Dance Weekend Greece
Hiya Music Community on Steemit - actually I wanted to post yesterday to my Dance Weekend covering the lovely country of Greece - however my princess at home made me sleep very early - I even missed the German Soccer Cup Final and woke up this morning without doing what I planned - that is life.
But it is Sunday, still Weekend so here some music from Greece finally. It is different as I originally planned it - so not really a Dance Weekend Electronic Music post (well it is also a part) but more about general Dance from the great country that was mainly responsible across Europe for developing democracy no matter this concept is discussed and not always popular these days as very centralised and more.
Living in Germany we are proud and happy to have many Greek people here that add so much value with their food, their lifestyle and music. See a lovely flashmob in Augsburg dancing the Greek way. This happened in 2016 at the Independence Day of Greece (original March 25, 1821). See Greek dancers, young and old, join some Syrtaki together with the music of Zorba.
What is Sirtaki (Syrtaki)?
With a little help of Wikipedia some facts on this popular Dance from Greece
Sirtaki or syrtaki has been choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. the relatively new Dance Style is a folk dance containing a mix of the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko and hasaposerviko dance respectively. The dance is also called Zorbá's dance based on the accompanying music by Míkis Theodorakis. The word "sirtáki" comes from the Greek word syrtos (drag (or lead the dance)" based on the so-called "dragging" style, as opposed to pidikhtos, a hopping or leaping style. Despite that, sirtaki incorporates both syrtos (in its slower part) and pidikhtós (in its faster part) elements.
Other Greek Dances
There are a lot folk and traditional dance styles created in the country of Sokrates which are still used for several occasions there - mainly to celebrate, something the Greek are really great in - it is touch and heart warming if you are part of such celebrations and parties - but be careful, you might look stupid doing the Greek but fun counts and building bridges with other cultures too. She of the other Greek Dances include:
- Angelica
- Antistrophe
- Carper
- Choreia
- Cordax
- Dionysiakos
- Hyporchema
- Korybantes
- Pyrrhichios
- Syrtos
I am glad to live in Munich where we have a vibrant Greek community that is organising tons of Street Festivals which are open for everybody where they offer their local Music - Dance - Food - Germany contributed the Beer sometimes.
Modern Greek Dance Music
There are a lot of great Techno and Trance DJs in and from the country but there is also a very active local music scene combining modern beats with traditional local music elements - style wise I would count most belonging to Balkan music which is always a reason to move your bones! Here some more typical Dance Pop from Greece in the Mix (no Techno)!.
Feel free to post using #DanceWeekend about your favourite Dance Music - the tag is open to any genre across the World - just keep it original!
Sources: My family and friends, my Samsung smartphone cam, YT and Wikipedia
I love flash mobs and Greek music! We have a large Greek population, it was part of my growing up and have gone to Greek weddings and festivals to enjoy the tempo and the extreme happiness in their steps!
Thanks for the longer set of music! I am listening in the background!
Opa!!!
Glad you have learned their way of life @dswigle - and great to read you actually made it until the end - sometimes I think people never read anything apart from the first sentence or commenting on a photo or video they see only...... but that is live in social media these days, isn't it?
If I click on it, I read it. I would like to give people the same courtesy that I expect. In a perfect world, of course!
Have a great Sunday, Uwe!
very well said Denise :-) - Think we are pioneers of so many platforms throughout the last years that we have an eye on that more than others.
Jetzt muss ich mir erstmal den Google Übersetzer zu Rate ziehen 😂
echt oder :-)? Was willst wissen - evtl. bin ich schneller als Google lol
it almost same like saman in aceh traditional dance, and the bake beef we call it sate... it's so delicios
Sate I also know - delicious, thanks for commenting
your welcome @uwelang, i am so happy you respond it....
Wow, danke für den Beitrag!
Tänze dieser Art kennt man rund um das Mittelmeer, deshalb finden sie sich auch bei den Uiguren in China. Schön anzusehen ist das immer. :) Und wenn man selbst mal mittanzen darf: super!
While you are living in Germany, many Greeks are proud and happy with their food, their lifestyles and music. Really complimentary. I like most Greek song. Modern Greek Dance Music really so much beautiful.
Did you just steal part of the comment by @dswigle - this is really interesting to see - hey @steevc - another one of these idiots.
@polashsen - you can edit your comment within the next 60 minutes or you receive a flag for stealing!
it nearly same like albizzia in aceh ancient dance, and also the bake beef we have a tendency to decision it ingest... it is so delicios
beautiful music....dance...
Excellent dance
Some serious dance skills.
The Greek dance is lovely.
But I think it's not that difficult to learn.
awesome video
Flash mob dance . Beautiful moments.
It's almost like the same kind of achh traditional dance, and we call beef beef ... it's so Deliio :)
I’ve always liked Sirtaki. It’s truly beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Haihai, was für schöne Frauen, da kann man sich ja glatt vergucken.