Working with precision in the anatomical approach to the boundaries of the body and its sound vessels, any kind of aesthetic language can be stripped away. This workshop aims at reuniting the physicality of the radiant performer, the musicality of the body, and the physicality of sound, as revealed through the energy of the ensemble (Ensemble Energie).
Participants should know a song they want to explore, have a text, and possess a photograph or painting as reference material.
It is also important for participants to wear comfortable clothing.
Greek-Polish, born in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied at the Department of Theatre of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th) and later completed a master’s degree in Acting (MA in Acting) under the auspices of Manchester Metropolitan University. Since 2010, she has been a close collaborator with the Grotowski Institute in Poland, while in Greece she works as an actress, choreographer, and educator. In recent years, she has taught at the Higher Private Drama School “Delos” and at the Drama School of the State Theatre of Northern Greece. In Greece, she has worked as an actress with renowned directors, choreographers, and composers, including Michalis Marmarinos, Giannis Mandafounis, Io Voulgarakis, Giannis Leontaris, Petros Sevastikoglou, Philippos Tsalahouris, among others.
She is also a founding member and director of the theatre group Teatr Andra, based in Istanbul, composed of Greek, Turkish, and Polish artists. She has taught numerous workshops at the Grotowski Institute as a member of the Studio Matejka Physical Theater Group (2010-2015). She has taught as professor in residency at St. Lawrence University in New York (2014) and at Gonzaga University in Washington State (2015). She has led masterclasses at CalArts in Los Angeles, California (2018). Since 2015, she teaches at the Summer Academy of Performing Arts “Tiyatro Medresesi” located in the village of Sirince, Turkey.
In 2017, she was nominated for the Eleftheria Sapoutzi Theatre Award, and in 2018 for the Melina Mercouri Theatre Award. She is a founding member of the newly established artistic group TRANSATLANTIC GROUP, based in Greece, focusing on theatre research and the exploration of new tools for educational, artistic, and performative expression.
