Natalia Koutsougera is an anthropologist and director of ethnographic films working at the intersection of anthropology of dance, visual anthropology, gender, youth, popular and hip hop studies. Her doctoral research focused on the popular (laïkó) night clubbing practices of working class youth cultures in Athens. Her postdoctoral research revolves around hip hop, urban dance scenes and street femininities. She has produced two ethnographic films on hip hop and street dance styles in Greece entitled “Born to Break” (2011) and “The Girls are here” (2015).  She works as Laboratory Teaching Staff in the Department of Social Anthropology at Panteion University, Athens where she teaches the courses “Anthropology of Youth Cultures” and “Anthropology of Dance”. Her forthcoming documentarian venture entitled “Girls Wanna Just Dance” exploring femininities in urban dance styles is about to be accomplished in December 2023.