The victory of the positive: Konstantinos Tzoumas at TEDxThessaloniki

With his compelling/ undeniable wit and sarcastic humour, Konstantinos Tzoumas spells out a narrative of everyday poetry in a fascinating performance in which story-telling meets Beckett to showcase the beauty of living in a flawed world and the revenge of the good in rough times.

A gifted and multi-talented personality, Tzoumas was born in Piraeus and spent his life in Pasalimani and Athens. As a youngster he was a bohemian and a traveler, choosing real life lessons to those taught within university auditoriums. Konstantinos became an actor as a reaction against the stereotypical notion that acting equals to immorality. He studied theatre at the Athens Drama School and attended dance seminars delivered by Zouzou Nikoloudi, Alwin Nikolais, Merce Cunningham and Alvin Ailey. In New York he learned the tricks of survival. Constantinos quit dancing and worked in theatre, cinema and television. He characterises himself as a "book-eater". In 2008 he published "Os ek Thavmatos", as the first part of his autobiographical trilogy. The second and third parts of the trilogy were entitled "Complete Unknown" and "Panolethriamvos". Nowadays, he runs a popular daily radio show broadcasted by EnLefko radio station. He loves classic sports, ping-pong, billiard, classical novelists and, last but not least, Rock'n'roll.

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