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But the "generic" Greek dance is a line dance - the Syrto/Kalamatiano, Hassapaserviko, Tsamiko, Hassapiko are all "Pan-Hellenic", known all over Greece. But each village has their own dances as well. Hassapiko is probably the most famous from the movie "Zorba the Greek". |
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"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is a good example of Greek dancing, filmed on Cephalonia where the book took place and the infamous massacre and the extras were village people doing the dancing. The older villagers in the movie were youngsters during the war and remember what happened.
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One of my favorite movies! Love the book too.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bISe30elykY
Telly Savalas in this episode of "Combat" here dancing. Starts around 5 minutes in. I have seen the dancing with tables in the teeth etc. yelling opa and always wondered if that was what they really did etc. I never saw the Movie Captain Correlis Mandolin. Some day I'll have to watch it. I remembered the Telly Dance from watching "Combat" and found it on youtube.
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Nice clip - that's the "Zembetiko", a solo man's dance. I'm not qualified to dance that - I don't truly understand it. I think you have to be Greek to really "get" this one.
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I wrote a small poem when I was 19... "When I see the sunrise, or watch Puffy-cat bathe her kittens, or hold a hot cup of coffee, or watch my sweetheart sleep; Then I am envious of the Greeks. Their men can dance when no one's watching." Damn, thanks for the memories. Gunny John |
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Curious on this unusual dancing style -- was it originated from ancient Greek, Byzantium? or is it a relatively modern style?
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We went to a combined performance put on by several different dancing schools, our Daughter's first public performance Sword Dancing.
The finale was two very highly skilled dancers performing an intricate form of Gypsy Belly Dancing. It was absolutely amazing and mesmerizing.
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I'm not sure which style we're discussing at this point in the thread. But IN GENERAL, most of the Greek dances have their origins in Byzantium times. As I recall, Hassapiko is a bit newer, something about Greek butchers. The Black Sea region has its own varieties, as do the islands.
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The hasapiko (Greek: χασάπικο, pronounced [xaˈsapiko]), is a Greek folk dance from Constantinople. The dance originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers guild, which adopted it from the military of Byzantine era.[1] In Constantinople during the Byzantine times, it was called in Greek μακελλάρικος χορός (makellarikos horos). Some Greeks, however, reserve the latter term only for the fast version of the dance. |
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There is an almost unknown Telly Savalas movie called "Escape to Athena" were he also performs this dance. It is also noteworthy for his use on an MP44 in the movie instead of the ubiquitous MP40.
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Telly also played in another episode of "Combat" as a French resistance fighter that lost his mind. He carries a G43 which I found interesting.
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gypsy in ww2 meeting germans...
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that romani sure looks like johnny depp.
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in college i took ballet and gymnastics and continued to earn a brown belt in karate at night. talk about crossing some cultural time zones 6-7 times a week. wow. glad you join the forum and got hooked on lugers. |
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