Panayiotis Tofi is a Greek Cypriot choreographer, movement designer, director, and physical performer. Originally trained as a visual artist and designer, he transitioned into dance and choreography with a deep curiosity about the body as both archive and instrument—exploring its potential in relation to space and the unseen.

Panayiotis earned a First Class Bachelor of Contemporary Dance and a Diploma in Dance Studies from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London. His choreographic research delves into themes of concealment, dispossession, and decentralization, centering on the fragile beauty, exhaustion, and vulnerability of the uninhabited body, as well as the uncanny presence of the unfamiliar. His works—such as Tormentful Invisibility (2025), Erroneous Encounters (2024), Mon Otage (2023) and Body of Mine (2022)—are known for their minimalist yet striking aesthetics, poetic text, and intense physicality.

In 2018, he was honored as ‘Creator of the Year’ by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation for his imaginative and bold approach to experimentation. His collaborations include movement directing alongside several theatre companies and directors, including Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, Paris Erotokritou, Heinz-Uwe Haus, Aliki Danezi Knütsen and many others. He has recently been appointed to choreograph the Opening Ceremony of the Presidency of Cyprus in European Council amongst a team of talented local artists.

As a performer, he has worked across Europe with artists like Tony Thatcher, Charles Linehan, Vania Gala, Alexis Vassiliou and Lia Haraki. Drawing from his choreographic research, Panayiotis leads movement and composition workshops in cities like Stockholm, Naples, Athens, Ermoupolis and Nicosia, guiding professional dancers and actors as well as students in Movement for Theatre, Floor Work, Contact, and Improvisation.

In 2024 he created the weekly movement workshops ‘Now We Move’ aiming to offer his knowledge and experinece to adult movers in Old Center of the city of Nicosia.