Chris Jannides

Chris Jannides (born 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a founding dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Limbs Dance Company in Auckland, New Zealand. This pioneering New Zealand contemporary dance company was established in June 1977 soon after Chris Jannides and Friends presented their inaugural performance as a lunchtime show in the Maidment Arts Centre at Auckland University. Soon after that show, dancer, teacher and studio owner Mary Jane O'Reilly and Jannides and Friends joined forces, collectively becoming Limbs Dance Company, with Jannides as artistic director.

Chris Jannides

Chris Jannides (born 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a founding dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Limbs Dance Company in Auckland, New Zealand. This pioneering New Zealand contemporary dance company was established in June 1977 soon after Chris Jannides and Friends presented their inaugural performance as a lunchtime show in the Maidment Arts Centre at Auckland University. Soon after that show, dancer, teacher and studio owner Mary Jane O'Reilly and Jannides and Friends joined forces, collectively becoming Limbs Dance Company, with Jannides as artistic director.