Ioanna Tzartzani (Joanna Tzartzani)
Ioanna Tzartzani studied Sociology at Panteion University and Dance at “Despoina Grigoriadou” Professional Dance School. She holds a MA Degree in Dance Studies from the University of Surrey, where she also completed her PhD (“Interplays of ethnicity, nationalism and globalization within the Greek contemporary dance scene: choreographic choices and constructions of national identity”). She has taught Cultural Approach, Methodology of Research and History of Dance, as well as Body Training Methods (somatics) at the University of Peloponnese - Department of Theater Studies, at “AKMI” College and at “Despoina Grigoriadou” Professional Dance School. She has written articles for the “Choros Plus” magazine (where she was a member of the editorial team) and for “Athens News”. She is a certified Body Control Pilates instructor and has been teaching in Athens since 2004.