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Department of Physical Education and Sport Science

FILIPPIDOU ELENI

Position: Associate Professor
Tel: +30 210 727 6191
Section:Gymnastics and Dance
E-mail: filipele@phed.uoa.gr

 

Scientific discipline
Greek Traditional Dance

Teaching

  • Dance Studies with an emphasis on Greek Traditional Dance
  • Dance Notation
  • Morphology of Greek Traditional Dance
  • Ethnochoreology
  • Didactics of Greek Traditional Dance

Research interests

  • Humanities and Social Sciences and Dance / Art / Culture
  • Dance and historical / ethnographic research
  • Analysis of dance form / dance events (Notation, Structural Analysis, Typology)
  • Dance, identity and collective memory
  • Dance and symbolism in ritual and social events
  • Dance and cultural tourism
  • Dance and socio-political action
  • Education and dance, including distance learning
  • Digital technology and archival preservation of dance events
  • Dance in the diaspora and the dissemination of Greek traditional dance in international contexts

Degrees

  • Bachelor’s Degree (2006), Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Master’s Degree (MA) (2012), Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) (2018), Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Postdoctoral Research (PostDoc) (2025), School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

 Indicative Publications

  1.  Filippidou, E. (2024). Dance and social integration. Greek Gagauz strategies of acculturation through the example of Syrtos Kalamatianos dance. In 32nd Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Ethnochoreology (pp. 187-192). Brežice, Slovenia.
  2. Filippidou, E. (2023). Women in pictures. A dance iconography of gender transformations. European Journal of Fine and Visual Arts, 1(1), 15–22.  doi.org/10.24018/ejart.2023.1.1.12 
  3. Filippidou, E. (2023). Greek diaspora of America and Greek traditional dance: A Case Study. European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(2), 31–38. doi.org/10.24018/ejsocial.2023.3.2.413
  4. Filippidou, E. (2023). The sacred and the secular in dance: One dance, two different functions. European Journal of Theology and Philosophy, 3(4), 1-7. doi.org/10.24018/theology.2023.3.4.119
  5. Filippidou, E. (2022). Ethnic groups on the move: Acculturation dance Strategies of the Greek Gagauz. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 9(4), 139-155. Διαθέσιμο στο: www.ejecs.org/index.php/JECS/article/view/1316
  6. Filippidou, E. (2022). Acculturation Strategies and Dance: Identity Construction Through the Example of “Zonaradikos or Omouslamas” Dance of The Gagauz of Thrace, Greece. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 9(2), 216-233. Διαθέσιμο στο: www.ejecs.org/index.php/JECS/article/view/1023/450
  7. Filippidou, E. (2022). The dance from a distance. The pandemic and its contribution to changing the context of dance. International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 5(3), 21-30. Διαθέσιμο στο: ijssrr.com/journal/article/view/201
  8. Filippidou, Ε., Koutsouba, M., & Tyrovola, V. (2021). Dance, symbolism and Pythagorean philosophy: The ritual of "Kanilitsa" in the Greek community of Nea Vyssa. American Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 14,, 30-48. Διαθέσιμο στο  journalsonline.org/american-journal-of-humanities-and-social-science/pdfs/volume-14/4.pdf
  9. Filippidou, E. & Koutsouba, M. (2020). Dance and Socio-Cybernetics: The Dance event of “K’na” as a shaping component of the cultural identity amongst the Arvanites of Neo Cheimonio Evros, Greece. Journal of ethnic and cultural studies, 7(2), 30-49. Διαθέσιμο στο www.ejecs.org/index.php/JECS/article/view/342
  10. Filippidou, Ε., Koutsouba, Μ., Lalioti, V. & Lantzos, V. (2019). The construction of national identity through cybernetic process: the example of "K'na" dance event in Greek and Turkish Thrace. European Review οf Applied Sociology, 12(18), 13-31. Διαθέσιμο στο content.sciendo.com/view/journals/eras/12/18/article-p13.xml

 

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