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Vitoria Kotsalou has studied psychology and is a self-taught dancer and choreographer. Her eclectic education, unbound by tradition, and her continuous research into many different areas of dance practice and philosophy, have shaped a different perception and application of dance. As a choreographer and artist, she uses dance as a way of being, a means of thinking and assimilating the world, and as a field of connection with the intelligence that governs the nature of things.

She is a founding member of the non-profit organisation R.I.C.E. and the RSOD Dance School on the island of Hydra. She is a close collaborator of choreographer Michael Kliën and an active member of the En Dynamei group since 2014. She has composed the works Day out of Time (Athens Festival 2017), Mount (with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, 2019), Rite of Spring – A Map (with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, 2021), Solar (with the En Dynamei group, Onassis Stegi, 2023), Bare (with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, 2023).

As a dancer, she has collaborated with Agni Papadeli Rossetou, Mariela Nestora, and Androniki Marathaki. She designs educational arts programmes focused on dance for children, adults, and mixed-ability groups, and has choreographed theatrical performances.