Alexandra Kazazou

Birthplace

Wrocław, Poland

Biography

Alexandra Kazazou, Greek-Polish, born in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied at the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and then completed her MA in Acting, under the auspices of Manchester Metropolitan University. From 2010 to 2016, she was a close collaborator with the Grotowski Institute in Poland, while in Greece she works as an actor, director and teacher. She has taught at the State Drama School of Northern Greece (2018-2019), the Drama School of the National Theatre (2016-2017) and the Higher Private Drama School “Delos” (2016-2022). The academic year 2022-23 finds her teaching at the drama school of the Athens Conservatory, at the Academy of Arts 100 and at the MA in acting program of the Metropolitan College. In Greece, she has collaborated as an actress with renowned directors, choreographers and composers including Michael Marmarinos, Yannis Mantafounis, Io Voulgaraki, Yannis Leontaris, Petros Sevastikoglou, Filippos Tsalahouris, etc. She is also a founding member and director of the theater group Teatr Andra, which is based in Istanbul and consists of Greek, Turkish and Polish artists. In 2017 she was nominated for the Eleftheria Sapountzis Theatre Award and in 2018 for the Melina Mercouri Theatre Award. She has taught many seminars at the Grotowski Institute, as a member of the Studio Matejka Physical Theater Group (2010-2015). She has also taught as a professor in residency at St. Lawrence University in New York (2014) and at Gonzaga University in Washington State (2015). She has given masterclasses at Calarts University in Los Angeles, California (2018). In 2020, together with photographer Karol Jarek, she founded the TRANSATLANTIC GROUP and its activity is of an artistic, educational, research and social nature.