About Floriana Dezou

Floriana is an Artist & Embodiment Practitioner with a decade of experience and is passionate about creating meaningful experiences both on stages and in wellness spaces. Floriana studied her 200HRs Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India. Her practice draws on energetic practices found in Yoga, African/Eastern Philosophy, Somatic Body & Breathwork.

In 2020 Floriana graduated from Central School of Speech and Drama with a 1st Class Masters Degree in Acting For Screen. She has since performed in multiple short films, Sky Drama & Emmerdale. Floriana has also written and performed poetry at Theatre503 and Blue Coat.

Floriana previously co-founded a New Writing Theatre company, RE:WRITE Theatre, which successfully produced two sold out showcases at Theatre 503. Floriana has also directed her own work in the Young Vic Claire space, including a Jerwood funded commission by writer Bola Agabaje. Floriana Directed ‘All White Everything But Me’ written and performed by Kemi-Bo Jacobs (read The Stages’ 4 star review here) at the Alphabetti Theatre. Other venues Floriana has exhibited original work include; Wiltons Music Hall, Canal Cafe Theatre, The Ugly Duck, Theatre 503, Wimbeldon College of Art and was one of the Almedia Theatres’s Resident directors in 2019.

As a creative Floriana has worked alongside some of the UK's top theatre directors as an Assistant Director including the Royal Shakespeare Company (as the Swan Season Assistant Director 2018), Chichester Festival Theatre, ETT, Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatre and the Young Vic theatre.

Floriana was a Board of Trustee for English Touring Theatre 2019 - 2022.

Qualifications 

200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training Yogkulam Rishikesh India

Level 2 Sound Healing Mind Peace Healing Academy India 

MA (1st Class) Acting for Screen Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London

BA (Upper 2.1) History & History of Ideas Goldsmiths University of London

Diploma Philosophy Birkbeck University of London

Training

Quantum Botanicals - School of Natural Medicine 

Contemporary Dance - Olga Roriz Dance School Lisbon 

Directing - Young Vic Theatre 

Facilitation - Emergency Exit Arts, Tarawa & Goldsmiths UOL