[2] In summer 2022, Vahla was awarded a PhD through Public Works by Middlesex University, London UK.
Athina has concentrated on large scale, site-specific work that creates evocative environments for performers and audiences to inhabit and explore.
2008–2010: The Splinter in the Flesh Originally commissioned as a work in progress by British Council, Greece and Isadora Duncan Institute, The Splinter in the Flesh was further developed by the Hellenic Dance Company at the State School of Dance, Athens in Summer 2008 and was premiered at the Athens Music Hall in December 2010.
The full-length work was the final stage of a three-year project based on the idea of identity and otherness.
Strand focuses on the cultural and architectural heritage of the square and its historical connection to the sea as a port.