[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” custom_padding=”10px||10px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”102px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dsm_text_divider header=”TEACHING STAFF” text_alignment=”left” color=”#131217″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h1″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||80px||false|false” header_font_size_tablet=”26px” header_font_size_phone=”20px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_after=”content: %22%22;|| display: block;|| position: absolute;|| width: 1px;|| height: 70px;|| bottom: 0;|| left: 30px;|| background-color: #131217;” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dsm_text_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Tasos Angelopoulos” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tasos-aggelopoulos-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
PhD in theatre studies (School of Drama, AUTH) and theatre director. His other studies include theatre (BA and Integrated Master), sociology (MA) and law (BA). He also holds a professional diploma in puppetry (National Academy for Film and Theatre Arts, Krastyo Sarafov, Sofia, Bulgaria).<\/p>\n
He has worked as teaching fellow at the School of Drama, AUTH (2014-23) and at the Department of Early Childhood Education, International University (2017). He was guest tutor at the MA of Applied Theatre MA, Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia. He has conducted several workshops and seminars, and he has participated in research projects in Greece and abroad.<\/p>\n
He is the author of several scientific articles published in Greek and international journals. His books (in Greek): Playing Theatre<\/em> (2016), Playing Theatre with History<\/em> (2018), Theatre and Politics<\/em>: The National Theatre of Thessaloniki during the Occupation<\/em> (2021), Theatre and Society: The Contribution of Intellectual Thessaloniki at the NTNG\u2019s Establishment <\/em>(2022), and The Theatre of the Left<\/em> were published by Sofia Publishing House. His book (in Serbian): Pozori\u0161ne i umetni\u010dke aktivnosti politi\u010dkih izbeglica iz Gr\u010dke u Isto\u010dnoj Evropi 1945-1956<\/em> (Greek Political Refugees\u2019 Theatrical and Artistical Activities in Eastern Europe 1945-1956) was published by the Theatre Museum of Vojvodina, Serbia.<\/p>\n He has directed more than 30 performances with Papalangki Theatre Company, and he has cooperated with NTNG and the Experimental Stage of \u201cTechni\u201d in Thessaloniki, the Municipal Theatres of Ioannina and Serres, and Porta Theatre in Athens. His theatrical plays have won awards and are performed in Greece and Cyprus.<\/p>\n His research interests include: the relation between theatre, society and politics, applied theatre, forms of post dramatic theatre, and acting and directing education in Greece and abroad.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Anestis Azas” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/anestis-azas-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Anestis Azas works as a theatre director in Greece and in the German-speaking world. His works includes classical texts, contemporary playwrights, original documentary plays and devised. He has collaborated among others with Athens Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Foundation, National Theatre of Greece, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Kammerspiele M\u00fcnchen Theater. As a director he has presented performances in many international festivals. From 2015 to 2019, Anestis Azas and Prodromos Tsinikoris were the artistic directors of the Experimental Stage -1 of the National Theatre of Greece.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Io Voulgaraki” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/io-voulgaraki-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n She was born in Athens in 1985. She studied Greek literature at the University of Athens and acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece. She graduated with honors from the Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS) in Moscow at Leonid Heifetz\u2019s class (2008-13).<\/p>\n Since 2013 she has worked with the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the Onassis Foundation, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the National Opera, etc. Abroad she has worked with the Academic Youth Theatre RAMT (Moscow) and the Grotowski Institute (Wroclaw). In 2013 she directed Alexandros Papadiamantis’ Nostalgia<\/em> for the Russian state radio Kultura. In 2017-18 she taught an original program on Homer’s Odyssey<\/em> in the educational programs of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. In 2020-21 she directed the sound series Readings<\/em> at the SNFCC.<\/p>\n She teaches acting at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatoire and directing at the Drama School of the National Theatre. She is a founding member of the group PYR, which has been active in Greek theatre since 2013.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Charalampos Gogi\u00f3s” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/xaralampos-gogios-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He studied music theory with composers Filippos Tsalachouris and Dimitris Lionis. He graduated from the Department of Music Studies of the Kapodistrian University of Athens.<\/p>\n As a composer and conductor he has collaborated with many institutions (Greek National Opera, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Halls, National Theatre of Greece, Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun, Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, Onassis Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, BIOS, Neos Kosmos Theatre, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Orchestra of Colors, Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, dissonArt ensemble, ART\u00e9facts ensemble, CH\u00d3RES female choral ensemble, Documenta, Art Athina, Neuk\u00f6llner Oper Berlin etc.) and important personalities of music, theatre, literature and visual arts.<\/p>\n His music has won awards in Greece, the UK and the Czech Republic. His music for Sophocles’ Antigone<\/em> (National Theatre of Greece, 2016) was awarded in the Cyprus Theatre Awards. He is a co-founder of the independent Athens music theatre company \u201cThe Beggars\u2019 Operas\u201d, with which he has appeared in Greece and abroad.<\/p>\n From 2013 to 2015 he was head of studies of the Music Theatre Workshop of the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras. He is artistic associate of Dramaturgy and Publications for the Greek National Opera Alternative Stage and general director of the CH\u00d3RES female choral ensemble.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Christos Dimas” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/xristos-dimas-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He was born in Eleusis. He studied political sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He attended seminars on cinema in Finland and Amsterdam. He worked as an assistant director in San Francisco.<\/p>\n In 1995 he wrote and directed his first short film A Sky Full of Stars,<\/em> followed by the short films Tender<\/em> (1997), Breath<\/em> (1998), Amerikanos<\/em> (2000). The latter received awards at the Drama International Short Film Festival and won the 1st National Short Film Award. In 2001 he directed the feature film The Cistern<\/em> (Akrovates Tou Kipou<\/em>), followed by the films The Island \u2013 Nisos<\/em> (2009), Poker Face<\/em> (2012), Akalyptos <\/em>(2013), Amore Mio<\/em> (2015), Magic Mirror<\/em> (2016) and Journey to the Stars \u2013 Taxidi Sta Asteria<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n He has worked as a director and screenwriter in television productions: Kokkinos Kyklos, Dekati Entoli, Tritos Nomos, To Kleidi Tou Paradeisou, Dyo Meres Mono, Beta Queen, Bampalou, To Daxtylidi Tis Fotias, Ou Foneuseis, O Prigkipas Tis Fotias, Neoklasika<\/em>.<\/p>\n He has directed the theatre performances: Night, Mother<\/em> (Argo, 2002), Disobedience<\/em> (Athens Conservatoire Drama School, 2003), Athanasia<\/em> (Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, 2012 \u2013 Theatre Kefallinias, 2018), The Fourposter<\/em> (Cyprus Tour, 2018), I Am<\/em> (Roes, 2018), En Elefsini<\/em> (2018). He has collaborated with directors Dimitris Mavrikios, Stathis Livathinos, Dimitris Tarlow, Takis Tzamargias, Roula Pateraki, Sylvia Liouliou, Laertis Vasileiou, Marianna Toli, et al. For the last four years he has been directing the commercials for the National Theatre of Greece.<\/p>\n He has directed music videos for artists such as A. Remos, G. Ploutarhos, P. Terzis, G. Ntalaras, G. Vardis, Marinella, G. Kotsiras and others. He published the books Veroniki<\/em> (1993, Axyronas), The Cistern \u2013 Akrovates tou Kipou<\/em> (1998, Kastaniotis) and Breath<\/em> (2008, Polychromos Planitis).<\/p>\n He teaches at the Drama School of the National Theatre and Veaki.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Thanasis Dimou” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/thanasis-dimou-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He graduated from the Department of Theatre Studies of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2000) and the Drama School of The Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun (2001). He has collaborated with the National Theatre of Greece, the Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the Megaron Athens Concert Hall, the Cyprus Theatre Organization, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Greek National Opera, the Piraeus and Patras Municipal theatres and also with the theatres Amore, Porta, Kefallinias, Akropol, Kivotos and others.<\/p>\n He worked with the directors: \u039c. Kougioumtzis, S.A. Evangelatos, V. Papavasileiou, Th. Moschopoulos, N. Hatzopoulos, G. Chouvardas, G. Kakleas, St. Livathinos, Th. Gkonis, G. Moschos, G. Koutlis, G. Skourletis, E. Theodorou, G. Leontaris, G. Perlegkas, M. Protopappa, G. Kalavrianos, E. Efthymiou et al. in classical and contemporary repertoire. Indicatively: Aristophanes’ Plutus<\/em>, Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis<\/em>, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em>, By the Same Measure<\/em>, De Vega\u2019s Fuente Ovejuna<\/em>, Kleist’s Amphitryon<\/em>, Goldoni’s The End of Carnival<\/em>, The<\/em> New House,<\/em> Moli\u00e8re’s The Imaginary Patient<\/em>, Gogol’s the Government<\/em> Inspector, The Players<\/em>, Chekhov’s Platonov, The Seagull,<\/em> D\u00fcrenmat’s The Visit of the Old Lady<\/em>, Feydeau\u2019s The Lady from Maxim’s<\/em>, Pirandello\u2019s Clothing the Naked<\/em>, Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth<\/em>, Ionesco\u2019s Rhinoceros,<\/em> Gomez and Sanchez Half and Half<\/em>, Kapetanakis\u2019 Veggera,<\/em> Ragavis\u2019 The Wedding of<\/em> Koutrouli, <\/em>Vyzantios\u2019 Babylonia<\/em> Christopoulos\u2019 Achilles,<\/em> etc. He also participated in the theatrical adaptations of Z <\/em>(Vassilis Vassilikos) and Akivernites Politeies<\/em> (Stratis Tsirkas), in children’s plays and in two operettas. In the same time, he works as a cartoonist \u2013 illustrator.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Fokas Evangelinos” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fokas-eyaggelinos-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He was born in Neochori, Messolonghi. He graduated from the State School of Orchestral Art in 1989.<\/p>\n From 1991 until today he has choreographed and directed theatrical performances and musicals for the National Theatre, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the National Opera, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, municipal theatres, television shows and music awards. As a choreographer, he earned the \u201cKoula Pratsika\u201d dance award from the Hellenic Theatre Study & Research Center (2005). In 1996 he created his own school of dance, which is a recognized member of ISTD.<\/p>\n Since 2004, he has participated many times in the Eurovision contest as a director \u2013 choreographer with artists from Greece and abroad, contributing to the winning of the 1st place for the Greek participation and in general to the excellent results of the schemes he collaborated with.<\/p>\n As a creative director, he organized the semi-final and final for the Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 competition, came up with and implemented the opening and closing ceremonies of the Special Olympics (Athens 2011, Kallimarmaro Stadium), the tour and flame ceremony for the Winter World Games (Korea 2013) and the European Games Antwerp 2014. He directed the revival of the first modern Olympic Games and the Authentic Marathon Flame Ceremony at the Marathon Tomb For the National Olympic Academy.<\/p>\n He collaborated with the greatest chess player of the 20th century, Garry Kasparov, directing a live chess game reenactment titled Dancing on the Chessboard<\/em> at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. He also directed the great composer Desmond Child in the Desmond Child Rocks the Parthenon<\/em> concert (Odeon of Herodes Atticus).<\/p>\n From 2002 until today he is a professor at the Drama School of the National Theatre.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Christina Thanasoula” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/xristina-thanasoula-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n She was born in Thessaloniki in 1978. She is a graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a Master of Arts in advanced theatre practice, specializing in lighting design, from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London (London, UK).<\/p>\n She is a Europe based freelance lighting designer, writer and educator and is currently working on her PhD thesis on lighting design under the title: Lighting Design Transformations on the Contemporary Theatre Stage: Theory, Practice and Education. <\/em>She has designed lighting for over 270 opera, theatre and dance performances, site-specific projects and events. She has collaborated with the National Theatre of Greece, the Onassis Foundation, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the National Opera, the Athens Concert Hall and the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, municipal regional theatres as well as with many independent theatre and dance groups.<\/p>\n She is the author of the professional profile and the educational material for the specialty of Technical Lighting of live audiovisual events (commissioned by INE\/GSEE), as well as the monograph Lighting Design<\/em>: Painting on Stage in Four Dimensions<\/em> (independent publication, Athens: 2021).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Thaleia Istikopoulou” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/thaleia-istikopoulou-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n She was born in Athens, to a family from Asia Minor. After finishing her secondary studies at Saint Joseph High School in Athens, she moved to Italy to study architecture in Milan Polytechnic. She began working as an architect before graduating from her studies in theatre at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano Drama School. She co-founded Teatro dell\u2019Elfo di Milano, of which she remained a basic member for twenty-five years.<\/p>\n She has designed sets and costumes for more than 150 productions of classic and modern plays, dance performances, operas and events (among which, Mediterraneo,<\/em> directed by G. Salvatores \u2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film).<\/p>\n She works in Greece since 1985. She collaborated with Nea Skini Lefteris Vogiatzis, Patras Festival, Morphes, National Theatre of Greece, Theatro tou Notou, the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron), Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Onassis Foundation, Athens Epidaurus Festival, et al.<\/p>\n She has designed the surroundings for commercial, artistic and cultural events in Italy, the USA and Greece (exhibition for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the poet Giorgos Seferis \u2013 Min. Culture 2000 \u2013 Athens, Smyrna and Frankfurt). She taught stage design in Milan Polytechnic and in University of Thessaly (Volos). She teaches scenography at the Drama School of the National Theatre.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Grigorios Ioannidis” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/grigoris-ioannidis-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He is an associate professor at the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Athens. He is also a graduate of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, a graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a Master’s degree in Philosophy of Science (King’s College, London) and Theatre Studies. He also holds a PhD from the Department of Theatre Studies with a thesis on foreign repertoire and its contribution to the formation of modern Greek theatre.<\/p>\n His interests include, among others, modern and contemporary Greek drama, foreign repertoire, creative writing, the use of new technologies in theatre. He has collaborated as a consultant with all theatre institutions in Greece and has repeatedly taught in theatre seminars, workshops and at the Drama School of the National Theatre. He has collaborated in the curation and organization of central exhibitions about theatre and its history. He is the author of monographs on Greek and foreign repertoire of the Greek theatre with a significant number of publications in scientific journals. As a theatre reviewer, he has collaborated with \u201cAnti\u201d and \u201cEleftherotypia\u201d, while from 2011 until now he writes the review column in the \u201cEfimerida ton Syntakton\u201d (Newspaper of the Editors).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dio Kaggelari” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” title_text=”dio-kaggelari-img” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dio-kaggelari-img.jpg” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Theatrologist, former assistant professor at the Department of Theatre of the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. A graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Paris III \u2013 New Sorbonne. She completed her doctoral thesis at the Philology Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on the topic \u201cGreek Stage and the Theatre of History, 1936-1944: The Institutions and the Forms\u201d (2003).<\/p>\n Her research interests include: the terms of the modern in theatre, the dialogue between Greek and European stage, the stage interpretation of ancient drama, the theatre for children and adolescents. She has published studies in Greece and France and has edited theatre publications. She has also regularly participated in presentations at theatrology conferences and in European transnational projects, research groups and forums.<\/p>\n She has been an artistic programming consultant at the Athens Epidaurus Festival (2006-15), scientific director of the workshop on ancient drama \u201cSummer Oracle\u201d (2018, 2019). She is a theatre critic, dramaturgy consultant, exhibition curator, and presenter of a TV series on contemporary theatre (Theorium<\/em>) and of theatrical radio broadcasts. Her activities also include curation of stage design, public speeches and interviews.<\/p>\n She has published theatre reviews, pamphlets, articles, interviews, book reviews, tributes and critical assessment in various newspapers such as Epochi<\/em>, Ethnos<\/em>, Avgi<\/em> (\u201cEnthemata\u201d), Kathimerini<\/em> (\u201cSeven Days\u201d), Eleftherotypia<\/em> (\u201cLibrary\u201d), Imerissia<\/em>, Ta Nea<\/em>, and in the magazines O Politis<\/em>, Anti<\/em>, Nea Estia<\/em>, The Books\u2019 Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n She is a founding member of the Hellenic Theatre Centre for Children and Young People (an affiliate of ASSITEJ) and the Hellenic Union of Theatre and Performing Arts Critics. She has participated in advisory committees of the Ministry of Culture. She is a member of the jury of the Melina Merkouri Theatrical Prize and of the \u2018Europe Prize Theatrical Realities\u2019 award.<\/p>\n From September 2019, she was appointed director of studies at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Alexandra Kazazou” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aleksandra-kazazou-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n She was born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1982. She holds a Bachelor Degree from the Drama School of the Aristotle University and a MA in Acting (Manchester Metropolitan University). From 2010 to 2016 she collaborated closely with the Grotowski Institute in Poland. In Greece she works as an actress, director and educator. As an actress she has collaborated with important directors, choreographers and composers, such as Michail Marmarinos, Giannis Mantafounis, Io Voulgaraki, Giannis Leontaris, Petros Sevastikoglou, Philippos Tsalachouris et al.<\/p>\n She is a founding member and director of the theatre group Teatr Andra based in Istanbul. The group consists of Greek, Turkish and Polish artists. She was nominated for the Theatre Award Eleftheria Sapountzis (2017) and for the Theatre Award Melina Merkouri (2018).<\/p>\n She has taught at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (2018-19), at the Drama School of the National Theatre (2016-17), the Drama School of Greek Theatre Delos (2016-22), the Drama School of the Athens Conservatoire and the Academy of Arts 100 (2022-23). She has delivered several seminars at the Grotowski Institute as a member of Studio Matejka Physical Theater Group (2010-15) and has also taught as a professor in residency at the universities St. Lawrence in New York (2014) and Gonzaga in Washington (2015). She has delivered seminars for the CalArts Institute at Los Angeles, California (2018).<\/p>\n In 2020 along with the photographer Karol Jarek she has founded the Transatlantic Group that maintains artistic, educational, investigative and social activity.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Simos Kakalas” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/simos-kakalas-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He was born in Thessaloniki. He graduated from the National Theatre of Northern Greece\u2019s (NTNG) Drama School.<\/p>\n He was a founding member of the theatre organization Nees Morfes (New Forms) in 1996, where he worked mainly as an actor in performances directed by Giannis Paraskevopoulos. The research nature of the group and the physical direction defined his later work.<\/p>\n From 2000 to 2004 he worked at the National Theatre of Northern Greece as an actor and assistant director. In 2003 he founded and directed the Choros Theatre Company; through this company he researched and directed his main projects until 2017. He advocated for a physical and \u201cpoor\u201d theatre, one that highlights poetic language and interaction. Working with masks, puppets, video projections and live music, he is in constant research of narratives and techniques. At the same time, he works as an actor.<\/p>\n Since 2017 he works as a freelance stage director and has collaborated amongst other theatres with the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the National Theatre of Greece, The Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Onassis Foundation, the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus and the National Opera of Greece.<\/p>\n His work has been presented in festivals such as Dialog Festival (Wroclaw, Poland), 40th Tampereen Teatterikesa (Finland), 43rd Kontrapunkt International Festival (Poland), Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Romania), Heidelbergerstuckemarkt (Germany), Athens Epidaurus Festival (Greece), New Greek Wave (Bremen, Germany), Europe Speaks Out! (Staatsschauspiel Stuttgart, Germany), and the Festival of UTE.<\/p>\n As an acting coach since 1995 he has taught in numerous schools and has organized workshops all over Greece.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Panagiota Kallimani” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/panagiota-kallimani-img.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n She was born in Aeghion. She started dance lessons at the school of Olga Maranti and continued her studies in Paris and at the Centre de Dance International de Rosella Hightower in Cannes. In 1996 she completed her studies at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d’Angers with the well-known choreographers Jo\u00eblle Bouvier and R\u00e9gis Obadia as artistic directors. She collaborated with them in the productions Les Chiens, Fureur, De l\u2019Amour <\/em>and L\u2019oiseau Loup.<\/em> Since 2002 she has collaborated with the dance groups Experience Harmaat, Topo (2002), Carlotta Ikeda, Togue<\/em> (2003), Kubilai Khan Investigations,<\/em> Sorrow Love Song (2004-05), Nasser Martin Gousset, Peplum and Comedy<\/em> (2006-07). Since 2006 she has collaborated with Josef Nadj on Poussi\u00e8re de soleils<\/em>, Asobu <\/em>and Cherry Brandy.<\/em><\/p>\n In 2009 she co-created the dance group The Plant Collective and presented the performances Trente <\/em>(2009) and Double Take<\/em> (2011) at Athens Epidaurus Festival. Since 2014, she has been working exclusively on her own choreographies: Contreplong\u00e9es<\/em> (Onassis Foundation, 2014), Mam Mam Un Diner Magique<\/em> (Onassis Foundation, 2016), Arr\u00eat Sur Image<\/em> (MIR Festival, 2016), Allez viens\u2026 <\/em>(National Theatre of Greece, 2019). She choreographed the performance Matchbox: The Musical \u2013 A war Between Four Walls <\/em>(Onassis Cultural Centre, 2022). She presented the dance performance Voices <\/em>at the Old Archaeological Museum of Chania (2022).<\/p>\n Her works have been presented in Greece and abroad. At the same time, she teaches dance classes and seminars at Center Choregraphique d\u2019Angers, Center Choregraphique d\u2019Orleans, Center Choregraphique de Nantes etc.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Alexia Kaltsiki” image=”https:\/\/dramaschool.n-t.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/alexia-kaltsiki.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” dsm_modules_readmore=”on” dsm_modules_readmore_height=”600px” dsm_modules_readmore_less_link_text=”Read less” dsm_modules_readmore_shadow=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n She was born in Athens and graduated with honors from the Drama School of the National Theatre. She has collaborated with the directors Lefteris Vogiatzis, Giannis Chouvardas, Thomas Moschopoulos, Dimitris Karantzas, Thanos Papakonstantinou, Dimitris Tarlow, Katerina Evangelatou, Aris Retsos, Thymios Karakatsanis, Periklis Choursoglou, Efi Theodorou, Konstantinos Rigos, Giannis Iordanidis, Lilly Meleme, Elena Karakouli, Giorgos Skevas and others. She has also worked with Anatolie Vasiliev, Dimiter Gotscheff, and Anton Houan in plays written by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Yasunari Kawabata, Sarah Kane, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Ivan Vyrypaev, Dimitris Dimitriadis, Michel Fais, Giannis Mavritsakis et al.<\/p>\n