Niovi Benou

Choreography
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, University of Thessaloniki graduate, she starts dancing at the age of five studying classical (Advanced Foundation R.A.D) and modern (I.S.T.D) ballet, and modern dance. She discovers flamenco along with Maria del Transito Santos and Andreas Asprommalis. Enchanted by the power and expressiveness that defines flamenco she decides to move to Seville where she will stay for four years aiming to enrich her knowledge on the technics and culture of this unique kind of dance.
She apprentices in Fundación Cristina Heeren, Academia Alicia Márquez, along with greate teachers such as Manuela Reyes, Pilar Ortega, Alejandro Granados, Juan de los Reyes , Andres Pena, Rafaela Carrasco, Chloe Brule and more.
She now lives in Thessaloniki where, in cooperation with Flora Tsoukala, cofound the το Studio Flamenco Pellizco in which she works as a flamenco dance teacher. At the same time, she maintains continuous contact with the evolution of flamenco attending intensive seminars in Spain and Greece. She has worked with Andreas Aspromallis and Grupo Flamenco Cadenas group, Ronda al Alba and Fillipos Pliatsikas, performing in Athens and Thessaloniki.
           
 

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