Margarita Tsomou (born 2 July 1977 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek-German dramaturgist, curator, performance artist, dancer and activist. She is an editor of pop feminist Missy Magazine, professor for contemporary theatre praxis at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences[1] and curator for theory and discourse at theatre and performance center Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin.[2]

Margarita Tsomou
Alma materHafenCity University Hamburg
Occupation(s)activist, dramaturgist, curator and professor

Life

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Tsomou graduated from the HafenCity University Hamburg.[3][4] As part of her work, she helped organize the worldwide movement 2011 Occupy Athens.[5]

In October 2018, she organized the stage program of demonstration Indivisible in Berlin. She is part of the artistic-activist group Schwabinggrad Ballet .[6][7]

Tsomou works mainly on queer feminism and sexuality, political art and performance theory.[8] Her work has appeared in Die Zeit, taz, Spex , Frankfurter Rundschau , WDR and SWR .[6][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Personensuche | Hochschule Osnabrück".
  2. ^ "HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin - Team".
  3. ^ Tsomou, Myropi-Margarita (2018). Zwischen Repräsentationskritik, Selbstrepräsentation und nicht-repräsentativen Politiken: die Aktionsformen der Aganaktismenoi auf dem Syntagma-Platz, Athen 2011 (Thesis) (in German). Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Margarita Tsomou | transmediale". transmediale.de. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  5. ^ "Margarita Tsomou". INDES. Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  6. ^ a b Festspiele, Berliner. "Margarita Tsomou - Berliner Festspiele". berlinerfestspiele.de. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  7. ^ "Margarita Tsomou". THE CREATIVES' CATALYSTS. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  8. ^ "Über uns | Missy Magazine" (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  9. ^ Welt, Haus der Kulturen der (2015-09-29). "Margarita Tsomou". HKW. Retrieved 2019-08-07.