She was born in Piraeus in 1921. First she trained at the dance school of Koula Pratsika, from where she graduated in 1943. She attended courses in modern dance abroad under Harald Kreutzberg, Rosalia Chladek and Mary Wigman, as well at UNESCO (Paris). She also studied at the Archeology Department of the University of Athens. She taught eurythmics and gymnastics at the Lyceum Club of Greek Women [Lykeio Ellinidon]. From 1938 to 1955 she was a member of the Koula Pratsika dance company, appearing as a soloist in many performances in Greece and abroad. She taught expressive movement, dance and improvisation at the National Theater school of drama since 1964 and at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory (1982-1992). She also taught at the Theater Workshop of Spyros Evangelatos and the GNO Studio and collaborated with the Empirical Theater of Minotis/Paxinou, the Ancient Attic Theater of Alexis Damianos, the Utopia Theater and the Theatrical Society of Crete. She created choreographies, which she performed herself. As an ancient drama choreographer, she debuted in 1956 (Iphigenia in Tauris, Piraeus Municipal Theater) and 1958 (Oedipus at Colonus, Epidaurus). Over the years 1958-1993, she choreographed approximately 50 ancient drama productions of the National Theater staged in Greece, Europe, Japan, China, Canada, America and Russia. In 1936 she participated in the Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony and, from 1964 on, she choreographed the respective ceremonies for a series of Olympic Games. In 1997 she was honored for her contribution by the International Olympic Committee. She was awarded the Koula Pratsika prize, the Medal of the Order of the Phoenix (2000) and the Medal of the City of Athens (2002). She died in Athens, on September 9th, 2015. For the GNO, she choreographed ballet sections for two opera performances: Medea (Epidaurus Ancient Theater, 1961) and George Sklavos’s Kassiani (Olympia Theater, 1972-73).