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After
completing her Masters (MA) in Lighting Design, Performance and Choreography,
on a scholarship from the University of New York (NYU 1987-90), Eleftheria
Deko continued to work there as a lighting designer at several theatres,
until 1992, when she returned to Greece.
She has lit more than 300 performances for theatre, music, dance, opera
and virtual installations, to excellent critical acclaim. She has worked
with most of the major theatre companies, in Athens and the rest of
Greece, and she has often been invited by foreign groups to light dance
performances at international festivals.
She has taught Lighting Designing at the University of New York (NYU
1990-92) and given seminars in theatre lighting for professionals and
amateurs in Athens (1997-1999). This year she is teaching at the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki in the Theatre Studies Department
An important moment of her career was her participation at the Olympic
Games ATHENS 2004, as Lighting Manager and Designer of the Opening and
Closing Ceremonies.
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