MARIANNA VARVIANI / SELCOUTH

Marianna Varviani was born and raised in Athens, Greece. She has a BA in Contemporary Theater from East 15, University of Essex, and an MFA in Dance from UCLA. She is a choreographer, performer, and movement director. She has worked in Greece, England, Brazil and USA. In 2016, she created 'Selcouth' through which she has choreographed and produced works that have been performed at UCLA Kaufman Hall, 'Arc for Dance Festival', ‘European Dance Network', Heidi Ducker’s ‘Ebb & Flow Festival’, San Pedro festival of the Arts, 'Our Festival' and others. She has created ‘Time to Dream’, an award-winning collection of dance films that toured internationally in 20 film festivals. Marianna has been teaching dance and theater since 2008 in Brazil (Theatre of the Oppressed), UK (E15), Greece (Kinitiras, Belleville, Ministry of Culture), USA (UCLA, University of Texas El Paso, Piyoda Flow).

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