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Fanis Katechos
Fanis Katechos is a director, theater instructor and actor. He graduated from the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the Municipality of Ag. Varvaras "Iakovos Campanellis", while he continued his education abroad (Italy, Japan, Russia, Poland, England, Denmark). He has studied alongside Gilles Forman (Center for Acting), Eugenio Barba / Roberta Carreri / Else Marie Lawkvik / Tage Larsen / Donald Kitt (Odin Teatret), Raul Laiza / Mario Barzaghi / Matej Matejka (Grotowski Institute) and Kitt Johnson (X- act). In addition, he has attended various seminars, such as the "Territory Festival – School", the "International Noh Institute Summer Intensive Program" and workshops of the Astragali Teatro.
As a theater instructor, he collaborates with: Stathis Grapsa in the Personal Development Program based on Theater that takes place in penitentiary institutions in Greece, Nazim Hitmek Akademi Korosu (Istanbul), the Department of Architecture of the University of Alicante (Spain), the organization Mostar Friedensprojekt (Germany - Bosnia), the organization Asociacion Juvenil Inter-AJ Inter (Spain) and the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the Municipality of Ag. Varvaras "Iakovos Kampanellis". He directs seminars and teaches in European Educational Programs, Youth Exchange Programs and Erasmus + Programs in Greece and abroad.
He has participated in a large number of shows and films. His most recent participations are the performance "Xanthi" as a director, which premiered at Odin Teatret – Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium in Denmark as part of the Transit X Festival, the performance "LIMIT S" me 28 young artists from 11 countries as a director and trainer in the context of the "Theatrical Connections 3" seminar, while as an actor the show "Agapis Agonas Agonos" produced by Fabrica Athens. In circus art, he was the first to bring Bubble Performing to Greece, creating the show "Mr and Mrs Bubble - The Show". He is a founding member of the Multiactive Group of Art "Fabrica Athens" and "Fabrica Artspace", initiator and organizer of the "Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival" and initiator of the theater path "Theatre of Research".
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