Maria Olon
Overview
- Ethnicity
- Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 42 - 60
- Height
- 5' 5" (1m 65cm)
- Weight
- 130lbs (59kg)
- Hair Colour
- Blonde
- Eye Colour
- Brown
- Build
- Slim
Documents
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document filereference letter Vasilis Katsikonouris.docx
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document fileHELLENIK PHYSICAL SOCIETY.PDF
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document fileletter ARGO THEATRE.pdf
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document fileMARIA-OLON-TSAROUCHA-CV.docx
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Other
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My Contact Number:
9295259047
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2006 |
AGNES
Theatre |
BUG BY TRACEY LETTS EPI KOLONO THEATER |
ATHENS , GREECE |
2015 |
DIRECTOR
Theatre |
IRAQ 9 PARTS OF DISERE 92 ART ACADEMY |
A |
2018 |
PERFORMER
Performing Arts |
TEDX TEDX |
ATHENS , GREECE |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1998 | GRADUATE | AMERICAN ACADEY OF DRAMATIC ARTS ,NY |
1994 | BACHELOR IN SOCIOLOGY | DEREE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE |
About me
I am a highly skilled actor, director, and acting teacher with a successful career in my country Greece. I am an alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NY.License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | Greek |
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Accents/Dialects | English - General, Greek |
Work Permits | USA |
Highlights
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CAREER PROFILE
Creator of Perceptual Acting and Directing (Evolution of Method acting, a foundation for every artist, actor, director, dramatist, acting teacher and coach) | Author of “ The Universal actor” a book based on Perceptual Acting and Directing (PAD) | Actor, Director, Acting coaching | Studied philosophical systems based on humanitarian grounds. Extensively prolific in generating all sorts of artistic ideas | Worked with actors of diverse learning abilities | Excellent management of turning the limitation of actors to great advantages | In depth knowledge of assessing creative accomplishments of actors | Excellent working on visualization | Strong desire to make a substantial difference and evolution in actor’s consciousness |
EXPERIENCE
THEATER 1998-2018 working as an actor, director and acting coach in Greece
Stage
Plays: “Lunchbreak” , “Trainspotting”, “Sakura the musical”, “Summer bet”, “Mala, the music of the wind”, for the National Greek Opera House “Adam and Eve”, “Bug”, “the Night Porter”, “La nonna”, “The missing one, an indifferent life”. “Andromache”, “Coriolanus”, “Desire under the Elms”, “Cat among the Pigeons”, “Τhe Courageous one”, “Gingerbread lady”, “The house of Bernarda Alba”, “Saturday, Sunday, Monday”, “Return Engagements”, “Cinders”, “Richard ΙΙΙ”, “Rape among the Belt”, “Twelve angry women”
Full-length Films:
Greece
“Easy Lia” director V. Seitanidis , “Roco vs Cleopatra” director A. Spinoulas , “Koroido en Taxi” director G. Paraskevopoulos , “Delivery” director N. Panagiotopoulos
Television Series:
Greece
“Stolen dreams” ANT production, “Medical Confidentiality” ANT production , “ Stockbrokers” ANT production , “Wedding Dress Fitting” MEGA production
Actor and Director, Creator of Magic Room Theater
Creator, director and producer of projects “this is a Duck”, “ A suspicion on stage”, Reunion”, “Lola’s Cabaret”, “It’s a Wonder Full World”, “Maria in Abundance” performed by a team of artists.
Performer:
CD “Kind Songs” under the direction of the well-known Greek composer Lakis
Papadopoulos.
CD “Sakura”
Performing as a singer on jazz, soul, swing and rock revisions on live music stages.
Director
"Fenomena" under the auspices of the Greek Union of Physicists, directing Nikos Kaplanis ( Greek medal
winner in Special Olympics).
“Abandonment days” Elena Ferante’s novel.
“IRAQ 9 parts of desire” with remarkable acknowledgement from critics for five consecutive years under the auspices of the Iraqi Embassy followed by fifteen Embassies at the premiere.
“A eis tin n, when the soul meets the universe” under the auspices of the Greek Union of Physicists .
“Dorian Gray Frames” staring Anthimos Ananiadis a well-known Greek actor who lives and works in Los Angeles.
“Acropolis of Athens file” publication at Acropolis Museum. The uniqueness of this particular file is undisputed. In addition to being a significant publication and an educational tool for students of all ages, it is prove to be an important negotiating instrument in the effort by the Hellenic State to retrieve what is rightfully Greek: the sculptures taken from the Parthenon.
“Concert dedicated to Jewish Holocaust” with world famous Soprano Sonia Theodoridou, Orchestra Mobile and the Moldova Chorus.
Charity galas of Consulat De Cote D’ Ivoire in Greece.
Events of the Tango Acropolis Festival.
Acting Coach and Teacher
Founding, designed and implementing the theatrical studies of Institute IEK AKMH (one of the seven best educational institutions in Europe and the largest vocational institute in Greece) and artistic consultant of IEK AKMI for the last nine years.
Trained and guided professional dancers of “The Tango Acropolis Festival” (the official organiser of the world’s Argentinian Tango competition in Greece.
Trained amateurs and professional actors of 92 Arts, acting school.
Training high school teachers and scientists of Hellenic Physics Society on PAD.
Coaches actors in full-length films for Greek television.
Giving seminars on Method Acting on Theatrical Stages.
EDUCATION
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, NY , USA 10/1995-10/1998
DEREE COLLEGE, GREECE 10/1990-10/1994
BA, SOCIOLOGY
COURSES (INDEPENDENT COURSEWORK)
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts, London
Studied exclusively Stanislavski’s method, Greece
Worked extensively on Shakespearian women, Greece
Studied acting and directing for the cinema with Michael Ilienko, Dean of the Film University in Kiev, Ukraine
Studied Dramatherapy, Greece
Studied creative writing and Philosophy of Literature for eight years at the “Center of Creative Writing and Conflict Resolution” founded by Christiana Labrinidis, Greece
AUTHOR
“First steps, first thoughts” 1983
“Translucent Vacant Head” 2011
“The Universal Actor, infinite characters, infinite lives, infinite frames” 2018
PUBLICATIONS:
Columnist for newspapers and physics scientific magazine.
HONORS & AWARDS
Founding Member, Golden Membership of the Actor’s Society of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Honorary member of the Hellenic Physicist Association and the cultural representative of the Union in Greece and abroad
Honorary member of NAMA ART TEAM at EPI KOLONO Theater
Awarded as the “youngest Greek writer” by famous Greek writers Antonis Samarakis and Kostas Tahtsis
TEDXAUEB performance “Knowing thyself, the eternal process”
LANGUAGES
English – Full professional
German
Spanish
Greek – Native
Additional Information:
Excellent communication skills , Excellent know-how of drama and its manifestation , Excellent working on visualization , Highly motivated and energetic , Excellent ability to create a safety-net for actor’s insecurities
WORK PERMIT: Greencard E1 (Extraordinary Abilities)