Thessaloniki: KTHBE bids farewell to actress Sofia Michopoulou CIVILIZATION
The great actress Sofia Michopoulou and a key collaborator of the Attis Theater is not with us.
He expresses his deep sorrow for the loss of Sofia Michopoulou, “a great, dedicated to her Art, actress and acting teacher who honored the Theater and served it with ethos, consistency, dedication, knowledge and method”, he expresses in his announcement to KTHE .
Sofia Michopoulou was born in Athens. He studied at the Drama School of Pelos Katselis and participated in seminars with Tatsumi Hijikata in Tokyo and with Peter Brook in Paris. From 1958 to 1968 he participated in many performances of the Art Theater on the stage of Karolos Koun. Co-founder and key executive of the Attis Theater, she has been with Theodoros Terzopoulos since 1985 and for a number of years of constant collaboration, playing important roles. He also collaborated with the Vienna Drama Center for a long time, holding seminars and performances there, with the National Theater and other theatrical organizations.
Important, as reported by KTHBE, was her educational activity, with seminars at the Summer Academy and the Drama School of the National Theater, at the Center of Ancient Drama and elsewhere, in Madrid, Merida, in the Canary Islands (Tenerrife University), at the Drama School of. Buenos Aires, Belgium, Ghent and the Antwerp School of Drama on: “Training and preparation of the actor – Law of opposites – Special exercises for conquest through all parts of the body and voice, energy sources, harmony between in speech and physicality. Until the Dionysian and Apollonian dimension, which finds its supreme form in the great school for the actor and teacher, the Ancient Greek Tragedy “.
Sofia Michopoulou’s collaborations with KTHBE are the following: “A Breath of Flowers” by James Saunders James / Direction: George Theodosiadis (1972), “Man, the Beast and Virtue” by Luigi Pirandello / Direction: 1973), Theatrical Workshop of KTHBE – Phase A – (2007) Masterclass, “The Quarrel” by Marivo – “Clean, now” by Sarah Kane: a parallel reading / Marivo, Kane Sarah Kane / Director: Giannis Paraskevopoulos (2007) . ) Masterclass.
Undersecretary of Culture Nikolas Giatromanolakis wrote on Facebook: “In the first hours of 2022, we say goodbye to two important creators of the theater: Sofia Michopoulou and Foulis Boudouroglou. Art, while since the 80’s he has been a key member of the Attis Theater and the closest collaboration of Theodoros Terzopoulos, having offered shocking interpretations, mainly in the ancient tragedy. He also collaborated with the National Theater and many other theatrical organizations. He embodied the quintessence of physical theater as the ideal instrument for the interpretation of speech and rhythm, leaving an independent imprint on the theatrical becoming. Each of her performances was a unique experience. Deeply cultivated and with a genuine love for the younger generations, having apprenticed for many years alongside the most important forms of theater from Japan to Europe, her contribution to teaching through dozens of seminars and workshops was enormous and decisive. Foulis Boudouroglou, actor and director, was a regular collaborator of the State Theater of Northern Greece. He also collaborated with the Theatrical Workshop of Thessaloniki, the Coffee Theater Theatrical Route, the DIPETHE of Kalamata and the DIPETHE of Patras. He has taught at the Theater Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, at the Drama School of KTHBE and in private drama schools. He is also the founder of the legendary, pioneering Coffee Theater of Kalamaria, one of the historical artistic hangouts of Thessaloniki. He was distinguished for his talent, modesty, kindness and morality. We say goodbye with sadness but also with gratitude for their presence and offer. Warm condolences to their relatives and associates. »