Anna Vekiari

Anna Vekiari is the founder and artistic director of the professional inclusive contemporary dance company EXIS and co-owner of ISON Theatre - Dance, the first inclusive educational workshop for theatre and dance in Athens, which aims at the systematic inclusive education of both disabled and non-disabled artists. She is a graduate of the "Anna Petrova" Higher Professional School of Dance. She is a senior dance therapist at the Greek Association of Dance Therapists and a certified DanceAbility trainer. Since 2012, as an educator and choreographer, she has focused exclusively on inclusion, and she has collaborated with various institutions, schools, and disability organizations in Greece and abroad, with the aim of promoting inclusive education. She has also worked as a choreographer and assistant director in various theatre productions.