Dance has played an important role in Greek culture since ancient times. Traditional Greek dances are diverse, varying between regions and villages due to different climates, lifestyles, and historical events. Some of the most well-known pan-Hellenic dances include the Syrtos, Tsamikos, and Balos. Music also varies regionally in Greece, with instruments like the bouzouki, baglamas, outi, and lyra accompanying traditional dances. Dance is used to transmit culture, history, and emotions and bring people together for important occasions.

1. 4 EPAL KAVALAS - GREECE
DIFFERENT BUT TOGETHER
TEACHER: PAPALEXATOU STAVROULA
STUDENTS: ZAPPIDOU PERSEFONI – FOUTSITSI-KIOVREKI GEORGIA

2. Dance in ancient Greece belonged to the "art of the Muses¨:
music, poetry and dance with the patron Musa Terpsichore.

3. In Homer, Plato, lyricists and tragic poets, in authors like Xenophon,
Plutarch, in many important texts of the ancient Greek tradition, various
forms of dances are mentioned and described.

4. folk dances, urban, religious, war dances, artistic, recreational,
pedagogic and dances about the mysteries of life and nature.

5. The long history of dance in Greece has given birth to hundreds of
different dances. Today there are more than four hundred traditional
dances in Greece. Traditional dance is a complex mental event.

6. •
Why do we dance?
• to transmit manners
and customs
• to keep alive our
story
• To represent scenes
and images from our
daily life
• To heal
• To express our
feelings
• To be entertained
• To socialize

7. The instrument we
use in dance is the
human body.
Dance has the
power to transcend
the meaning of words
and mimicry.
The dance can
express all the human
emotions, from
relaxation to passion.
People dance in
cases loke war, peace,
marriage, harvest,
sowing, nature, etc.

8. The traditional dances of Greece have a great
variety.
Each region or village has its own dances,
which differ from region to region or even
from village to village.
This difference in dances is due to factors such
as climate, lifestyle, wars and disasters.

9. Traditional Greek
dances, due to the
variety they present,
are divided into
various categories.
Depending on their
subject, they are
divided into:
• Religious
• Military or fiery
• Erotic

10. Depending on their
shape the Greek dances
are divided into:
• Circular
• Opposite
Depending on the sex
they are divided into:
• Male
• Female
Mixed Depending on
the place they are
divided into:
• National
• Local

11. The most important
pan-Hellenic dances
are:
• Syrtos
• Tsamikos

12. SYRTOS or
Kalamatianos
is the most
popular folk
dance in
Greece, with
roots that
dates back to
the antiquity

13. The dancers in Kalamatianos hold
each other's wrist.
The way it is danced has many
similarities with some
of the dances of the ancient Greeks.
Its pleasant rhythm and simple steps set
Kalamatianos as the most popular Greek
dance.
It is danced all over Greece by men and
women.

14. Its basic steps are
12 and are danced
simultaneously by
all dancers.
It gives the
opportunity to the
dancer who drags
the dance to do a
lot of
improvisations.

15. Balos is a Greek folk
dance with ancient
Greek elements and
one of the most
famous Greek folk
island dances.
The melody is happy
and lyrical , a common
characteristic of the
music of the Aegean
islands.
This dance is usually
danced by couples and
incorporates all the
elements of flirting.

16. Tsamikos is a traditional Greek dance. It is danced in a circle with a
rhythm of 3/4. In the past, tsamiko was danced only by men, but in
modern times women take part in the dance.

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18. Traditional musical
instruments are
divided into 3
categories:
1. Strings
2. Percussion
3. Wind instruments
Greek traditional
music instruments:

19. Music Instruments of ancient Greece

20. Music images of the Greek mythology

21. BOUZOUKI
The bouzouki is a musical
instrument popular in
Greece, that was brought by
refugees of the Minor Asia
around 1930
It is a member of the long-
necked lute family, with a
round body with a flat top
and a long neck with a
fretted fingerboard. It has
steel strings and is played
with a plectrum producing a
sharp metallic sound,
reminiscent of
a mandolin, but pitched
lower.

22. Baglamas
The baglamas a long necked bowl-lute,
is a plucked string instrument used
in Greek music; it is a smaller version of
the bouzouki pitched The baglamas is a
plucked three course-string instrument
used in Greek music.
Outi
is a string instrument that is used in all the
Arab world.
The outi is a short-neck lute-type, pear-
shaped, fretless stringed instrument usually
with 11 strings grouped in six courses, but
some models have five or seven courses,
with 10 or 13 strings respectively

23. Lyra (AKA kementzes):
It is played like a violin, in upright position, has 3 strings and is accompanied by a tambourine
or drum. The Pontian lyre or kementzes is the pre-eminent folk musical instrument of the
Greeks of Pontus and the refugees from the area of Minor Asia and Caucasus