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Date2005-2006
InstitutionUniversity of Patras
Job TitleLecturer (Contract 407/80)

Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and fieldwork in the department of Theatre Studies. Three subjects were covered under the titles:
1) The main streams in western dance
2) Contemporary dance theatre
3) Myth and ancient drama in dance and dance theatre

Date2000-2006
InstitutionState School of Dance Athens
Job TitleLecturer

Responsibilities include course and curriculum innovations and development, creating the State School of Dance Company, enriching and upgrading the State School of Dance Library, creating and designing four year BA degree on Greek Dance Education four-year course and communication with the Ministry of Culture. Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice and fieldwork. The subject under the title ‘choreology’ is taught both in Greek and English to provide the appropriate conceptual understanding of terminology, to the first, second and third year students. Is both practical, concentrating on the performing skills, and theoretical including references on Laban principles and expands to contemporary applications, in teaching, performing, creating appreciating evaluating and writing on dance.

DateFeb 2005- Jun 2006
InstitutionUniversity of Peloponnese
Job TitleSenior Lecturer

Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice and fieldwork in the new department of Theatre Studies with emphasis in Dance. Three subjects were covered under the titles: 1) Laban Studies, Theory and Practice, applied to dance and theatre 2) Choreological Studies, Theory and Practice, applied to dance and theatre and 3) Choreography and Structural Analysis as a means to understand the choreographic structuring, devices and styles. This method for observing and analyzing choreography assists interpretation, appreciation and evaluation of a dance work.

DateOct 2004- Jun 2006
InstitutionNational Opera of Greece, conservatory
Job TitleLecturer

Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice and fieldwork in the new department of the National Opera School of Ballet. The subject under the title ‘choreology’ is taught both in Greek and English to provide the appropriate conceptual understanding of terminology, to the first, year students. Is both practical, concentrating on the performing skills and choreography, and theoretical including references on Laban principles and expands to contemporary applications, in teaching, performing, creating appreciating evaluating and writing on dance.

DateOct 1998- Feb 2006
InstitutionUniversity of Thessali, PE Department
Job TitleLecturer

Responsibilities include course and curriculum development; monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning, and staff recruitment for feedback and exchange; student and staff support; assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice; field work and maintaining and developing monitoring and review procedures. The subject under the title ‘choreography in gymnastics’ is taught to the third and fourth year students. It is both practical, teaching dance technique, and theoretical including references on decoding signs, the performing body—theory of embodiment, gender and sexual identity, the performing space, the use of sound within a performance, creating communication between performer and spectator, differences between art gymnastics and sport.

DateOct 1981- Jun 2006
InstitutionSavrami School for Amateur Dancers
Job TitleDirector and Teacher

Responsibilities include programme design and development according to the changes within the culture, management and financial administration, team work, coordinating, problem solving, performance organization, teaching, students within a broad variety of dance styles, students, parents and staff support, communication skills. Organising a series of seminars for professional students on dance education, choreological studies, choreography, scenography, dance history and jazz and musical theatre, taught by myself and a team of different colleges The school is under inspection to become an approved centre by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London.

DateOct 2002- Jun 2005
InstitutionRallou Manou Professional Dance School
Job TitleLecturer

Responsibilities include course and curriculum innovations and development. Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning,, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice, field work. The subject under the title ‘choreology’ is taught to the first and second year students. Is both practical developing performing skills and theoretical including references on Laban principles and expands to contemporary applications, in teaching, performing, creating appreciating evaluating and writing on dance.

DateOct 1993–Aug 1999
InstitutionVeaki Professional School of Drama
Job TitleLecturer

Responsibilities included course restructured with specific targets for learning and achieving. Compulsory learning modules were introduced along with contextual subjects giving support to practical experience Developing performance skills together with the anatomical physiological and psychological training methods and organization. Deepening knowledge of current dance trends and styles within view of the artistic and industries needs being that of television or theatre.

DateJan 1992-Jun 1996
InstitutionMoraitis School-Laban Centre
Job TitleLecturer

Responsibilities included course and curriculum applications from the Laban Centre BA programme. Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning contributing and providing additional support as the course was taught in English, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice, field work and communication skills with the academic staff from the Laban, London. The subject under the title ‘choreological studies’ taught to the first and second year students was both practical and theoretical including references to Laban principles and expanded to contemporary applications, in teaching, performing, creating, analyzing, appreciating evaluating and writing on dance. The completion of the course, the third year of studies, was taken at the Laban Centre, London and the qualification was awarded by City University London.

DateOct 1988-Jun 1990
InstitutionAthens College
Job TitleTeacher

Responsibilities included monitoring ISTD dance courses and curriculum within primary school. Administration, management and communication both within college and ISTD headquarters. Providing appropriate teaching and assessed by the ISTD external examiners

DateOct 1988-Jun 1990
InstitutionSoutheastern College
Job TitleTeacher

Responsibilities included three-year BA course and curriculum design providing the basis for ongoing planning and development, management and administration. Monitoring the teaching, curriculum coverage and student learning,, student and staff support, assessing and marking undergraduate papers and dance practice, fieldwork and organising seminars. The subjects taught were both practical and theoretical such as dance technique, improvisation and choreography, anatomy, dance history, art history, music and scenography.