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The name of the dance comes from the cut in tune/music. It is a faster syrto sta dyo style dance. When the music stops the dancers yell "Hey". When the music stops one also can put their arms up, down, or clap. It can also be danced going backwards and forwards or with partners. "Koftos" in Greek means to cut and the music cuts periodically.
The Trata (Greek: Τράτα) is a traditional commemorative dance performed every two years in Megara in Attica, but also in the Aegean Islands. The Trata in the Aegean Islands refers to a Syrtos dance done to the song Η τράτα μας η κουρελού. The dance is done at all social functions and gatherings.
Sirtaki or syrtaki [1] (Greek: συρτάκι) is a dance of Greek origin, choreographed for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. [2] 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 ...
The Ballos is of Greek origin, with ancient Greek elements. [1] The name originates in the Italian ballo [2] via Latin "ballo" [3] [4] which derives from the Greek verb "βαλλίζω" ballizo, "to dance, to jump"). [5] [6] [7] The melody of a ballos is generally joyous and lyrical which is typical of the music of the Aegean Islands. This ...
The ancient Spartans had a dance called ὅρμος hórmos, which was a syrto-style dance described in detail by Xenophon where a woman led a male into dance using a handkerchief. Lucian states that the hórmos dance was performed in an open circle and was done by young men and women. The men would dance vigorously while the women danced with ...
Originally a dance for two armed people facing one another, it developed into an improvised dance for a single male. [ 4 ] After the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1922, the dance became popular also in mainland Greece, in many songs of Laiko music.
The Palamakia (Greek: παλαμάκια) is a Greek folk dance from Zagorochoria and Tzoumerka in Greece. It is based on syrtos and the movements of the legs and arms. See also
Kalamatianó (Greek: καλαματιανό) is a type of Greek folk music associated with a dance sharing its name.Originating in the southern Greek port city of Kalamata, its most recognizable feature is its asymmetrical time signature of 7