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In Ancient Greece, dance was a form of ritual, as well as a pastime. [5] Dance could be included in hunting communities, initiation ceremony rituals of age, marriage, and death, entertainment, dance festivals, and religious activity. [ 6 ]
Syrtos [note 1] 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. [1] Syrtos and its relative kalamatianos are the most popular dances throughout Greece and Cyprus, and are frequently danced by the Greek diaspora worldwide. They ...
Ancient Greek dances (13 P) G. Greek war dances (6 P) P. Pontic Greek dances (10 P) Pages in category "Greek dances" The following 102 pages are in this category, out ...
Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία, romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad. Terms descended from Greek choreia that are used for circle dances in a number of other countries are: horon, in Turkey
Modern Pontian Greek dances integrate many elements of Ancient Greek, Byzantine, Laz, Caucasian (including Armenian), and Turkish dances. Some have their origins in ancient Greek dances from the 8th century BCE, such as the ancient Pyrrhichios or Pyrrhic dance. [6] Pyrrhichios dance in ancient art, Vatican Museums.
Pages in category "Ancient Greek dances" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Angelica (dance)
The Pyrrhichios or Pyrrhike dance ("Pyrrhic dance"; Ancient Greek: πυρρίχιος or πυρρίχη, [1] but often misspelled as πυρρίχειος or πυρήχειος) was the best known war dance of the Greeks. It was probably of Dorian origin and practiced at first solely as a training for war.
According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes or Corybantes (also Corybants) (/ ˌ k ɒr ɪ ˈ b æ n t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Κορύβαντες) were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia.