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- KOFTOS: The dance was danced in an open circle of women and men in Epirus. It took its name by the sudden stopping of the music every 22 steps in each phrase repeated twice. The dancers following this musical peculiarity stop they stop too, leaving sometimes an abrupt interjection.
- ANTIKRISTOS (or ANTIKRYSTOS): Its name comes from the fact that the dancers during dance are face to face. It is a mixed dance usually danced by couples.
- FISOUNIS: Circular dance from Preveza which was danced mainly by women. It took its name by a wind blowing in the area, that’s why its rhythm is fast. A characteristic of the dance is the movement of the head left and right, correspondingly when they cross their legs.
- KORI – ELENI: Fast, perky and jumpy dance, danced except of Eastern and in Central Macedonia too, with characteristic double steps, by men and women.
- TSAMIKO: Tsamiko is a traditional Greek dance . Tsamiko is danced only be men. The etymology of the word comes from the word Tsamis, which means “tall” and is referred metaphorically to valor stature that dancers have traditionally. It is also called as Kleftikos, as it was danced by Klephts during Ottoman Era.
DANCES OF PROGRAM Β’
- FOTIES (FIRES) OF MYTILENE: Traditional dance from refugees of Smyrna (Izmir) and especially of those who were settled in Lesvos (Mytilene).It is called “Foties (fires)” because women who dance it hold lighted candles and do dance figures with them. It is claimed that this dance symbolizes the burning of Smyrna..
- SYRTOS – BALOS: Syrtos is a traditional Greek dance that its origin places it in ancient Greece. The melody of balos is generally cheerful and lyrical, which is a characteristic of the music of the Aegean islands. This dance is usually danced by couples and embodies all elements of flirting.
- TATSIA: A purely Cypriot traditional dance associated with the sieving of flour. “Tatsia” is a round wooden object which in its base has a very thin fabric used for the sieving of flour. In this dance there is a representation of this work in a manner of speaking. Dancer places in “tatsia” glasses filled with wine and dances by spinning and turning upside-down “tatsia” taking care not to drop the glasses.
- KOTSARI: Kotsari is one of the most famous Pontian dances. The name of the dance comes from the way it is danced. Kotsari is a dance from eastern Pontus from Kars, but it was mostly danced by the Greeks of the Caucasus.
- ZEIBEKIKO: Zeibekiko as an old dance is strictly for men so it is sometimes called, because of the dance movements of men, as “eagle dance”. Actually, it has not steps but only dance figures and a specific circular motion.
- ZORBAS(SIRTAKI): Forms of this dance were known from previous years in many places of the Greek or Greek-speaking Christianity. It is danced in a straight line mainly by men. The steps and description look like the apposition of ceremonial movements in an attempt to connect the dance with antiquity, with the way of posture and tactical movement, to the army of Alexander the Great or the representation of the postures of its warriors. Sirtaki was based in Hasapiko (popular from the movie with title “Zorba the Greek” and so abroad is considered the most representative Greek dance.
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