Greek dance ensemble mytilinia kalamatiano and garsona. It is a ritual dance performed with great care, by dancers scrupulously dressed in their best garments. Hasapiko and zeibekiko basic steps by shakallis hasapiko, date. See more ideas about greek dancing, greek and greek music. Greek dance ensemble mytilinia kalamatiano and garsona hasapiko. Hasapiko is a greek folk dance from constantinople. Folk dances of greece smithsonian folkways recordings. Recorded by james notopoulos in 1956, folk dances of greece is the second release in his series on the musical and oratory traditions of greece. All culture archaeology art books history mythology philosophy photography theater. Hasapiko and hasaposerviko two greek folk dances free. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading peppermint twist. Hasapiko greek dance from slow until fast style youtube.
Sirtaki or syrtaki is a popular dance of greek origin, choreographed by giorgos provias for the 1964 film zorba the greek. Jul 30, 2002 check out hasapiko i hasapiko dance by greek popular orchestra of plaka on amazon music. The history area of the curriculum was reconfigured and taught via a global and contemporary perspective as opposed to a simple linear occurance of events. Greek dance 101 hyporchema, dionysiakos, korybantes. Hasapiko, dancing the unforgettable greek star jenny karezi. Serviko hasapiko dance from constantinople bohoris aptalikos dance bam from aivali the tekes minor angels dance hora maggas genovefa pergamos. The origin of the zeibekiko and other questions history. The tempo of the dance is a slow 24, but not as slow as the vari hasapiko 44. The hasapiko, which serves as the inspiration for the sirtaki, is a dance that progresses from a slow to a faster pace, which is called hasaposerviko, or serbian hasapiko, which refers. Hasapiko and hasaposerviko two greek folk dances free sheet music. The thessaloniki film festival presents the tangohasapiko, dance of the ports documentary film on the 9th and 10th of march. The dance of the youths and maidens is distinctive. Pensacola greek festival history greek folk dancing.
Dance notes k folk dance federation of california, south. When i originally wrote my paper on the genesis of the round dance, i included a short section on the ancient greek dance forms. In contemporary greek dances and rhythm, similar concepts and musical motifs of ancient greece can be identified. For example, the hasapiko, is a greek folk dance that has its roots from constantinople. Provided to youtube by warner classics hasapiko christina pluhar mediterraneo. List of books and articles about ballet history online. The hasapiko is a traditional dance with roots from constantinople. Syrtaki dance syrtaki is a popular dance of greek origin, choreographed by giorgos provias for the 1964 film zorba the greek. Greek and turkish folk dances with common origins, still. Check out hasapiko i hasapiko dance by greek popular orchestra of plaka on amazon music.
The hasapiko can be danced as a slow dance but also as a fast dance and originated in constantinople in the middle ages. Sometimes folk dance clubs are invited to teach and perform in the community. Vari hasapiko is the dance of dispossessed greeks who were shipped out of turkey in the 1920s, flooding greece with largely unwanted refugees. Koulouriotiko palio hasapiko greek koutri slovenian koutsos horos. Dance history is not only an academic or artistic undertaking. The name also refers to popular dance song commemorating the event. The traditional greek folk dances and their ancient roots. In so doing, this text provides a number of ways to create, perceive. Long before there were therapists, selfhelp books, or tv talk shows like dr.
The hasapiko, which serves as the inspiration for the sirtaki, is a dance that progresses from a slow to a faster pace, which is called hasaposerviko, or serbian hasapiko, which refers to the balkan influences of the fast. Greek folk dancing is experiencing a revival in the capital as new. You might stumble on a group doing a fakelore dance at an international festival, a childrens school, a nursing home, or elsewhere. Troise and his mandoliers banjoliers historical mandolin orchestra recordings. Dancing is a vivid expression of everyday life and everyone of all ages dances at important occasions weddings, baptisms, family. Mar 09, 2012 the thessaloniki film festival presents the tangohasapiko, dance of the ports documentary film on the 9th and 10th of march. The origins of dance the earliest history of human dance is a continuing mystery. Greek folk music wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Each dancer in the line choses which figures he wishes to perform, which the other dancers. Modern, jazz, ballet and hip hop were offered at all levels.
The hasapiko, which serves as the inspiration for the sirtaki, is a dance that progresses from a slow to a faster pace, which is called hasaposerviko, or serbian hasapiko, which refers to the balkan influences of the fastpaced version. The mob, the music, and the most famous dance club of the 60s. This is an excerpt from history of dance 2nd edition with web resource by gayle kassing. The hasapiko can be danced as a slow dance but also as a fast dance and. The dance originated in the middle ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the greek butchers guild, which adopted it from the military of byzantine era. In stressing naturalism, noverre simplified the costume and c. You may know that there are several secondary pages in that section that expand on certain topics. The group might try to educate people by teaching them to do a fakelore dance, and repeating the incorrect history about it. Athan karras, a prominent greek dance researcher, also has taught hasapiko to folk dancers in the united states, as have many other teachers of greek dance background.
Oct 18, 20 for example, the hasapiko, is a greek folk dance that has its roots from constantinople. Click a green link to view a video of that dance click a purple square to go to notes on this site click an orange square for interesting info. In the north of greece people played it faster, partly due to slavic serbian influence, while. The dance is one of the most vital social and artistic expressions of the greek people as well as one of its oldest traditions. Picture from a book about the dances of greece see below.
Greek folk dancing is very much an active art, both in greece and throughout the world where greeks have immigrated. With roots in the years of the byzantine empire, the hasapiko has become perhaps the most famous greek dance to nongreeks since it was choreographed as the. Dancing is a vivid expression of everyday life and everyone of all ages dances at important occasions weddings, baptisms, family celebrations and community social events. Rediscovering the joy of greek dancing in athens greece is. Hasapiko dance the video presenting hasapiko dance is in the movie traditional greek dances part 3. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action. A greek folk dance with roots from constantinopole. Hasaposerviko greece when bouzouki music began spreading around greece in the 1920s and 1930s, it started blending with various regional styles. Dance of zalongo academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. An interactive arts approachprovides an indepth look at dance from the dawn of time through the 20th century. The development of ballet in western europe foreshadowed in earlier mummeries and lavish masquerades, ballet emerged as a distinctive form in italy before the 16th cent. Taverna spilia komotiniangela feuga hasapiko dance nevra and hakan.
In constantinople during the byzantine times, it was called in. About the dance the hasapikos dance is in a rhythm of 24, with songs for this dance usually in a slow to medium tempo in contrast to the faster hasaposerviko, the hasapiko sometimes referred to as argos, which means slow, or vari, which means heavy. The dance originated in the middle ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the greek butchers guild, which adopted it from the military of the byzantine era. Greek dances is a very old tradition, being referred to by authors such as plato, aristotle, plutarch and lucian. Tangohasapiko, dance of the ports documentary to be.
The hasapiko is sometimes referred to as hasaposerviko, whose basic step is based on that of the fast hasapiko. Greek dance ensemble mytilinia kalamatiano and garsona hasapiko by greek dance ensemble. Other dances that have a similar dance motif are the arkan of the ukraine, hora of israel, the debka of the arab countries, the kasapsko horo of bulgaria, the kasapsko kolo of serbia, the lesnoto of macedonia, and the soorch bar of. One part of greeks history or mythology depending on which books you read are. These include the syrtos, kalamatianos, pyrrhichios, hasapiko and sirtaki. Greek and turkish folk dances with common origins, still popular. Virginia reel end moldavian, reel, instrumental 1c2c 1. The dance was adopted by the butchers guild in constantinople and maintained. Hasapiko i hasapiko dance by greek popular orchestra of. I will refund you, only via paypal and after deduction of all.
The best bouzouki albumever greek city music toronto. Hasapiko, vari or argo greece, revised folkdance footnotes. Turkish folk dances with common origins, still popular today. You can see a famous greek acrtess, jenny karezi, dance to it in her movie, jenny jenny. It is not a traditional greek folkdance, but a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. Jun 8, 2018 explore boxfullasoxs board dance sirtaki hasapiko on. The term dance of zalongo refers to an event in greek history involving a mass suicide of women from souli and their children during the souliote war of 1803, near the village of zalongo in epirus. The ancient choruses, dances, and songs of the dithyramb of greece displayed the familiar pattern of a dignified, circular dance around the altar of dionysus in the theaters orchestra. Founded in 2006, historum is a history forum dedicated to history discussions and historical events. Using an investigative approach, this book presents the who, what, when, where, why, and how of dance history in relation to other arts and to historical, political, and social events. Stanford scholar studies ancient greek dance from the. The film explores the story of jorge dermitzakis, who is the son.
They ate mullet roasted with thyme and garnished with crispy fried potatoes and salad, and washed it all down with local red wine. Our community welcomes everyone from around the world to discuss world history, historical periods, and themes in history military history, archaeology, arts and culture, and history in books and movies. The poros hasapiko embellishes the dances classic steps with several unique dance figures with names like mesaexo insideoutside, sourtaspasta draggedbent, koutso hop, miso kleisto half closed as well as leaping or squatting somersaults. Complementary information about the use of this service. Each region formed its own choreography and style to fit in with their own ways. Dance notes k folk dance federation of california, south, inc. With the assistance of karen tutkowski archivist, we are in the process of reconstructing this historical record of dcff activities between 1980 and the present. The zorba moves golden steps sirtaki hasapiko shall we dance, lets dance. As is true of many folk traditions, greek folk songs and dances have a story to tell. Unlike most dance entertainment in todays popular culture, in antiquity the most important aspect of dance is the audiences visualization of it, said peponi.
You can not understand history of dance without understanding how dance is the individuation of collective storytelling. In the north of greece people played it faster, partly due to slavic serbian influence, while dancing what was already familiar, the plain hasapiko. Bouzouki music drifted out from the room behind, and two men, linked by a handkerchief, whirled and leaped and swooped through the hasapiko, a very old greek dance or. Slow hasapiko or sailors dancesirtaki zorbas dance p. Greek dance 101 hyporchema, dionysiakos, korybantes, phyrrhichios, syrtos, sirtaki, hasapiko share 0 from amazon warriors princesses dancing around a bonfire to light and jumpy, modern greek dances there are many greek dances, some really exist and some are lost in the land of mythology. Its a dance that starts slow and speeds up and was invented by the greek butchers guild. List of books and articles about dance history online. The origins of hasapiko stretch back to the byzantine days. The origin of the zeibekiko and other questions history forum. The hasapiko is a greek folk dance from constantinople. Apr 04, 2016 all culture archaeology art books history mythology philosophy photography theater.
It is also called or simply hasapikos horos, chasapikos, khasapikos, hasapikos. Zisis holds the requisite dance productions with traditional costumes at the end. Folk dances in ancient and modern greece gounesco make. It is a recent greek folkdance, and a mixture of the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko dance. There are two leading types of traditional greek dances. About the folk dance federation of california, south, inc. Leon had told her a little of the islands history, so she knew it had once bee. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dance history explores the intersection of the collective narrative with the human body. The mob, the music, and the most famous dance club of the 60s kindle edition by selvin, joel, johnson, jr.
Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Sep 08, 2009 when i originally wrote my paper on the genesis of the round dance, i included a short section on the ancient greek dance forms. Like horsetrot, hamster, hiphop, hula, hootchycootchi, hambone, hitchike hop. He wanted the ballet to tell a story, aided by the music, decor, and dance.