Despina Kapetanaki 

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is a Berlin-based performer and theatre maker. She holds a degree in Theatre Studies and a diploma in Acting with a focus on physical theatre. She has worked as performer with her own projects in Ireland, Greece and Germany. She has been trained and cooperated with Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret (Denmark). She is creating her own projects inspired by daily life, ordinary people and the contemporary sociopolitical situation. The focus of her work lies on physical theatre and dance performance, which are combined with music, text and poetry. She is interested in performing in unconventional places and without using a separate stage. She prefers sharing the same space with the spectator instead, creating this way an intimate communication between the performer and the audience.