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Greek dances

Креирао/ла Katerina Gounara
Last updated by MARIA MAGIOROU 10 months ago

Let' s dance like the Greeks!

Sirtaki dance

It is a recent Greek folkdance, and a mixture of "syrtos" and the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko dance. The dance and the accompanying music by Mikis  Theodorakis are also called Zorba's dance, the Zorba or "the dance of Zorba". The dance has become popular in Greece and is identified with the Greeks, becoming an invented tradition.

Μy red apple

A traditional song from Macedonia Greece. It is danced in open circle.

Zeibekiko

Zeibekiko (or Zeibekikos) is a Greek folk dance.Being initially an antichrist dance of two persons carrying weapons, it evolved into a "single improvisational male dance