
Komi Kloukina
Dancer
She studied at the Ballet Center of Akrivi Koryzi in Patras, as well as English literature and dance at the American College of Greece-Deree (system of the London Royal Academy of Dance). She continued her studies at the Dance School of Leonidas de Pian, the Dance Center of Rosella Hightower (Cannes) and in London; she obtained a dance teacher diploma by the Higher Professional Ballet School of Anna Petrova. She has been a GNO staff member since 1995, and up until 2015 she has participated in at least 15 ballet productions: Don Quixote (de Pian/Minkus), Giselle (Andre/Adam), Cinderella [La Cenerentola] (Vinogradov/Prokofiev), The pirate [Le corsaire] (de Pian/Adam), Pinocchio (Armitage/Melozzi), The Temple Dancer [La bayadère] (Pitipa/Minkus), Paquita (Chatzis/Minkus), The cursed snake [To katarameno fidi] (Massine/Hatjidakis), Zorba (Massine/Theodorakis), Gioconda’s smile (Stellatou/Hatjidakis), Journey to eternity (Zanella/Karaindrou), Dancebox, Alles Walzer] (Zanella), etc. As a member of the GNO ballet, she also participated in the ballet segments in the operas Tannhäuser (Athens Concert Hall, 2008/09), Kiss me Kate, Marathon-Salamis, etc.