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KHANITO

KHANITO KHAGIC NICOLI TORKOMIAN Known as KHANITOIs the Owner and President of Khanito Dance Academy,

President of the Lebanese Dance & Dance Sport Council from 2003 till 2009, President of the Lebanese Artistic

Dance Sport Association. He was born on the 14th of February 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon, with a long line of

Armenian and Greek origin. He started painting at a very young age, and this love he had for art carried him

through all the stages of his life. In 1974 he discovered his passion for music and studied Flamenco guitar.

Three years later he moved to France to further more his love of art and music. There he learned all dance

disciplines and graduated in France in 1980. In 1983 he made London his home for two year to expand his

dancing skills into Tap, Jazz, Ballroom and Latin. He traveled to Italy, Germany, Greece and New York to

broaden his dance expertise. Then he came back to Lebanon and worked on reviving dancing among all

generations. Now he has thirty six years of dancing and teaching experience spread over several countries

like England, Italy, Greece, Jordan, Cyprus, Dubai, Germany etc… At his dance academy he teaches and prepares

Instructors, Adjudicators, Competitors, and Show performers.