PAPAPA

A Social Dance Experience by Kiki Kakoullis

#NOT A PERFORMANCE
#NOR A WORKSHOP
#NEITHER JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT
THIS IS
PAPAPA
MOVEMENT.
CONNECTION.
ENERGY.
HUMOR.
FREEDOM.
TOGETHER.
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PAPAPA is…

PAPAPA is an interactive social dance experience that transforms any space into a shared moment of connection, laughter, rhythm, and freedom.

Every session begins with simple, guided movement that anyone can follow. As confidence grows, participants naturally begin interacting, laughing and sharing the experience together. No one is put on the spot, and everyone joins at their own pace.

No dance background. No physical fitness required. PAPAPA works because it meets people exactly where they are — from the shyest participant to the biggest extrovert in the room.

ALL YOU NEED IS WILLINGNESS.

Kiki reads the room, adapts to the energy, and pulls people in — not through instruction, but through genuine human interaction. The result is always the same: a group that walked in as colleagues, and leaves as something more.


He doesn't just teach movement. He makes people feel free.

Corporate & Team Building Events

SOUNDS
FAMILIAR?

Many team building activities feel forced and uncomfortable. People stay in their comfort zones instead of truly connecting. The interaction remains at surface level and no real bonds are formed. Within days, the energy is gone and it's forgotten.

The answer

PAPAPA is built to solve exactly this. It doesn't ask people to perform or compete. It invites them to move, laugh, and connect — naturally, without pressure, and in a way they will actually remember.

  • Activates audiences instead of keeping them passive
  • Creates memorable shared moments that last long after the event
  • Strengthens bonding and social interaction naturally through movement
  • Elevates the energy of any space, any audience, any occasion
  • Makes people feel part of something bigger

Teams don't remember icebreakers. They remember shared moments.

See it in action

PAPAPA
IN ACTION

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The 4 Pillars

THE
EXPERIENCE

Every PAPAPA session is built on four core elements that work together to create something truly unforgettable.

01

MUSIC

Latin, Greek & World Rhythms

Carefully curated tracks. Latin, world rhythms, and uplifting beats designed to naturally elevate the energy of the audience and set the body in motion.

02

MOVEMENT

Simple & Accessible

Simple, accessible moves that anyone can follow. Based on basic walking rhythms and natural body position. No skill, no coordination, no experience needed. If you can walk, you can do PAPAPA.

03

INTERACTION

Direct & Authentic

Direct communication with the audience, constant humor, spontaneity and engagement. PAPAPA is never a one-way performance. It lives in the space between people.

04

EMOTION

The Joy of Achieving Together Something New

PAPAPA turns a room of strangers, or colleagues who've worked side by side for years, into a unified group that genuinely feels it.

One Concept, Multiple Formats

EVENT
FORMATS

Designed to fit every audience and occasion.

Ideal for

For Corporate Teams & Organisations

01

Customized Corporate Edition

Fully tailor-made

Fully adapted to your brand, audience profile and event goals. The go-to format for team bonding programmes, company retreats and brand activations.

02

Short Interactive Activation

15–20 minutes

A high-energy burst for conferences, product launches and corporate gatherings. Maximum impact, minimum disruption to your programme.

03

Full PAPAPA Experience

45–90 minutes

An event in itself. A full journey through music, movement and interaction, ideal as the centrepiece of any corporate event or celebration.

For Hospitality, Venues & Public Events

04

Open Venue Experience

Recurring concept

A recurring activation for hotels, bars, restaurants and lifestyle venues. Bring PAPAPA energy to your space regularly and give your guests one more reason to come back.

Every session is tailored to the audience, available time, venue, and event objectives. Designed for diverse groups of 10 to 500+ participants, welcoming everyone from 7 to 87 years old. Sessions can take place indoors or outdoors and are available in both English and Greek.

WHAT TO EXPECT

THE
RESULT

LAUGH
CONNECT
RELAX
MOVE
FEEL FREE
BREAK BARRIERS
BOND
REMEMBER

An experience people remember long after the event is over.
An experience that truly connects people.

20+
Years of Experience
15,000+
Participants
Countless Shared Moments

What People Say

TESTIMONIALS

HEIGHTENED
Happiness & Self-Esteem
DEEPER
Understanding of Team Significance
GRATITUDE
For This New Way of Bonding

Collaborations Along the Way

Celestyal Cruises
Grecotel Hotels & Resorts
Hilton
Praktiker
TGI Fridays
Village Cinemas
Bank of Cyprus
Teleperformance
PhilosoFish
Oceanking
Celestyal Cruises
Grecotel Hotels & Resorts
Hilton
Praktiker
TGI Fridays
Village Cinemas
Bank of Cyprus
Teleperformance
PhilosoFish
Oceanking
Kiki Kakoullis on stage

KIKI KAKOULLIS

Meet the PAPAPA Creator

MEET
KIKI

Kiki Kakoullis is a pioneer in movement, rhythm and human connection — one of the leading figures in social dance culture in Greece and internationally.

Choreographer, performer and artistic director in Dance Academies and productions across Greece and abroad

20+ years of experience in performances, international festivals, workshops, competitions and large-scale productions

Certified Trainer by the EU Human Resource Development Authority

With infectious energy, artistic vision and limitless creativity — he transcends boundaries, weaving joy, connection and unity

He doesn't just teach movement.
He makes people feel free.

FEELING FREE
IS A CHOICE

He goes to places
where dance has
not been taught,
only lived.

Kiki has always been drawn to places where dance has not been taught, only lived. Long before PAPAPA had a name, he was already moving: through competitions across Europe, through show stages and television productions, and through the streets of Latin America, where he went looking for something that no choreography syllabus had ever given him.

He stopped. He sat with musicians playing in doorways. He watched — and then he danced — with people who had never heard of a technique, who carried rhythm in their bodies the way others carry memory. He talked with them. He asked questions. And slowly, he understood something.

Dance, at its origin, is not about the body. It is about what the body cannot contain. Grief that needs to move. Joy that overflows. The desire to reach another person without words. What Kiki witnessed in those streets was not performance — it was release. And what he brought back with him, from every corner bar and every improvised square, was the conviction that this rawness, this need, is where the real dance lives.

That is the foundation of everything he creates.

Cuba Colombia Puerto Rico Brazil Mexico International Competitions Live Shows & Productions

"People in those streets were not performing. They were not thinking about steps. They were feeling something too big to stay still. That is the only reason anyone should ever dance. That is the only reason I do."

Kiki Kakoullis

Get in Touch

LET'S CREATE
SOMETHING
UNFORGETTABLE

An experience people remember long after the event is over.
An experience that truly connects people.

bookings@kikikakoullis.com
+30 693 4835253