Anna Tsichli
Anna Tsichli was born in Athens and has lived in Athens, Rome, London and Zurich. She studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (BA in Theatre Studies), The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama/University of London (MA in Performance Studies), Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (PhD). She acquired her PhD “Political and Social Dimensions of the Experimental European Theatre in the closing years of the 20th century, A Study of Performances and Devised Theatre Practices” with honors, in receipt of European research scholarship “Heraclitus”. In 2017-18 she attended the CAS Performative Arts at the University of Bern, Institute of Theatre Studies.
She devised and directed performances, video art, events and happenings. Her works have been presented in Greece and abroad (England, Switzerland, India, Thailand). She has collaborated as a dramaturg with several movement and performance-based groups (Kinitiras Artistic Network (GR), Omada Epta (GR) and Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble (CY).
She participated in festivals, congresses, committees, European research programs and workshops in Greece, Cyprus, UK, Denmark and Switzerland. Her papers have been published in Greek and international collective volumes, scientific publications and academic conferences’ proceedings. She is a member of PSi (Performance Studies International) and the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute as well as a co-founding member of the Hellenic Theatre Studies Association (GR) and of several theatre groups in Greece and Switzerland.
She is teaching “Theatre Practice and Directing” at the BA and MA Programs of Studies of the Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Peloponnese. In the past years, she taught at the Postgraduate Programme in Theatre Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama/University of London and at drama schools, detoxification centers, arts centers and schools in Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Switzerland and UK.
