Presenters

PPLG 2021 Presenters

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Agostina Fantozzi

Collective Gestos de Cuidado
Argentina

Aikaterini Gasteratou

Epineio Institute for Therapy and Education through Arts
Greece

Alexandra Sutherland

Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education
South Africa

Aliki Dourmazer

Present Being Performer Laboratory
Greece

Amir Ali

Photographer
Afghanistan, Iran, Greece

Angeliki Chatzimisiou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – East London Foundation Trust
UK, Greece

Angeliki Karali

Drama facilitator, teacher, playworker
UK, Greece

Angelo Miramonti

Instituto Departmental de Bellas Artes, Cali
Colombia, Italy

Angie Ross

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Anja Dellner

Freelancer (transform theater), Dresden
Germany

Antigone Ikkos-Serrano

Dramatherapist, voice specialist
UK, Greece

Antonio Graziano

Uomini Consapevoli
Italy

Antonio Starnino

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Aphrodite Antypa

Kozani Arts School
Greece

Apostolis Laschos

Social Support and Rehabilitation Center and Creative Work for Persons with Disabilities “SOTIR”
Greece

Aurelie Harp

Womanity Project, Global Play Brigade
USA

Aylwyn Walsh

University of Leeds,
United Kingdom

Babis Tsinikosmaoglou

Kozani Arts School
Greece, USA

Bahriye Kemal

University of Kent/ Collectiva Innana
UK/Cyprus

Barbara Silverman

East Side Institute
USA

Beatrijs Van Huyck

ChancesToChange Community, Tielt-Winge
Belgium

Bianca Sgai

Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Carolyn Sevos Hamilton

Connection Lab, Vancouver
Canada

Cathy Salit

Global Play Brigade
USA

Chetna Mehrotra

Rangbhumi, Mumbai
India

Christian Scott Martone Donde

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Christopher Malapitan

Independent creative facilitator and trainer, Brussels
Belgium

Claudia Mitchell

McGill University, Montreal
Canada

Claudita Fanni Fertino

Le Theatre de l’Alchimiste
Italy, Greece

Courtney Surmanek

Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts
USA

Daniela Dellavalle

DrammaTourgia, Trieste
Italy

Daphni Vloumidi

Odysseas, Hotel Votsala, Lesvos
Greece

Darshan Daryanani

McGill University, Montreal
Canada

David Diamond

Theatre for Living, Vancouver
Canada

David Kiwanuka Naggenda

Let the Girl Be, Hope for Youth Uganda, Mokono District, Kampala
Uganda

Débora Barrientos

ImaginAction, Malaga
Spain

Despina Kalaitzidou

Epineio Institute for Therapy and Education through Arts
Greece

Dimitra Koulaxizi

Epineio Institute for Therapy and Education through Arts
Greece

Diyaa Arisheh

Larnaca
Cyprus, Syria

Dou Chenqian

Ouch Theatre, Nanjing
China

Dora Psaltopoulou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Doreen Nalweyiso

Entebbe suburb, Kampala
Uganda

Efi Tzouri

The Hands Up Project, Serres
Greece

Eileen Moncoeur

Life Performance Coaching
USA

Elena Boukouvala

PPLG, Open University, East Side Institute, Epineio Institute
UK, Greece, USA

Elena Skreka

British Refugee Council, Kent
United Kingdom

Eleni Tsompanaki

University of Thessaly, Thessaloniki
Greece

Elina Maslo

Copenhagen University College
Denmark

Elliot Leffler

University of Toronto
Canada

Emanuela Firetto

Arte Migrante, Palermo
Italy

Esben Wilstrup

Institut for performance og udvikling, Copenhagen
Denmark

Eva Brenner

Projekt Theater, Vienna
Austria

Eve Simpson

University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Eve Vivian Namutebi

Hope For Youth Uganda, Mukono district
Uganda

Fernanda Liberali

Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Fiston Muganda

Unidos Social Innovation Center
Nakivale refugee settlement
Uganda

Francesca Esguerra

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Francesco Argenio Benaroio

PPLG, ANAMUH – Arts for Dialogue
Greece, Italy, Hungary

Frank Heuel

fringe ensemble, Bonn
Germany

Greg Ryan

London Metropolitan University
United Kingdom

Gopal Aryal

Lukeko Gaun, A village for arts and farming
Nepal

Grethe Mangala Jensen

Sandal Sticks Theater
United Kingdom

Hector Aristizábal

Reconectando, ImaginAction
Colombia

Helen Abel

Life Performance Coaching
USA

Helena Wagener

ChancesToChange Community, Cape Town
South Africa

Ilaria Olimpico

ImaginAction, Tuoro sul Trasimeno
Italy

Isabelle Gatt

University of Malta
Malta

Jaime Martinez

New York Institute of Technology
USA

Jeanette Ashworth

Jeanette Ashworth & Associates, Bothell
USA

Jennifer Bullock

Global Play Brigade
USA

Jenny Wanasek

Center for Applied Theatre, Mequon
USA

Jessica Bleuer

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Jill Olesker

ImaginAction / living network of ImaginAction, Saugerties
USA

Jones Irwin

Dublin City University
Ireland

Jorge Burciaga-Montoya

Universidad Pedagógica Nacional del Estado de Chihuahua (UPNECH) Campus Juárez, Ciudad Juarez
Mexico

Jorge Poveda

Choreomundus Master, Quito
Ecuador

José Carlos Barbosa Lopes

FATEC MAUA, São Paulo
Brazil

Juan David Garzón

Professional Musician, Music Educator
Netherlands, Colombia

Juju Cristine

Educator in Progress, Shan State
Brazil, Myanmar

Karla Yuliana Millán Gil

Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes , Cali
Colombia

Kasia Skuratowicz

Sociologist, Independent facilitator of learning, Brussels
Belgium

Katerina Krithara

DRLST-Education of Northern Greece-Epineio, Cyclades
Greece

Koray Bülent Tarhan

istanbulimpro
Turkey

Konstantina Papaionnidou

Lesvos Solidarity – Mosaik Support Center – Lesvos
Greece

Kostas Magos

University of Thessaly
Greece

Kristín Rannveig Vilhjálmsdóttir

The Cultural Compass
Iceland, Denmark

Laura Singer

Theatre Practitioner, Coach, ChancesToChange Community, Bristol
United Kingdom

Lea Čikoš

Volonterski Centar Vojvodine, Novi Sad
Serbia

Leanne Vincent

East London Foundation Trust NHS
United Kingdom

Linda Raule

Theatre of the Oppressed Vienna
Austria

Linthuja Nadarajah

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Lisa Jo Epstein

Just Act, Philadelphia
USA

Liz

Shan Community College (Kaw Dai Organization), Karli, Shan State
Australia, Myanmar

Lorena Elizondo Grediaga

Acción Creativa Transversal y Organizada (ACTO), Mexico City
Mexico

Lorena Mancero

Collective Gestos de Cuidado , Quito
Ecuador

Louisa Kistemaker

ImaginAction / Living Network of ImaginAction, Viersen
Germany

Louise Denysschen

The MarketPlace Dance, Johannesburg
South Africa

Luciana Modesto-Sarra

Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Luisa Boada Bayona

University College London
United Kingdom

Lukia Namuwaya

Community-based rehabilitation PWDs
Uganda

Magda Vitsou

University of Thessaly, Volos
Greece

Manuella Mavromichalis

Collectiva Inanna, Nicosia
Cyprus

Maria Cristina Meaney

Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Maria Feliciana Amaral

Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

María José Bejarano

Proyecto Colibrí – Pavas
Costa Rica

Maria Karazanou

University of Thessaly, Volos
Greece

Maria Kouvarou

Collectiva Inanna, Larnaca
Cyprus

Maria Papadopoulou

Lesvos Solidarity – Humade Crafts Workshop, Mosaik Support Center – Lesvos
Greece

Marian Rich

Global Play Brigade, New York
USA

Marianna Drakopoulou

DRLST Dance Therapy Education – Epineio
Greece

Marike Minnema

freelance, NLTT, AJRU- Théâtre de l’Opprimé Rabat, Holten
Netherlands

Marilia Fotopoulou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Marina Pallares-Elias

Acting Now, Barcelona
United Kingdom

Marina Tzikou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Mark Levitas

Platform Tiyatro, Istanbul
Turkey

Mark Weinberg

Center for Applied Theatre, Mequon
USA

Markela Alexandra Kyriazi

Epineio Institute for Therapy and Education through Arts
Greece

Martina Cocchi

University of Turin, Modena
Italy

Martina Čurdová

Freelance, Praha
Czech Republic

Mary Fridley

East Side Institute, Brooklyn
USA

Mary Smail

SoulWorks UK, London
United Kingdom

Maya Lucic

Kozani Arts School, Thessaloniki
Greece

Maysoun Bouga

ImaginAction / living network of ImaginAction
Morocco, Australia

Melanie Beer

Dramatherapist and clinical supervisor, Cardiff
United Kingdom

Melissa Meyer

East Side Institute, Brooklyn
USA

Michalis Markodimitrakis

Bowling Green State University / UNHCR, Heraklion
Greece

Miguel Eduardo Cortés Vázquez

Centro Fred Newman para la Terapia Social, Ciudad Juárez
Mexico

Miranda D’amico

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Mohamed Sulaiman Labat

Motif Art Studio & Workshop, Saharawi Refugee Camps
Algeria

Mohammad Hasan Mohammad Issa

Creativity Lab for Empowerment and Innovation, Bethlehem
Palestine

Morgane Masterman

Associação Faísca Voadora, Almada
Portugal

Muneeb Ur Rehman

Veritas Learning Circle, Karachi
Pakistan

Myriam Denov

McGill University, Montreal
Canada

Naiara Rotta

Choreomundus Master, Porto Alegre
Brazil

Naomi Tessler

Branch Out Theatre, Toronto
Canada

Natassa Damaskou

Social Support and Rehabilitation Center and Creative Work for Persons with Disabilities “SOTIR”, Thessaloniki
Greece

Nayle Yrigoyen

Collective Gestos de Cuidado , Buenos Aires
Argentina

Nesa Bandarchian Rashti

McGill University, Montreal
Canada

Nick Bilbrough

Hands Up Project
United Kingdom

Nicolien Kegels

Lesvos Solidarity – Mosaik Support Center – Lesvos
Greece

Nikoletta Dimopoulou

Lesvos Solidarity – Asklipios Center – Lesvos
Greece

Nir Raz

The Institute of Psychotherapy in Playback Theatre , Rinatia
Israel

Odette Laramee

Mutual Productions, Victoria
Canada

Olga Batsioki

Epineio Institute for Therapy and Education through Arts, Thessaloniki
Greece

Olga Grigoropoulou

Hellenic Open University, Patra
Greece

Pamela Jiménez

Universidad Nacional, Heredia
Costa Rica

Panagiotis Alexiou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Greece

Paraskevi Sidiropoulou

Nottingham Trent University & ImaginAction, Nottingham
United Kingdom

Persie Nantume

Hope For Youth primary school
Uganda

Peter Harris

Tel Aviv University, Western Galilee academic college, Tel Aviv
Israel

Phiona Mirembe

Community children support
Uganda

Priscila Chu

Composer, arts educator, producer, Hong Kong
China

Priyanka Chatterjee

Story Consultant, Process Drama Coach and Design Thinker
India

Prudence Caldairou-Bessette

McGill University/UQAM, Montreal
Canada

Rafaella Andreadou

Epineio Institute, Thessaloniki
Greece

Raven Kaliana

Puppet (R)Evolution, Brighton
United Kingdom

Rayssa Mesquita

UFPE, Recife
Brazil

Reem Maghribi

Sharq.Org, Beirut
Lebanon

Rian Evers

Stichting de Vrolijkheid, Utrecht
Netherlands

Rosina Eleni Filippidou

Epineio, Institute for Therapy and Training through Arts
Greece

Rubén Reyes Jirón

Puntos de Encuentro Foundation, Managua
Nicaragua

Sandra Borges

Saint Mary’s University, São Paulo
Brazil

Sandra Paola López Ramírez

Institute for Improvisation and Social Action, El Paso
Colombia, United States

Sanjay Kumar

pandies’ theatre, New Delhi
India

Sarah Namuli

Uganda

Sarai Ella Smadja

The Windmill, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Israel

Shakira Namuwaya

Makerere University
Uganda

Sharon Green

Davidson College, Davidson
USA

Sheila Katzman

ImaginAction / living network of ImaginAction, Brooklyn
USA

Silvia Perdiguero

Media, Education and Theatre, Bilbao
Spain

Steven Licardi

The East Side Institute, Blacksburg
USA

Stevi Basiakou

DRLST Education of Northern Greece-Epineio, Athens
Greece

Subhashini Goda

Choreomundus Master, Chennai
India

Sue Proctor

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Syed Rahman

Daffodil University
Bangladesh

Taiane Carvalheiro

Collective Gestos de Cuidado , Santa Rita
Brazil

Tamsin Curno

ImaginAction / living network of ImaginAction, London
United Kingdom

Tejaswinee Jhunjhunwala

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Thandi O’hagan

The Expressive Movement Foundation, Johannesburg
South Africa

Thecla Farrell

Global Play Brigade, New York
Trinidad and Tobago, USA

Thodoris Kostidakis

Dramatherapist, London
United Kingdom

Tony Gee

Creation Myth Puppets, Totnes
United Kingdom

Umut Erel

The Open University, Milton Keynes
United Kingdom

Uri Yitzchak Noy Meir

ImaginAction / University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Tuoro Sul Trasimeno
Italy

Valbona Xibri

Ballkan Teater, Brescia
Italy

Valerie Green

Dance Entropy, Inc., New York City
USA

Xenia Orgielewski

ChancesToChange Community, Antwerp
Belgium

Warren Linds

Concordia University, Montreal
Canada

Viviane Carrijo

Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Vasintha Pather

Centre for Gestalt Leadership, Johannesburg
South Africa

Yana Bertolo

Collective Gestos de Cuidado , Wilde
Argentina

Yiannis Kaminis

yianniskaminis.com, Thessaloniki
Greece

Youla Koutsoubou

Lesvos Solidarity – Humade Crafts Workshop, Mosaik Support Center – Lesvos
Greece