Academic year 2026–27
Academic year 2026–27

Drama School Faculty

The teaching team is presented by subject and then through a photograph, short biography and the main direction of each teacher’s educational practice.

Acting

  • Pavlos Danelatos
  • Giannis Paraskevopoulos
  • Evanthia Sofronidou
  • Iordanis Aivazoglou
  • Thomas Velissaris
  • Haris Pechlivanidis
  • Giorgos Michalakos
  • Thanasis Megalopoulos
  • Valantis Nestoras
  • Panagiotis Gizotis

Speech & Voice

  • Pavlos Danelatos
  • Thomas Velissaris

Movement / Dance

  • Dimitris Sotiriou
  • Kostas Gerardos
  • Ioanna Mitsika

Singing / Music

  • Kostas Vomvolos
  • Elena Krasaki
  • Elena Moudiri

Film / Theory / Visual Arts

  • Michalis Giagkounidis
  • Alexia Vousvoura
  • Dimitra Mitta
  • Penelope Chatzidimitriou
  • Konstantinos Soultanis
People & approaches

Meet the people you will work with in the studio.

Short biographies and key aspects of each teaching approach help prospective students understand who they will meet in the studio.

Pavlos Danelatos

Pavlos Danelatos

Acting / Speech & Voice · Director of Studies

He studied at the University of Ioannina Faculty of Philosophy and the NTNG Drama School. He founded Lyki Vythou Theatre, has a long-standing collaboration with the KETHEA–ITHAKI theatre group, and has served as the school’s Director of Studies since 2010.

His teaching emphasises a personal method of preparation, natural speech and practical tools that allow actors to work independently.

Giannis Paraskevopoulos

Giannis Paraskevopoulos

Acting

A graduate of the NTNG Drama School and founding member of Nees Morfes. He has directed in Greece and abroad, served as artistic director of the Veria Municipal Regional Theatre, and taught in theatre and university settings.

His teaching searches for the right stage conditions through improvisation, technique and shifts that challenge the obvious.

Evanthia Sofronidou

Evanthia Sofronidou

Acting

A graduate of a professional dance school and the NTNG Drama School. She has worked as an actor, dancer, choreographer and director with companies and theatre organisations.

Her experience in movement and stage composition connects acting with the body, rhythm and creative ensemble work.

Iordanis Aivazoglou

Iordanis Aivazoglou

Acting

A graduate of the NTNG Drama School. Since 1998 he has worked with the NTNG in dozens of productions as an actor, director and assistant director, and has taught acting since 2001.

He works with the body as a primary vehicle of experience and expression through physical awareness, improvisation, text and ensemble composition.

Thomas Velissaris

Thomas Velissaris

Acting / Speech & Voice

Actor, director and group facilitator. He graduated from the NTNG Drama School and completed postgraduate studies in Education, Acting Pedagogy and Cultural Entrepreneurship in Finland.

He connects acting with a structured pedagogical process and practices that cultivate presence, collaboration and the actor’s freedom.

Haris Pechlivanidis

Haris Pechlivanidis

Director / Dramaturg / Actor

A graduate of the Aristotle University Department of Theatre and holder of an MA in Theatre: Devised Theatre from Dartington College of Arts on an IKY scholarship. He has worked as a director and actor with the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the National Theatre of Greece, the Athens Festival and other theatre organisations in Greece and abroad. He has served as Artistic Director of the Ioannina Municipal Regional Theatre and is a PhD candidate at the Aristotle University Department of Theatre.

His acting classes begin with the dramaturgical study of the text, bringing stage speech into contact with thought and personal experience. Their common ground is the actor’s body and imagination.

Giorgos Michalakos

Giorgos Michalakos

Acting

Actor and director, with studies in acting and directing at the Aristotle University Department of Theatre and an integrated master’s degree in theatre directing. He is a founding member of Monks Theatre Company.

His educational work connects the young actor with stage practice and artistic autonomy.

Thanasis Megalopoulos

Thanasis Megalopoulos

Acting

An honours graduate of the NTNG Drama School and founding member of Art Vouveau and KIPOS. He has worked in theatre, film and educational programmes for major cultural organisations.

He focuses on presence in the here and now, the body and an understanding of the dramatic text as a prerequisite for stage action.

Valantis Nestoras

Valantis Nestoras

Acting

A graduate of the Aristotle University School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre, with an Integrated Master covering Acting, Dramaturgy and Theatre Lighting, and holder of an MA in Cultural Management, Communication and Marketing. He has worked as an actor with the National Theatre of Northern Greece and with artists including Michail Marmarinos, Korais Damatis and Kostas Vomvolos, and has appeared in the productions “Serres” and “Ouzeri Tsitsanis”. As a director, his work includes “Kozani, an Imaginary Walk” at the Kozani Municipal Regional Theatre and “The Annunciation of Cassandra”.

He searches for stage truth through an actor who is active, available and open to stimuli, with an emphasis on meaningful communication and a living relationship with the scene partner.

Panagiotis Gizotis

Panagiotis Gizotis

Actor / Director

A graduate of the NTNG Advanced School of Dramatic Art. He has worked as an actor, director and assistant director, with a long-standing collaboration with Dimitris Karantzas. He has directed productions, created original dramaturgical compositions and is the founder of The Liminal Project.

His teaching places speech at its core and examines how it functions within stage action.

Kostas Gerardos

Kostas Gerardos

Movement / Dance

Dancer, choreographer and dance teacher, artistic director of VIS MOTRIX and director of studies at ReDANCE. He has extensive international teaching and artistic experience.

Through contemporary dance, improvisation and Contact Improvisation, he develops coordination, boldness, flow and physical availability.

Dimitris Sotiriou

Dimitris Sotiriou

Movement / Dance

A graduate of the Greek State School of Dance, with further training at Movement Research in New York. He has collaborated with major artists and national theatres in Greece and the Balkans.

He studies the body as an active vehicle of stage communication and as a field where body, mind and imagination work together.

Ioanna Mitsika

Ioanna Mitsika

Movement / Dance

Dancer and choreographer with experience in theatre, teaching and group facilitation. She has taught movement for actors at the school since 2010 and has also taught at the Aristotle University Department of Theatre.

Movement is approached as a living tool for connecting with space, the other person and the ensemble, beyond physical clichés.

Kostas Vomvolos

Kostas Vomvolos

Theatre singing

Composer of music for more than 200 theatre productions, films and documentaries. He has collaborated with leading theatre organisations and teaches at the Aristotle University Department of Theatre.

Singing functions as stage action: voice, text and dramaturgy meet in material developed towards performance.

Elena Krasaki

Elena Krasaki

Theatre singing / Music theory

She studied classical singing at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, specialising in Early Music. She has taught at university departments and combines performance, teaching and research on the voice.

The voice is approached as a physical and dramaturgical tool capable of serving different genres and stage demands.

Elena Moudiri

Elena Moudiri

Theatre singing

A graduate of the Aristotle University Department of Theatre, musician, director and vocal-ensemble teacher. She is a founding member of Sinafi Trio and founder of the Nefes vocal ensemble.

She connects vocal technique with physical expression, storytelling and performance so that music becomes theatrical action.

Michalis Giagkounidis

Michalis Giagkounidis

Film

A graduate of the Aristotle University Film School, with postgraduate studies in Creative Writing and Theatre in Education. He works as a filmmaker and film teacher.

The course develops film literacy, an understanding of visual language and awareness of the particular demands of acting for the camera.

Alexia Vousvoura

Alexia Vousvoura

Scenography / Costume design

Visual artist, painter, educator and graduate of the Aristotle University Department of Theatre. She works in theatre as an actor, scenographer, costume designer and facilitator.

Scenography and costume are treated as active elements of performance that shape interpretation, character and the flow of action.

Dimitra Mitta

Dimitra Mitta

Literature / Dramaturgy

Writer and scholar with publications in prose, theatre, critical essays and mythological studies. She teaches at the school and has been president of the Thessaloniki Writers’ Association since 2024.

The text is read as a living body of words, characters and social conditions that the actor is called upon to bring to the stage.

Penelope Chatzidimitriou

Penelope Chatzidimitriou

Theatre History / Dramaturgy

PhD in Theatre Studies with postgraduate studies at Royal Holloway. She collaborates in research with Theodoros Terzopoulos and has taught Theatre History at the school since 2011.

Theatre history is approached as the history of people, societies and stage forms rather than the memorisation of dates.

Konstantinos Soultanis

Konstantinos Soultanis

Dramaturgy

PhD candidate at the Aristotle University Department of Theatre, graduate of Theatre and Law, with postgraduate studies in political theory and philosophy. He has worked as a theatre scholar and lecturer.

Dramaturgy connects form, plot, characters, sociopolitical context and staging so that words can be transformed into action.