Artemis Manakou

Artemis Manakou was born in Athens (1993) and she grew up in Neapolis, Laconia, Greece. She studied acting and direction at « Elefthero Schima » of Stelios Pavlides (Αthens). 

During the same period, she attended Devised Theater seminars with Amalia Bennett. In 2013 she started attending Physical Theater classes in  PLEFSIS, completing her three-year course in 2015. Along with her involvement with theatrical art, she regularly attended seminars in contemporary dance, contact improvisation, Somatics, Release & Limon technique, and acrobatic dance. In 2019 she moved to the Netherlands and continued her studies in choreographic synthesis by attending independent classes at the vocational school of Amsterdam « The Henny Jurriens Foundation ». 

She is a regular collaborator of Dare Dance Digitalize with Antonis Bertos. Also, since 2017 she is in collaboration with the LatoMeio Project by Eleni  Danesi. Until today, she deals with physical theater both as a performer and as a teacher, with dance and cinema in Greece and Europe.