Sirtaki

Sirtaki (Sirt?ki, or Syrt?ki) is a popular dance of Greek origin. However, despite widespread belief, it is not an authentic traditional Greek dance. In fact, it was created in 1964 for the movie Zorba the Greek from the mixture of slow and fast versions of Hasapiko (Has?pikos, Chas?pikos) dance. The dance and the music (by M?kis Theodorakis) are also called Zorb?'s dance or Zorbas. Sometimes one can see the name "the dance of Zorbas", because originally the name of the movie was "Al?xis Zorb?s".

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A distinctive feature of the Sirtaki dance and music is its speeding up.

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The name Sirt?ki comes from the Greek word syrtos, a common name for a group of traditional Greek dances of so-called "dragging" or "shuffling" style (as opposed to pidikhtos, which is hopping or leaping style. Despite that, Sirtaki incorporates both syrtos (in its slower part) and pidikht?s (in its faster part) elements.

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Now Sirt?ki is one of cultural attractions of Greece (and Greek-style taverns all over the world).

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Dance: Dance (from Old French dance, further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting....

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1964: :For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator)....