Greek dance
Taverna floor tradition
Greek dance refers to traditional folk dances from Greece, characterized by line or circle formations, linked arms or hands, and distinctive footwork patterns.
The term often evokes celebratory scenes at weddings or festivals, with dancers moving in sync to bouzouki music: Everyone joined the Greek dance at the reception.
Specific dances include the syrtaki, kalamatianos, and hasapiko.
- Ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- AthensGreece's capital city
- CreteLargest Greek island
- wedding receptionCelebration following a marriage
village square · shoulder · Folklore · clapping · line · linked arms · circle · ouzo · music · festive · folk costume · rhythm · traditional · Greece · leaping · kicking · celebration · mandolin
- Greek AmericansGreektown, Hellenic, Astoria, name day, bouzouki
- Modern GreeceConstantine I, bouzouki, taverna, ouzo, name days
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Hellenic, Zeus
- Greek cultureGreece, Hellenism, Parthenon, Acropolis, Zeus
- folk dancessquare dances, jig, polka, hoedown, hopak
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
Greek danceAfrican dance
Traditional movement from the continent
Irish dance · Latin dance · Russian ballet · Argentine tango
Greek dancewaltz
Dance in three-quarter time
ballroom dance · foxtrot · Viennese waltz · tango · ballet