URBANDIG-PROJECT - Key Persons
Anna Magoulioti is a graduate from the Athens School of Fine Arts, with concentration in Sculpture and has also attended a 2-year course in Set Design, at ASFA, with Lily Pezanou. She has also graduated from the School of Drama, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. As a teacher of theater education she has worked in the educational programming of The Telloglion Foundation of Art in Thessaloniki. Since 2008 she is working as a teacher of theatre education, in public schools and as an art teacher, in private schools, researching the Didactic of Visual Arts through Drama in Education. Since 2009 she has been employed as a Set and Costume Designer in numerous theatrical plays. Since 2014 she is collaborating with Ohi Pezoume performing arts company and UrbanDig Project as a visual artist, in charge of developing artistic activities and activities for children, while she is also participating in the planning and implementation of performances.
Dr. Dikaia Chatziefstathiou is a Reader in Olympic Studies & the Social Analysis of Sport at the School of Human and Life Sciences in Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. She has been visiting professor at universities in Europe, the US and Asia (e.g. German Sport University in Cologne, Germany; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; University of Montpellier, France; Ithaca College, USA; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and more). She is the winner of the inaugural Coubertin Prize 2008 awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC) for her qualitative research on Pierre de Coubertin's writings and speeches. Following her award, Dikaia became a Member of the Executive Board of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (based in Lausanne, Switzerland) until 2014 and was recently re-elected until 2018. She is author and editor of books and scientific articles regarding sports in international and Greek publications. She has also published storytelling books "Imagine my Stories for Peace" containing five stories for inspiring young people to embody the Olympic values in life and sports.
Eirini Iliopoulou is an Architect - Urbanist and holds a Doctor of Engineering degree, awarded by the Technical University of Berlin and fully funded by DAAD research grants and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Regional Development Institute, Panteion University (Athens, Greece), a freelance urban planning consultant and a board member & research coordinator of the research/artistic/community platform "UrbanDig Project", developed by Ohi Pezoume NPO. Her research and professional experience includes research, monitoring & evaluation, urban planning & design, community and cultural projects. Additionally, her work has been presented in conferences, invited lectures and seminars, and published in reviewed journals and edited scientific volumes. Both her research and professional interests focus on Community Engagement and Participation Practices, Urban Co-Production, Socio-spatial Conflicts, the Ιmpact of Intangible Cultural Heritage on Urban Development, Cultural/ Creative Industries.
George Sachinis is a graduate of Central School of Speech and Drama (MA course in Advanced Theatre Practice), of the Institute of the Arts at Duke University (performance art and literature strand), and of Civil Engineering at Duke (BSc) and UC Berkeley (Msc). He is the founder of Ohi Pezoume performing arts company, coordinator of UrbanDig Project and director of the company's performances in the city and in theatres (National, Municipal Theatre of N. Aegean, Proskinio and others). In the mornings he works as a civil engineer at Athens Water Company (EYDAP) where he has created its operations centre and he represents the company at the steering committee of GWOPA / UN Habitat. He has been a board member of the Network for the Rights of Children and of the steering committee of Reactivate Athens. He has directed musical-theatre performances of composer Christos Theodorou and has facilitated workshops and classes in theatre direction and devising at Theatre of Changes, Mikro Politechneio and at Bow School of Boys in London. As a student he has curated visual arts spaces (Brown Gallery of Duke Unversity) and has written lyrics for Christos Theodorou and Speira-Speira group. In 2006 he was a nominee for the "Promising young artist" award by the Greek Theatre and Music Critics Association.
Eirini Alexiou lives and works in Athens as Choreographer-Director, Performer, Yoga Instructor.
She has studied theatre sciences (National Kapodistrian University of Athens), Dance (Professional school of dance Rallou Manou), Choreography (Movement Research NY, Suzan Klein Technique NY,) Asthanga Yoga (Atmananda Yoga Centre NY).
She is one of the two founders and the Choreographer of Ohi Pezoume Performing Arts Company. Along with George Sachinis they have co- created all the performances of the company, that have been produced so far. In 2005 they created the platform UrbanDig Project.
In 2015 Eirini has been trained for live art performance by Katerina Kokkinos Kennedy, a live artist and dramaturg.
Eirini with the collaboration of Katerina created a live art performance "Eurydice" which travelled from Linz (Wolfinger Hotel/Die Fabrikanten),to Marseille, France (F A I A R),Tours,France (Best Western Hotel/French Hotel Obscura Performance) and Naples, Italy (AltoFest).
In October of the same year the Panel of Critics of Alto Fest awarded the first prize to Eirini and the UrbanDig platform for the live art/site specific performance "Eurydice". Ιn 2005 Eirini was honored from the Argolis prefecture of Greece for her Contribution to the cultural development of the wider area with her performance "Hercules in Human land", at Lerna's riverside.
Job Titles:
- Management and Youth Projects Consultant