Holds a BSc in Physical Education and Sport Science, majoring in “Greek Traditional Dance”, and MSc in “Folklore-Dance Anthropology” from the School of Physical Education and Sport Science (SPESS) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Ηe is a PhD candidate in “Dance Studies” at the same institution.
He has taught traditional dance in higher education (SPESS NKUA, Hungarian Dance Academy), in local government institutions, in private bodies and cultural associations, as well as in numerous dance seminars/workshops in Greece and abroad (Spain, France and Luxembourg). In parallel, he studies Greek traditional wind instruments (gaida, tsambouna, flutes), and participates as a musician in performances, concerts and recordings in Greece and abroad, collaborating with various orchestras and notable artists.
From 2006 till 2010 he lived in Hungary, where he worked as a dancer of the professional Duna Art Ensemble, and taught traditional dance in dance groups of the Greek minority. In 2015 he started working as a dance teacher in the Municipal Department of Traditional Dance in Hellinikon-Argyroupolis and in 2017 he initialized an “open” educational-recreational project called “Dance in the Square”, which is supported by the Municipality and involves participatory dancing in public space.
He is a member of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD), carrying out presentations, scientific articles and research projects regarding dance. In addition, since 2021, he has been a Physical Education teacher in Primary Education.
Since 2016 he has collaborated with Katerina Papadopoulou, participating as a dancer and musician in the “Anastatica project” and “Aegean Arc” ensembles.
Source: Chariton Charitonidis (2025)