Kyriakos Moisidis is a prolific researcher, instructor, and performer of Greek traditional dance. He was born in the village of Prohoma, near Thessaloniki, Greece. His family origins trace back to Pontic Greeks from the region of Kars (present-day northeastern Turkey).
He learned to dance at an early age, and has taught dance since 1985, including for two groups in Prohoma before leaving to pursue a degree (earned in 1991) and career in business. Leaving his marketing position in 1997 to dedicate himself fully to Greek dance, Kyriakos completed a degree in Physical Education and Athletics from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, with a major in Traditional Dance in 2003.
Throughout this period, Kyriakos has conducted extensive, ongoing research on traditional Greek dance, music, and customs. While well versed in the dances of all regions of Greece, he is in high demand for his expertise on dance traditions from Pontos, Kappadokia, Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Thrace.
He prepared the entries for Pontian dance in the “Encyclopedia of Pontian Greeks” (Editor,MalliarisPedia), and has contributed works on dance for various congresses, academic and popular journals, and newspapers. He has also written for his own page in the magazine “Amastris”,his writings dedicated to Pontic culture and history.
Kyriakos has participated in hundreds of dance performances in Greece and abroad. Moreover, he is invited to give numerous seminars on Greek dance every year both in Greece and worldwide.He has taught in Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Japan, Australia, and the United States,to name a few.
Since 2000, Kyriakos organizes an annual 10-day summer dance conference in Greece, and since 2009, a 10-day tour of villages in Northern Greece. Both events are well attended by dancers from around the world.
Currently, he teaches in Thessaloniki for the dance association, “KentroMeletisParadosiakonHoron – Kyklos” which he co-founded in 2005. He has also taught more than fifteen dance groups in the greater area of Central Macedonia.
Kyriakos is the professor for the course “Greek Traditional Dances” in the Music, Science, and Art Department for the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.