Sirtaki

This article is about the Greek dance. For the album of Italian singer Mango, see Sirtaki (album).
Sirtaki flash mob at Accroche-Cœurs festival.
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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 dance of Zorba". The dance has become popular in Greece and is identified with the Greeks,[3][4][5] becoming an invented tradition.

The name sirtaki comes from the Greek word syrtos – from σύρω (τον χορό), which means "drag (the dance)" or "lead (the dance)" – a common name for a group of traditional Greek dances of so-called "dragging" style, as opposed to pidikhtos (πηδηχτός), a hopping or leaping style.[6] Despite its name, sirtaki incorporates both syrtos (in its slower part) and pidikhtós (in its faster part) elements.

  1. ^ Kate Armstrong; Michael Clark; Chris Deliso (2008). Greek islands. Footscray, Vic: Lonely Planet. p. 49. ISBN 9781741043143.
  2. ^ Giorgos Provias at IMDb
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference zografou was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Tatossian, Anthony A. (2011). Villains and Lovers. AuthorHouse. p. [1]. ISBN 9781456739812.
  5. ^ Provost, P. Paul (2011). The Vagabonds. AuthorHouse. p. [2]. ISBN 9781463428556.
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