Fokas Evangelinos (; born 1963) is a Greek dancer, choreographer and artistic director for television, film, stage and video clips. He was the creative director of the

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcas ...

held in

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and he has also staged and choreographed some of the most memorable performances at the

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from different countries.

Career

Evangelinos was born in

Missolonghi Missolonghi or Mesolongi (, ) is a municipality of 32,048 people (according to the 2021 census) in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Mesolongiou (). Missolon ...

in 1963. After graduated from the Greek State School of Orchestral Art, he worked as a dancer in many dance groups and started his own career as a choreographer in 1991. He founded his own dance school in 1996. He has directed and choreographed performances at the National Theater of Greece, the Athens – Epidaurus Festival, the

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, the

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and other theaters. He has also art directed films, television and music shows, dance groups, television series, video clips, concerts and has worked for international events such as the

. He was also the creative director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the

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held at the

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in Athens.

Eurovision

Evangelinos was the creative director and choreographer of the

held in

and of several Greek national finals held by the

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(ERT) to select its entry for Eurovision. He has also staged and choreographed some of the most memorable performances at Eurovision from different countries including:

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