Eleni Papalexiou is associate professor at the Department of Theatre Studies, School of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese (UoP), specialized in Theatre Genetics, Performance Analysis, as well as Digital Humanities and Arts. She holds a Ph.D. from Université Sorbonne-Paris IV. As a Fulbright visiting scholar she conducted research at Stanford University (Department of Classics & Department of Theater and Performance Studies, 2014-2015).

She has worked intensively on cultural documentation and the digital visualization of the performing arts. She is Principal Investigator of three running research projects: a) Genesis. Genetic Research and Digital Visualization in the Performing Arts, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2020-2023), b) The Archive of Dimitris Papaioannou, funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture (2021-2023) and c) Scientific Documentation of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, funded by NSRF (2023-2024). She was also Principal Investigator (on behalf of the UoP) of the European Projects CREARCH: Creative European Archives as Innovative Cultural Hubs and ARGOS: Actes de Création et Dynamiques de Collaborations Croisées – Arts de la Scène (Creative Europe Cooperation Projects 2018-2021).

From 2018 she is the Greek national ambassador in the Time Machine Organisation, a leading international organisation for cooperation in technology, science and cultural heritage.

She was the main researcher of the research project ARCH: Archival Research and Cultural Heritage, concerning the archive of the theatre director Romeo Castellucci and the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio. Today she is academic consultant and curator of the above-mentioned archive.

She has published widely on contemporary theatre and performance analysis and has given numerous papers and invited lectures in international conferences.

Performing Arts; Theatre; Theatre Studies; Performance Analysis; Theatre Genetics; Contemporary Art; Greek Drama on the Contemporary Stage; Digital Arts and Humanities; Cultural documentation.

A) BOOKS

1. Papalexiou, E. (ed. 2022) Creative Archives as Living Landscapes of Memory in the Digital Era, Athens: FagottoBooks [ISBN 9789606685927].
2. Papalexiou, E. (2009) Romeo Castellucci, Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio: When the Words Turn into Matter, Athens: Plethron [ISBN: 9789603481959].
3. Papalexiou, E. (2005) La tragédie grecque sur la scène contemporaine, Lille: ANRT, Université de Lille [ISBN: 9782729564445].

Β) ARTICLES & CHAPTERS (papers in peer-reviewed journals & chapters in collective volumes)

1. Papalexiou, Eleni & Avra Xepapadakou (2023). « Sur les traces de l’Orestie (une comédie organique ?) de Romeo Castellucci: De sa conception (1995) à sa reprise (2015) », in : Parcours de génétique théâtrale : brouillons, variations et transpositions, Sophie Lucet & Ana-Clara Santos (eds), Paris : Le Manuscrit, 99-128.
2. Papalexiou, E. (2022) « Usages du prosopeion dans les représentations de la tragédie grecque du XXe siècle », in : Le masque scénique dans l’antiquité, G. Filacanapa & G. Freixe & B. Le Guen (eds), Montpellier : Editions Deuxième Epoque, 322-336.
3. Papalexiou, E. (2022) ‘State of the Art Technologies and Collaborative Research Projects in the Service of European Cultural Heritage’, in: Creative Archives as Living Landscapes of Memory in the Digital Era, E. Papalexiou (ed.), Athens: FagottoBooks,147-360.
4. Papalexiou, E. & Α. Xepapadakou (2022) ‘Tracing the Past. The Archive of Romeo Castellucci and the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio: a Contribution to the History of European Theatre’, in: Creative Archives as Living Landscapes of Memory in the Digital Era, E. Papalexiou (ed.), Athens: FagottoBooks, 147-194.
5. Lemić, V. & E. Papalexiou & S. Riolo & T. Štefanac & R. Straatman & V. Vraka & A. Xepapadakou & A. Zappulli (2022) ‘Creative Archives as Innovative Cultural Hubs: A Dialogue between Countries and Cultures from Paper to Multimedia’, in: Creative Archives as Living Landscapes of Memory in the Digital Era, Athens: FagottoBooks, 29-106.
6. Papalexiou, E. & A. Xepapadakou & V. Vraka (2021) « L’archive théâtrale de la Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio : un pèlerinage à la matière », in : Fabriques, expériences et archives du spectacle vivant, S. Lucet & et.al (eds), Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 501-512.
7. Papalexiou, E. (2020) ‘Towards a Model of Digital Narration of the Creative Process of Performance’, European Journal of Theatre and Performance, issue 2, 376-423.
8. Papalexiou, E. (2018) ‘Romeo Castellucci or the Visionary of the non-Visual’, in: The Great European Stage Directors, L. Van den Dries & T. de Laet (eds), London: Bloomsbury-Methuen, 87-117 & 204-212.
9. Papalexiou, E. (2015) ‘Nyx Teleia. Nella notte profonda del mondo greco antico’, in: Toccare il reale. L’arte di Romeo Castellucci, P. Di Matteo (ed.), Napoli: Cronopio, 21-34.
10. Papalexiou, E. (2015) ‘The Dramaturgies of the Gaze: Strategies of Vision and Optical Revelations in the Theatre of Romeo Castellucci’, in: Theatre as Voyeurism, G. Rodosthenous (ed.), London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 50-68.
11. Papalexiou, E. (2013) « Le corps souffrant sur la scène d’aujourd’hui », in : La mort et le corps dans les arts aujourd’hui, S. Girel & F. Soldini (eds), L’Harmattan, Collection Logique Sociales, 449-462.
12. Papalexiou, E. (2012) ‘The Political Theatre of Rodrigo García’, in: R. García, You are all scum, Athens: Aigokeros, 71-79.
13. Papalexiou, E. (2011) « Le corps comme matière dramatique dans le théâtre de Romeo Castellucci », Prospero European Review. Theatre and Research, 2.
14. Papalexiou, E. (2011) ‘Ecce Homo’, Theater der Zeit, Berlin, Januar 2011, 67 (in German).
15. Papalexiou, E. (2011) « L’actualité politique dans les représentations contemporaines de la tragédie grecque », in : Théâtres Politiques en mouvements, C. Douxami (ed.), Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 305-315.
16. Papalexiou, E. (2010) « Mises en scènes contemporaines d’Antigone », in : Les Antigones Contemporaines (de 1945 à nos jours), R. Duroux & S. Urdician (eds), Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal, 1er trimestre 2010, 89-103.
17. Papalexiou, E. (2009) ‘Contemporary Stage and Greek Tragedy’, Scientific Bulletin of Performing Arts 1, UoP, Dept. of Theatre Studies, 225-244 (in Greek).
18. Papalexiou, E. (2009) ‘Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio: Iconoclasm and Research of Form’, Theatrographies 15, 19-23 (in Greek).
19. Papalexiou, E. (2008) « Violences sur la scène contemporaine : nécessité ou gratuité? », L’Annuaire Théâtral 43-44, Printemps-automne 2008, CRCCF/SQET, Québec: 181-188.
20. Papalexiou, E. (2006) « Mythologies sonores et visuelles », Coulisses 34, Besançon : Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, Octobre 2006, 215-226.

C) PAPERS (in peer-reviewed Proceedings)

21. Papalexiou, E. (2023). ‘Transformations of Medea on the contemporary stage’, Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference of Ancient Greek Drama: The Divine and the Polis in Euripides, Athens: Hellenic Foundation for Culture, in print.
22. Papalexiou, Ε. (2021). ‘Robots on stage. Images from a near future’, Proceedings of the 6th Panhellenic Theatre Studies Conference: Theatre and Otherness: Theory, Dramaturgy and Theatre Practice, vol. 3, Nafplio: Dept of Theatre Studies-University of the Peloponnese, 183-200.
23. Papalexiou, Ε. & A. Xepapadakou & V. Vraka (2019) ‘The Living Archive. Recording the Creative Process in the Digital Age’, in the Proceedings of the 3rd Panhellenic Conference in Cultural Heritage, Volos: Perraivia, 736-741.
24. Papalexiou, E. (2013) « Le chœur antique et ses aspects divers sur la scène contemporaine », Présence de la danse dans l’antiquité - Présence de l’antiquité dans la danse, Caesarodunum, XLII-XLIII, Clermont-Ferrand, 281-295.
25. Papalexiou, E. (2012) ‘The body as dramatic material in the theatre of Romeo Castellucci’, Utopia and Critical Thinking in the Creative Process, Besançon: Les Solitaires Intempestifs, 75-88.
26. Papalexiou, E. (2011) ‘Romeo Castellucci: The Actor under Dispute’, The Actor and the Art of Acting: Theory and Practice, History and the Present, ed. by G. Ioannides, Athens: Ergo & University of Athens-Dept. of Theatre Studies, 275-288.
27. Papalexiou, E. (2010) « Le mythe de Prométhée et ses représentations contemporaines », Créatures et Créateurs de Prométhée, Nancy : Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 291-300.
28. Papalexiou, E. (2005) « Le théâtre politique de Rodrigo García », Centre de Recherche sur l’Histoire du Théâtre, Paris IV-Sorbonne.

D) BOOK REVIEWS

29. Papalexiou, Ε. (2020). Blurb for the book: Angeliki Avgitidou, Performance art: the basics, Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.
30. Papalexiou, E. (2019). Book review: Walter Puchner, Folk Theatre Studies Ι-II, European Journal of Theatre and Performance, 1, January 2019.
31. Papalexiou, E. (2019). Book review: Avra Xepapadakou, Pavlos Carrer, European Journal of Theatre and Performance, 1, January 2019.
32. Papalexiou, E. (2012). Βιβλιοκρισία: Anna Tabaki & Walter Puchner (eds), First International Conference. Theatre and Theatre Studies in the 21st Century, Comparaison 22, February 2012, 109-113 (in French).

E) OTHER ARTICLES

33. Papalexiou, E. (2023) “Romeo Castellucci: To Eleusis”, Ma, Eleusis: European Capital of Culture, 6-7.
34. Papalexiou, E. (2020) ‘Travelling through Time. Time Machine: Technology in the Service of European History and Cultural Heritage’, The Books’ Journal, 112, October 2020, 36-37 (in Greek).
35. Papalexiou, E. & A. Xepapadakou (2020) «Stvaranje arhiva suvremenih izvedbenih umjetnosti - Arhiv Romea Castelluccija i kazališne skupine Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio», @rhivi, 7/2020, 17-18 (in Croatian).
36. Papalexiou, E. (2019) “Julius Caesar. Spared Parts. Dramatic intervention on W. Shakespeare”, Kypria International Festival, October 2019.
37. Papalexiou, Ε. (2019) ‘Art and Utopia in a dark garage’, Technes-I Kathimerini, 04.08.2019, 11 (in Greek).
38. Papalexiou, E. (2019). “Program Notes: Democracy in America”, Peak Performances, Montclair State University, 9-12 May 2019.
39. Papalexiou E., 2018. “Democracy in America | Teatro Municipal São Luiz”, Culturese. Boletim de Divulgação Cultural da Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, February-March 2018: 8-9 (in Portuguese).
40. Papalexiou E. 2017. ‘Pharmakòs or Democracy in America’, The Books’ Journal 79, July-August 2017 (in Greek).
41. Papalexiou E., 2017. ‘Romeo Castellucci, Democracy in America’, The Athens Festival 2017: 199-201 (in Greek).
42. Papalexiou E., 2016. ‘Romeo Castellucci | Socìetas: Go down, Moses’, Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, 13-15 October 2016 (in Spanish).
43. Papalexiou E. & Xepapadakou A., 2016. ‘Raise the curtain! Digital theatre archives’, Insights. Archives and people in the digital age, 2: 14 (in English). Also in German: ‘Vorhang auf! Theaterarchiv digital’, Insights. Archive und Menschen im digitalen Zeithalter, 2/2016: 14.
44. Papalexiou E., 2016. ‘Go down, Moses’, Helsingin juhlaviikot, Helsinki, 19-20 August 2016 (in Finnish).
45. Papalexiou E., 2016. ‘Romeo Castellucci, Go down, Moses’, Peak Performances, Montclair State University, 9-12 June 2016 (in English).
46. Papalexiou E., 2016. ‘Rodrigo García. 4’, The Athens Festival Programme 2016, Athens, 58-59 (in Greek).
47. Papalexiou E., 2016. ‘Romeo Castellucci | Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio: Julius Caesar. Fragments. Dramatic intervention in Shakespeare’s play’, The Athens Festival 2016, Athens, 12-13 (in Greek).
48. Papalexiou E., 2015. ‘Conceiving the new image of the world’, EF, 44: 25.06.2015, 6-9 (in Greek).
49. Papalexiou E., 2015. ‘Homo Spectator’, The Athens Festival Programme 2015, Athens, 34-35 (in Greek).
50. Papalexiou E., 2015, ‘The Political Theatre of Rodrigo García’, in: The Players Theatre Company, I bought a shovel from IKEA to dig my grave, Athens (in Greek).
51. Papalexiou E., 2011. ‘On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God’, The Athens Festival Programme 2011, Athens, 32-33 (in Greek).