Eleana Alexandrou

Eleana Alexandrou knows the city, its contemporary culture and heritage, its institutions and artists very well, being herself for years part of its artistic capital. Her creative genius, extroversion, management and effective implementation skills acquired through her involvement with national and European institutions, make her the ideal choice to lead the city, its creators and its residents on this cultural path of inspiration, creation and participation, redefining Limassol culturally, investing in the multiculturalism of the city and creating prospects for a contemporary and sustainable development that will extend beyond 2030.

She obtained a Master's degree from the DasArts Master of Theatre (DAS Theatre) programme at the Amsterdam School of Arts (2016) after a degree in dance and choreography from Bath Spa University, UK (2009). She has been working professionally as a performer since 2004, choreographing since 2011, writing since 2015. She is co-founder of bytheway productions, a non-profit company active in the fields of performing and applied arts, and co-director of the open access makerspace Makers Will Make. Her works have been presented in international festivals in Cyprus and abroad.  She has been a close collaborator of Center of Performing Arts MITOS, Dance House Lemesos and pelma.Lia Haraki. From January 2017 until June 2023, she acted as president of the board of ‘Nea Kinisi’, representative organisation for dance companies, dancers and choreographers in Cyprus.