Author: Theodore PetridesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Folk Dances of the Greeks
Author: Theodore PetridesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Folk Dances of the Greeks
Author: Theodore PetridesPublisher: Exposition Pressof Florida
ISBN: 9780682400701
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Dance in Ancient Greece
Author: Lillian Beatrice LawlerPublisher: Wesleyan
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This volume presents an academic yet non-technical introduction and overview of ancient Greek dance. Dance was very important to the ancient Greeks, associated with music, verse, and the theatre. Processions, games, and performances involving dance were popular and widespread in Greek culture. Lawler lists seven types of sources for her work: literary, metrical, musical, archaeological, epigraphical, linguistic, and anthropological, and explores the forms, occasions, and participants involved with ancient Greek dances. Literary sources are numerous and rich and Lawler suggests reading them will give more insights into ancient Greek dance. Metrical sources include actual treatises on metrics as well as actual lines of verse used for dance. Much of the metrical material is fragmentary, while musical sources include discussions of music by writers as well as mostly fragmentary musical remains.
Folk Dances of the Greeks
Author: Petrides TheodoreSix Greek Dances for Piano & Oboe (Opus 45)
Author: Evangelos C. SembosPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557701139
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The original compositions in this book were inspired by the ancient Greek dances. Dance has played an important role in the society and life of Greeks throughout their history. In the ancient Greek societies, dance was held in high regard. Philosophers Plato (427-347 BC) and Aristotle (384-322 BC) wrote detailed descriptions of the dances. Dance, along with writing, music and physical exercise was basic to the education system and many authors praised its virtues for both body and soul. There are over 4000 traditional dances from all regions of Greece. There are also Pan Hellenic dances which have been adopted and performed throughout the Greek world and by international folk dance groups.
Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion
Author: Steven H. LonsdalePublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801867590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life and death. In Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion, Steven Lonsdale looks at how the Greeks themselves regarded the act of dance, and how dance and related forms of ritual play in Greek religious festivals served a wide variety of functions in Greek society. The act of worship, he explains, often implied engaging in collective rites regulated by playful behavior, the most common forms of which were group hymns and choral dances.
Greek Dances for Americans
Author: Rozanna MouzakiPublisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Greek Folk Dances
Author: Rickey HoldenThe World of Greek Dance
Author: Alkis RaftisPublisher: Adamantia Christof
ISBN: 9789607589002
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Dances of Greece
Author: Domini CrosfieldPublisher: Noverre Press
ISBN: 9781906830960
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
In Greece, folk dancing can boast a longer and less interrupted descent than in any other country. If we look at the ancient vase-paintings and bas-reliefs, we find that the poise, the steps and motions are very similar to those in use today. The long years of Turkish rule could not quench the flames of Greek national pride, and this flame still burns bright. The Klephs, the guerilla warriors of the mountains, who were a thorn in the flesh of the Turkish overlords, had their own dances, and Greek dancing is still of a predominantly warlike character. For those who would essay these dances themselves, detailed step notations are provided, together with music; and four charming colour plates show the correct costumes to go with the dances.