Takis Loukatos is an actor, choreographer, dancer, visual artist, director and playwright who has participated in the theatrical and dance performances of internationally-acclaimed troupes and companies.
He is the first to deal with the doll in its artistic form, personifying famous personalities (Melina Mercouri – her doll was in the Cultural Office of Greece, now Melina Mercouri Foundation – , Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Maria Callas , Aliki Vougiouklaki, Marika Kotopouli). In the same vein, he transformed the dolls into sculptures, expressions of his own artistic character, and showcased in 35 exhibitions in eminent galleries in Greece and abroad.
For several years he was a member of the Greek National Theater (where he collaborated with renowned choreographers and theatre directors : Alexis Solomos, Bakas, Michailidis, Voutsinas, Papaioanou, Damatis Korais, Chouvardas, Spiros Euagelatos, Euis Gabriilidis, Fasoulis, Lemos, Stamatis Kraounakis, Sophia Spiratou, Vagelis Silinos, Karmen Rouggeri, Titi Antonopoulou, Mairi Tsoutsi, Andreas Thomopoulos, Dimitris Kolatos amongst others).
In 1997, encouraged by Alexis Solomos and Vera Zavitsianou, he created the dance theater group “METAMORPHOSIS” with the aim of marrying three art forms through the aesthetics of his sculptural forms. The troupe made its first appearance at the Municipal Theater of Piraeus the same year, followed by an exhibition and dance performance based on the solo works of Jean Cocteau. He added his own layers of artistic depth to these original performances, presenting them in the Ermopoulia Festival (Apollon Theatre) in Siros Island, before being exporting the exhibition and theatrical play in Milan, Venice and Monte Carlo. METAMORPHOSIS also represented Japanese company Marumi in a theatrical piece with an exhibition of sculptures in the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Athens in 1999.
He took on scenography for the Paralympics during the Olympic Games in 2004 in Athens.
He has since directed, choreographed and edited the visual scenography of several performances. Since 2006, he has been teaching dance and theatre in art schools.
He has long played around with writing. ASTARTI publications published his first book “Recalling a Pose” in 2019, a theatrical prose which retraces the life and work of Oscar Wilde.
He is also known to be the first theatre actor in Greece to perform nude, in the theatre play ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ (Giraudoux Jean) under the direction of Dimitris Kolatos.
He received 1st prize for directing and choreography from the Thessaloniki Concert Hall for his work in the « Magic Flute ». He was granted an Excellence award from the Ministry of Education for his play “The homeland is in children’s faces”. His dance theatre group METAMORPHOSIS has also received the Hermes Award within Ermopoulia Festival.
Iasi Ensemble 