Dr. Sofia Pantouvaki is a scenographer and Professor of Costume Design at Aalto University in Finland. Her background includes over 80 designs for theatre, film, opera and dance productions in Europe, as well as curatorial and exhibition design projects. In 2013, Sofia founded Costume in Focus, the first research group on performance costume. Her research focuses on the theory and practice of performance costume, curation, scenography as theatre education, costume and technology, and clothing in the concentration camps of World War Two. She has been awarded Best Production Design and Best Costumes at the Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece. She holds an MA and PhD in Scenography from University of the Arts London and has specialised in design for opera and ballet at La Scala, Milan.
Sofia Pantouvaki
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