| Ms. Poulos was born in Greece where she danced lead roles in numerous ballets with Alexei Feoktistov’s Company. Upon graduation from Athens College, she attended the American College of Greece, where she performed with the DereeDance Company. Ms. Poulos holds an MFA in Choreography from NYU – Tisch School of the Arts. In 2004, she established the oXymoros Dance Theatre and co-founded the ANNEX Group, while in 2007 she founded Choreo Theatro Company501(c)3. The Brooklyn based dance company is dedicated to promoting the classics as well as newly created work to diversified communities by intergrading narrative with interactive media. Choreo Theatro collaborates with a network of 60 performers, designers, composers and specialists. Ms. Poulos’ most recent production, Homer’s Odyssey, was successfully presented in collaboration with The Readers of Homer at NYC’s 92nd Street Y. She is currently consulting on choreography issues for movement-based social games, for the rehabilitation of upper-limb sensorimotor function of wheelchair-confined individuals for the School of Cinematic Arts, at the University of Southern California. Simultaneously, she is developing the Thinker, a collaboration with Mr. Lympouridis, Steve Toltz (author of the award winning “A Fraction of the Whole”), and the Creative Media and Behavioral Health Center at USC — School of Cinematic Arts. Public presentations and publications of work: Collaborative Research Demo for body movement-based social games for the assessment and rehabilitation of upper limb sensorimotor function of wheelchair confined individuals – IEEE Virtual Reality 2012, L’Elisir D’Amore Opera – Tuxedo Park Club & Arclight Theatre 2011, The Odyssey Production – 92Y Kaufmann Concert Hall 2010, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata – Greek Cultural Center 2008, Digma I – Cool New York Festival 2008, Digma II – Cool New York Festival 2008, Euripides’ Hecuba – New York University – Tisch School of The Arts – Drama Department 2007, Aristophanes’ The Frogs – Greek Cultural Center 2007, Digma – Cool New York Festival 2007, Statius’ Thebaid – Target Margin at the Kitchen Theatre 2006, Gombrowicz’s Operetta – New School of Education – LaMaMa Theatre 2005, Fires – Vortex Theatre 2005, 1/8” = 1’ – 0” – Oasis Chashama Festival 2005, Suspendida – Oasis Chashama Festival 2005, Fourth World – Outside/ Input – Richard Foreman’s Ontological – Hysteric Theatre Lab Program 2005,cHronos – Bessie Schoenberg Series – New York University – Tisch School of The Arts 2005, Who Cares About the Pants – Cool New York Festival 2005, No Strains Attached – Whitewave d.u.m.b.o. Festival 2004
ICP’s 30.7.2011 Interview at the National Herald here.
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