Los Little Guys is a Mexico-USA based project that began between Erik Elizondo and Dimitri Kalaitzidis in 2017. Since its foundation they have engaged in residencies, created and performed both original and collaborative work, and offered classes and workshops for professionals and companies in Berlin, London, Brussels, Budapest, Milan, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Montreal, Vancouver, Reykjavik, Delhi, Bangalore, and Kuala Lumpur among others. Primarily utilizing improvisation as a means of movement creation, the motivation behind their work is to continuously find ways to reeducate the body through the interaction between imagination and physical space. The name “los little guys” was conceived out of the desire not to conform to common constructs of contemporary dance which idolize big and strong bodies and to always allow playfulness to be a part of their practice.
Dimitri Kalaitzidis was born and raised in Massachusetts, USA. He graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he received a Bachelor of the Fine Arts with a focus on contemporary dance performance. Dimitri later became a member of the Bodhi Project at SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance with whom he performed internationally. He has worked on projects with choreographers such as Emanuel Gat, Sita Ostheimer, Mala Kline, Rosalba Torres, Barnaby Booth, Rohan Bhargava, and Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich. Dimitri co-created Los Little Guys alongside Erik Elizondo in 2017 and has presented original work in North America, Europe, and Asia alongside their pedagogic research which has continually been in development since the beginning of their project.
Erik Elizondo is originally from Monterrey, Mexico. He graduated from SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, with a focus on contemporary dance performance. He started his dancing career in Monterrey with the independent company Teoría de Gravedad, and later worked with Inside the Body Performing Arts directed by Aladino R. Blanca. His professional experience includes projects with Ruby Gámez, Gavin Webber & Grayson Millwood, Cinthya Dueñas, Elías Cohen, Francisco Córdova, Raúl Martinez, Beto Pérez, João Cidade, Marion Sparber, Barnaby Booth, and Milla Koistinen with whom he is currently working. In addition to his professional work, Erik took part in a residency with the company KiM Kosmos In Movement in Chile, as well as the physical performance intensive SMASH in Berlin. In 2017 he co-founded Los Little Guys, a project in collaboration with Dimitri Kalaitzidis.
