallel Events, Dance Days Chania- video dance and Athens Video Dance Project.

Ioli Kaskani is currently pursuing a dance master’s degree in Embodied Artistic Research, at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp.

Photo credit: Klavdia Balampanidou