Dimopoulou, Nikoletta, Faculty, Drama

Nikoletta Dimopoulou is a drama teacher. She works with dramaturgy, performance, Applied theatre, and Devised theatre methodologies and techniques. She holds a BA from the School of Drama, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010) and a Master in International Performance Research (MAIPR) from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Arts in Belgrade (2012).

Since the last decade, she has been working mainly with groups implementing performances and workshops. She creates environments of participatory theatre and performance practices for people with no, little, or more experience in such practices. She explores different ways of experiential learning and representation by working mostly in intercultural working groups, co-creating environments of acceptance, intergenerational relationships, and social inclusion. She has worked with Unaccompanied Minors (UAM), adult refugee women and men on Lesvos island and Athens, focusing on empowerment, resilience, and orientation, and has written articles on inclusive education and practices. She collaborates for the design of programmes, performances, and the facilitation of workshops with the British Council, the Hellenic Network for Theatre/Drama & Education Network, the Greek Council for Refugees, Simeio/Signal for Researching and Confronting the Far Right, Genderhood NGO, and the Heterotopia museum theatre company in Greece. She is currently training in somatic, individual, and group psychotherapy.

email: dimopouloun@acs.gr