Daphne Mourelou

BSc Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Dance, Rallou Manou Professional Dance School; MA Political Science and Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; PhD with excellence in Greek professional dance education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

My PhD is focused on professional dance education in Greece. This PhD is primarily research, drawing its theoretical background from the fields of sociology, dance studies, and education. I was also part of the PICS project-CNRS/France (https://fundit.fr/en/calls/cnrs-call-international-joint-research-projects-pics) from 2013 to 2015, where I contributed primary research on the topic of gendered perceptions of Greek contemporary dance in the press. In collaboration with the Small Enterprises Institute GSEVEE, I was part of the team that created the new student handbooks and educational guides for the area of dance in the Greek Institutes of Vocational Studies (ΙΕΚ) (2022-2024). I have presented papers in Greek and international conferences on topics related to dance education and published articles on topics related to dance history.