Klironomia started as a dream of Toronto-based founder Lucy Grigoriadis, and became reality in 1993.
Since then, the signature 4-day Biennial Dance Conference has been a cornerstone of Hellenic Dance and Cultural Education for youth and adults from across North America, providing a venue for Greek folkloric culture to be studied, developed, and practiced. Klironomia sets the standard in Canada for the presentation and continuation of traditional and cultural inheritance.
The specific goals of the Conference are to:
- Stimulate awareness of the traditional Hellenic arts with a focus on dance, traditional costumes, music and instruments, taught by guest instructor and musicians from Greece who are specialists in specific regions of Greece
- Educate people of the Hellenic diaspora within a forum where information on the various vocabularies, regional dance styles and techniques are shared and exchanged
- Promote Greek cultural identity through the sharing of traditional dance styles by professional instructors who present their expertise of different regions of Greece
Founder & Executive Director: Lucy Grigoriadis
Executive Committee:
Rev. Fr. Theodore Paraskevopoulos
Theodora Zafiropoulos-Metaxas
Despina Kaspiris
Anastasia Veloudos-Laplante
Emmelia Pagidas
KLIRONOMIA INSTRUCTOR ALUMNI SINCE 1993
1993 (Ottawa):
John Lulias (Tarpon Springs, Florida)
Dimitrios Tzotzis (Montreal)
1995 (Mississauga):
Panagiotis Mavropoulos (Athens)
Dimitrios Tzotzis (Montreal)
Anastasia Tzotzis (Montreal)
Yiannis Kritselas (Toronto)
1997 (North York):
Elena Lanitis (Limassoi, Cyprus)
Mihalis Lanitis (Limassoi, Cyprus)
Giannis Dimas (Trikala)
Vangelis Dimoudis (Karoti, Thrace)
2000 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Giannis Dimas (Trikala)
Vasilios Karfis (Athens)
Marianthi Kritsotaki (Crete)
Dimitrios Kantas (Kerkyra)
2002 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Giannis Dimas (Trikala)
Daphne Iakovaki (Trikala)
Yiannis Kotis (Evoia)
Eleni Kriti (Thessaloniki)
2004 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Giannis Dimas (Trikala)
Panagiota Stamatiadis (Karpathos)
Christos Papacostas (Trikala)
Kyriakos Moisidis (Thessaloniki)
Yiannis Amarantidis (Costume Specialist)
2006 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Giannis Dimas (Trikala)
Kyriakos Moisidis (Thessaloniki)
Rena Karyofillidou (Thessaoloniki)
Lefterios Kornarakis (Iraklion, Crete)
Yiannis Amarantidis (Costume Specialist)
2008 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Anna Mavrou (Kalymnos)
Kostas Mitsis (Preveza)
Antonis Dallaris (Leros)
Yiannis Konstantinou (Florina)
2010 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
George Liaros (Paros)
Dimitri Karavasilis (Messolonghi)
Aggelos Nikolaidis (Villages of Thrace)
Dimitri Lianostathis (Evia)
2012 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Lefteris Kornarakis (Lasithi, Rethymno)
Yianni Dimas (Thessalia)
Christos Papakostas (Serres)
Rena Karyofyllidou (Evros)
Antonis Dallaris (Leros)
Kosta Mitsis (Metsovo)
Kyriakos Moisidis (Kars, Pontos)
Yanni Amarantidis (Costumes)
2014 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Christiana Katsarou (Ikaria)
Kakia Louloudi (Anatoliki Romilia-Boyaliki)
Kosta Kateris (Sarakatsani)
Elias Vasilaras (Karpathos)
2016 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Achilleas Tsiaras (Roumlouki)
Vasilis Raptis (Zagori)
Vasilis Contos (Amorgo)
Vasileios Orfanos (Rhodes)
2018 (Scarborough University of Toronto):
Vasiliki Gousia (Karditsa, Thessalia)
Athina Sideri (Karditsa, Thessalia)
Dimitrios Mitskas (Almopia & Edessa)
Konstantinos Sitaras (Xios)
Evangelia (Litsa) Galanakis (Kithira)
Vasilis Messaritakis (Ikaria)
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