Anna Kapousizi

Anna Kapousizi is a teacher and program director of theater with people with neuromuscular disorders. She has a BA in Greek Literature, majored in Linguistics, a diploma in Acting and an MA in Theater Studies. She is the founder and Artistic Director of theater group ‘ARTimeleia’ ART imeleia and the founder of the first Inclusive School in Theater and Dance in Athens, ‘ISON’ ΙΣΟΝ | Θέατρο – Χορός. She worked as an actress in performances in various theatres and festivals in Athens, including Hellenic Festival. She has worked as a Drama Teacher and Head Theater Program Coordinator in theatres and multi-cultural spaces. She got interested in the function of the body of the performer on stage attending numerous workshops in Greece and abroad. In 2011, she started her cooperation with MDA HELLAS (Institution for people with neuromuscular disorders) as a Drama Program Director. Since then, she has devoted her work and research on building the suitable medical and artistic background for the production and staging of performances integrating actors with and without disabilities. She has developed her research as a Fulbright Scholar in Carolinas Healthcare System Neurosciences Institute, North Carolina and in American Center for Alexander Technique, New York. She has presented her work on theater with neuromuscular disorders as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher in Oregon Science and Health University (OSHU), in the 4th World Parkinson Congress where she also leaded a theater workshop and in ACAT NY where she staged a performance. She is also a member of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Hellenic Theater Studies Association and European Network of Research and Documentation of Performance of Ancient Greek Drama (Arc-Net).