Date of birth: 25/11/1980 Nationality: Greece
Mary Vastaki is an actress, musician, a fairy tale writer and on 2004 she graduated from University as a kindergartner. From 2003, she finished her drama School ‘Archi’on physical theatre, she had been working as an actress in theatre for children for three years and at the same time continued her training with Tapa Sudana from Bali, investigating the connection between movement and voice through martial arts (tai chi, chi kung) and the Balinese expression of the “Three worlds”(spirit-body--emotion) - “Tri buana”, and established the group “The Family of the Tree”. The “Family of the Tree” continued to work together as a group- without its teacher- until summer of 2005. Mary started individual phonetic lessons with the musician Mary Esper and continues until today. After she finished drama school she made improvised performances to kindergartens and gave theatre lessons to children from 2005-2006. On 2004, she established her own theatre company “NARNIA”, with her companion and together created the group of the ‘Suffering Kokovgi (a kind of a fish)’, and made performances at the North Greece on 2006-2007. Nowadays, she wishes to continue her training in physical theatre as long as she cans and never stop fighting for her right to dream and for a renaissance in theatre.
STUDIES
2004: Graduates from National University of Athens (E.K.Π.A) from ‘Τ.Ε.Α.Π.Η.’, as a teacher for children from 4-6 years old.
2003: Graduates from Drama School of Nelli Karra: ‘Archi’.
1998-2000: Attends lessons in drama school ‘Ramba’.
OTHER STUDIES
2003-2007: singing and phonetic lessons with Mary Esper
2002-2003: classic ballet, M. Granham and jazz lessons in the ballet school of Christina Tsoumi 2002: lessons in Greek Sign Language
1988-1998: piano lessons (till the level of Middle 3rd), armonia and theory of music at the Music School of Antoni Kalomoiri.
WORKSHOPS-SEMINARS
2000: Workshop with Grzegorz Bral-found member of ‘Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practice’ in the work and method of Grotowski
2000-2001: Participates in a 6month seminar in ‘Technique of Theatre for Children’, organised at the Drama School ‘Archi’ 2002: Workshop with Tapa Sudana, collaborator of Peter Brook, with the title ‘Introduction in the Balinese Expression of ‘Tri-Buana (Three world)’:spirit-body-emotion, Greece
2003: Workshop with Tapa Sudana ‘Laboratory in the Balinese expression of the Three-World, Greece
2004: ‘International Festival for Theatre Methods’ with Sergey Ostrenko, in Malpils-Latvia, by I.U.G.T.E.
2007: (25-30 July) ‘International Performing Arts Laboratory’ with Sergey Ostrenko in Bovec, Slovenia by I.U.G.T.E.
(July 30-August 2) ‘Theatre Methods 07: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity’ in Bovec, Slovenia by I.U.G.T.E.
THEATRE EXPERIENCE
2006-2007: ‘Ingenium Validum-the counterattack of comic’ in Thessaloniki, Sofouli Theatre- as director assistant, producer, member of the company of ‘Narnia’ and actress.
2005-2006: ‘Fairy Tale With No Name’ by Penelopi Delta, in Athens, ‘Theatre of Sun’ (theatre for children)
2004-2005: ‘Mogli’ by Rayard Kipling in Athens, ‘Theatre of Sun’ (theatre for children)
2002-2003: ‘The Snowman and the Girl’ by Eugenius Trivizas, in Athens ‘Theatre Tzeni Karezi’ (dance performances)
1988-1998: Participates in the theatre group of Kesariani in the ‘Theatre of Kesariani’ with the plays: ‘That s how the wood is safe’, ‘John the Soldier’(Zorz Sarri), ‘The Puppets of Katsipora’(F. G. Lorca), ‘Mister Super Bam and Little Eirini’, ‘The Animals of the Forest-Fox and her Friends’, ‘Homemade Food’, ‘The Lost Doll’, ‘Midnights Summer Dream’(Shakespeare), ‘The War with Pillows’, ‘Ribbon Erotic(?)’(A. Snitchler), ‘Fafsta or The Lost Daughter’ (Bost)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2001: Director assistant in a theatre group with children with a handicap, so they present their improvised performance: ‘A Visit to the Museum’
2005-2006: Gives theatre lessons to children from 4-5 year old to the kindergarten ‘Rodini’ in Sain Stephen, outside Athens, and 2 improvised performances from written fairy tailes, in which the children were included.
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