Comenius 2 meeting 3-9 March 2013 GREECE

1. 2o EPAL Serron

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4. Kori Eleni
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5. Kori Eleni or Eleno Mome
Fast and lively dance, danced with
characteristic double steps, by men
and women. It is danced in Eastern
and Central Macedonia.
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6. Tsourapia
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7. Tsourapia
The name comes from a type of shoe that
people used to wear throughout the
mountainous Macedonia, called tsourapia.
It is danced by both men and women.
Dancers dance with their elbows bent, or
stretched and down.
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8. Sergiani or “Siganos”
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9. Sergiani or “Siganos”
Typical dance of Nigrita Serres. It is danced
by men and women in a cycle with elbows
bent.
The rhythm is 4/4, and the dancing motif is
completed in six meters.
It is a slow and smooth dance. It is danced
at all times, especially in weddings..
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10. Ena ki ena
(one by one)
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11. Ena ki ena
Song and cheerful dance in the area of
Vamvakofyto-Scotusa- Kimisi of Serres.
Circular mostly female dance. The dance
consists of two parts and of 19 steps in 8
musical meters.
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12. Gaida (basic)
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13. Gaida (basic)
The name of the dance comes from the musical
instrument that accompanies the dance. It is a
men's dance that consists of two parts: the slow
and the fast.
In the fast part of the dance the first dancer can
lead the cycle in different formations.
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14. Sirtos of Orini Serres
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15. Sirtos of Orini Serres
O Mixed circular dance.
O The dancers are held by the hands
with elbows bent.
O The dance consists of 12 steps.
O Rhythm: 2/4
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16. Zamantas
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17. Zamantas
O (Pentapoli Serres)
O It is a men's circular dance.
O The dancers are held by the hands
with elbows bent.
O It consists of 12 steps performed at 4
meters.
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18. Gerakina
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19. Gerakina
Women’s dance danced in
Nigrita Serres.
The name comes from the
words of the song referring
to a beautiful girl, Gerakina.
According to the tradition,
Gerakina, trying to pump
water from a well, fell in
and was not able to survive
despite the efforts of her
beloved.
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20. Gerakina
The story became a
legend and in time
became one of the best
dances.
The dance consists of
three parts, and the
dancers are held by the
hands down.
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21. Hasapiko
The Hasapikos is a type of dance and songs of the Greeks from Constantinople. The
dance consists of three parts, and the dancers are held by the hands down. Its origins
date back to the Byzantine period, when it was imitating dance battle with swords of
the union of Greek butchers in Istanbul. The first row held knives, sticks and whips,
while the second one had guns.
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22. Men’s dance, now danced in a straight line,
mostly by men (rarely women).
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23. In the past, if someone wanted to dance
Hasapiko , had to wear a cap with raised
molding, dancing the same steps as if they
are all one body. The steps and description
looked like ritual movements in an effort to
connect the dance to seniority, the army of
Alexander the Great or the representation of
attitudes of warriors.
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24. THANK YOU
Ar van ta An gel iki
Kot ala kid oy
kat eri na
Mis irli Eliz ave t
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