Symeon Konstantinou is a graduate of the Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace and since October 2024. He is a student in the interdisciplinary postgraduate program "Folklore and Cultural Management" at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. His scientific disciplines are Social Anthropology, Ethnography and Folklore. His field of research is the geographical area of Florina and Prespa. Since the age of 18, Symeon has been a teacher of traditional dances in the children's and student classes of the Association of Greek Traditional Dances "LYGISTES". She has taught Greek Traditional Dance in seminars both in European countries and in various states of America. At the same time, he has been involved with traditional music and, mainly, traditional percussion on a professional level since 2014, where he has taken part in festivals throughout Greece and abroad (USA, Europe).

Yannis Konstantinou is an internationally recognized teacher and researcher of traditional dance, music and costumes of west Macedonia. He is particularly interested in how local customs, historical events, regional topography and the migration of various ethnic groups have influenced the evolution of dance and music in the region. His most recent research, which resulted in a Master’s degree, has been a detailed archival investigation of the types and variations of the costumes in the Florina region. Yannis participates in numerous conferences and seminars in Greece, the Balkans, Europe, and North America, and has served as judge numerous times at the Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (FDF) held annually in California. Yannis regularly teaches at many dance groups across the United States and has taught multiple times at the California Kolo Festival, the Chicago Spring Festival, and World Camp (NY). In 2017, Yannis taught at both the Mendocino Balkan and Folklore Camps.

Yannis has been dancing from childhood alongside his parents, family and friends in the villages of Florina in northwest Greece, and to this day, his personal teaching and dance style convey this lifelong experience. He has a deep passion and commitment to preserving and sharing the local traditions and culture of Greek Macedonia, which is evidenced every year at the “Seminar of Traditional Dance” that he organizes in Prespa, Greece which host dancers from around the world.

Yannis is the founder, artistic director and master instructor of the highly respected cultural association, "Lygkistes", with over 200 members dancing in Florina and Athens. Since 1994 "Lygkistes" has performed extensively throughout Europe and the Balkans including taking second place among 120 competitors at the prestigious LLangollen International Dance competition. Yannis was the Artistic Director and instructor of the Florina branch of Lykeion Ellinidon for eight years.