Marianna Gousdouva was born and raised
in a small village near the Pieria Mountains and Mount Olympus. She has been living in the city of Thessaloniki for years. She has been for eleven years in the self-organized theatrical group Facta Non Verba, in which she has attended lessons of Theatrical Laboratory: (Acting, History of Theater, Activation of Voice and Body)
and has taken part in group performances
as an actor.
Snapshots from performances
Marianna Gousdouva
Her love for the care of the childish look at every stage of human existence,
led her to pathways that connect and disconnect art with healing.
One of them is the telling of stories, myths and fairy tales. So she studied
for two years at the School of Narrative Art: Center for the Study and Dissemination of Myths
and Fairy Tales, traveling to Athens. She then continued at the School of Education
in the Pedagogical and Teaching Adequacy Program of the University of Crete focusing
her dissertation on the following topic: Cultivation of Oral and Written Speech
in Education through Storytelling: Pedagogical Approaches.
During the search, she attended psychotherapy seminars, Basic laboratory of drama therapy, non-violent communication, sound therapy, theatrical play, basic online cinema cinema, traditional dances, songs and continues ..
Since then she has been performing Fairy Tale Performances for Young and Old children, in schools, theaters, festivals, groups and celebrations. Lately she writes, sews and creates fairy tales with inspiration in rhythm, guided by the union of the real with the imaginary in a rhythm of the past.