DC+CMI

Poet, translator, performer, and researcher. He holds an MA in the anthropology of performance (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris), funded by the French Government and the Michelis Foundation, and a PhD (summa cum laude) in performance studies (Aberystwyth University, Wales), funded by the Doctoral Career Development Scholarship. He has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Centre for the Humanities in Greece, and at the University of Thessaly (Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation/ H.F.R.I.). His research focuses on performances of migration and refugeeness, contemporary re-readings of ancient drama, performances of gender and sexuality, and ritual performances of lament. His articles appear in international edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals. He has presented performances and lecture performances internationally (see indicatively: Oxford University, Mouvoir Tanztheater/ Cologne, Spinnerei/ Leipzig, Onassis Foundation, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens Biennale, Mostra Latinoamericana de Perfomances Urbanas/ Brazil etc.), and he has worked as a dramaturge in several productions (Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Dimitria Festival, Philippi Festival etc). He has translated four books by Clarice Lispector. His first poetry book Local Tropics (Τοπικοί Tροπικοί) Antipodes, 2019) explores issues of queer mourning and desire in connection to oral poetic traditions. It has been shortlisted for the Yannis Varveris prize of the Hellenic Authors’ Society and the State Literary Award for Best Poetry.