Marianna Panourgia

Marianna Panourgia is a teacher of contemporary dance. She graduated from the Higher Professional School of Dance 'Rallou Manou' in 2009. She continued her studies, completing with honours a postgraduate degree in Dance Anthropology and is a Lecturer in Contemporary Dance (Academy of Music and Dance - University of Limerick, Ireland). Since 2009, he has been teaching Contemporary Dance in private schools, studios, secondary & post-secondary education. As a performer she has participated in performances, dance festivals, and in the 2nd & 4th Athens Biennale. In addition, she has attended numerous seminars in contemporary dance technique and repertoire (A.Khan, W.Forsythe, W.Vandekeybus, H.Shechter D. Zambrano etc.), Contact Improvisation, choreography etc., in Greece and abroad. She is an active researcher in the field of ethnographic documentation of contemporary dance education in Greece. She regularly participates as a lecturer in dance conferences (DSA, CORD, CID, ICTM etc.) and educational programs in movement and dance (IDOCDE, Lace#1, ImpulsTanz Festival etc.).Finally, she has written articles in the academic journal 'Kinesiology' and dance magazine 'Tanecni Actuality'.