Syrtos
Sign in to saveSyrtos is a traditional Greek dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, headed by a leader who intermittently breaks away to perform improvised steps.
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18 sectionsContents
- History
- Regional variation
- Syrto-kalamatianos
- Nisiotikoi syrtoi
- Syrtos Koftos
- Cretan Syrtos
- Chortarakia (Syrtos Botaitikos)
- Politiko syrto
- Syrto Kefallonias
- Syrtos Dance From Bornova (Bournovalios Syrtos)
- Syrtos Sinkathistos
- Syrtos Makedonias
- Syrtos Pyleas
- Syrto Bafra
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Syrtos is a traditional Greek dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, headed by a leader who intermittently breaks away to perform improvised steps.
Syrtos and its relative kalamatianos are the most popular dances throughout Greece and Cyprus, and are frequently danced by the Greek diaspora worldwide. They are very popular in social gatherings, weddings and religious festivals. Syrtos and kalamatianos use the same dance steps, but the syrtos is in time and the kalamatianos is in time, organized in a slow (3 beat), quick (2 beat), quick (2 beat) rhythm.