Vassiliki K. Tyrovolas

served for many years in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at the University of Athens, specializing in Greek traditional dance, and retired from active service as a Professor due to age limits. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education, pursued postgraduate studies in the Department of Philology, Section of Ethnomusicology-Theatrology at the School of Philosophy, University of Crete, and earned a PhD from the Department of Music Studies, University of Athens. She has taught at all levels of education [Primary (9 years), Secondary (14 years), and Tertiary (32 years)], as well as in various seminars, while also serving as a Consulting Professor at the Hellenic Open University, focusing on Greek music and dance (11 years). Her research interests include the structural-morphological and typological approach to Greek traditional dance, dance analysis and criticism, dance pedagogy, as well as the fields of ritual/magic and the symbolism of Greek traditional dance within the framework of humanities and social sciences. She participated in research programs as a scientific coordinator and presented papers at scientific workshops, conferences, and symposia in Greece and abroad. She has supervised numerous undergraduate theses, as well as master's and doctoral dissertations, and has served as a member of many three-member advisory and seven-member examination committees. She was a member of scientific committees for national and international conferences and scientific journals, scientific societies and organizations in Greece and abroad, a member of the Board of Directors of cultural associations, departmental committees, and a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Postgraduate Program. She served as Director of the Section of Gymnastics and Dance at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens, and also as a member and president of the Association of Teaching, Research, and Scientific Staff of the same Department. Her published work – excluding her doctoral dissertation – comprises a total of 90 papers published in Greek and international scientific journals and in proceedings of peer-reviewed Greek and international conferences. Additionally, she has authored chapters and thematic units in collective volumes and textbooks, translated a foreign-language textbook into Greek, and has a large number of publications in abstract form in proceedings of Greek and international conferences. Finally, she has written two monographs, one essay, and three books on Greek traditional dance and has received honorary distinctions from various private and public bodies. In March 2015, she was unanimously appointed Professor Emerita by the Senate of the University of Athens. She is the main author of the entry “Dance traditions of Zeibekiko dance in Greece,” which was included in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO (March 21, 2022).