Christos Papakostas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Ioannina, teaching the course “Folklore and Greek Traditional Dance.” From 2014 to 2021, he served as an assistant professor in the School of Physical Education and Sports Science at the University of Athens, teaching the course “Greek Traditional Dance.”

He studied at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Democritus University of Thrace and specializes in Greek Traditional Dance. He has worked as a professional dance instructor with various dance groups.
He taught traditional percussion at public music schools in Drama, Karditsa, and Trikala. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of History, Archaeology, and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly.
He has taught anthropology, folklore, anthropology of dance, and music at various universities in Greece (Thessaly, Ioannina, Western Greece, the Hellenic Open University, and the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus).

His research interests focus on issues of the anthropology of dance, music, folklore, and identities. In 2019, he co-edited, with Nikos Poulakis, the collective volume “Dance Cultures: Globalization, Tourism, and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance.” In 2014, his first monograph was published, titled Saha isi baro ni nai: Roma Dance and Musical Identities in Northern Greece.

His publications include, among others, the following articles: “Dance Landscapes of Dionysus. In 2014, his first monograph was published, titled *Saha isi baro ni nai: Roma Dance and Musical Identities in Northern Greece*. His publications include, among others, the following articles: “Dance Landscapes of Dionysus: Local (Ethnic), National Identities, and the Olympic Games. A Case Study from Northern Greece. [Anthony Shay (ed.), Dance and Ethnicity. Oxford University Press, forthcoming], Folk Narratives, Identity, and Resistance. A Case Study. [Narratives in Space and Time: Transmission and Adaptation (Vol. III). Proceedings of the International Conference. International Society for Folk Narratives and Research on Greek Folklore and the Academy of Athens, 2014], “Repertoire: Theory versus Practice. The Greek Example.” [Re-examining Theory and Practice. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Dance Research. National Dance Center, Symposium on Dance Research, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2008]. “Maitre et Serviteurs.” Emotional Spaces and Musical Performances in Northern Greece. [Revue Etudes Tsiganes 44-45, 2012], “Dance and Place: The Case of a Roma Community in Northern Greece” [Anthony Shay (ed.), Balkan Dance. Essays on Characteristics, Performance, and Teaching. McFarland Publishers, 2008].