Evi Karpouzi

She was born in Athens. She began dancing under Yannis Metsis. She holds diplomas from the Royal Academy of Dance in London, as well as a dance teacher’s diploma from Anna Petrova’s Professional Ballet School. She was also an athlete in rhythmic gymnastics with national honours and a member of the Women's National Rhythmic Gymnastics Ensemble Team, participating in international competitions. In 1995, she took part in the performance Sissi – L’Impératrice anarchiste, choreographed by Maurice Béjart and starring Sylvie Guillem at the Athens Concert Hall. Between 1997 and 2000, she collaborated with the Royal Academy of Dance Company in Greece, performing solo roles in Giselle and Coppélia. Her collaboration with the GNO Ballet also began in 1997. Since then, she has participated continuously in ballet and opera productions until 2015, when she joined the Ballet’s Artistic Direction staff as a curator. She has also served in the Artistic Direction of the GNO as artistic coordinator and assistant to the Head of Casting for Greek soloists. From 2019 to 2025, she worked in the Human Resources Department of the Greek National Opera’s Administrative Services. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens, holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Management from Panteion University, and is a final-year student in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at NKUA.