- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (54 min., 46 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- 1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) (55 min.) : sd., col. ;
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Lefteris Drandakis.
- Subjects
- Note
- Part I, Easter and spring customs, of a program videotaped in performance at the Herod Atticus Theater, Athens, Greece, on September 22, 1989 and broadcast by the Greek Television Network ET1.
- Performed by members of the Lykion ton Ellinidon (Lyceum Club of Greek Women). Artistic director/choreographer: Lefteris Drandakis.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Contents
- CONTENTS: From Epirus and the Sarakatsans (nomadic shepherds): Helidonisma. Children's song welcoming the spring. -- Berati. Free dance named after a region of Epirus. -- Sta tria. The most characteristic dance of the Sarakatsans. -- Fyssouni. Dance of Epirus. -- Stavrotos. Dance of the Sarakatsans, beginning with improvisation by the leading dancer and the formation of a cross. -- Kangellaris. Easter or summer dance, led by the oldest dancer in the group. -- From Thessaly, central Greece: Ta spitia pou iha sto vouno. Easter song and dance, accompanied by a woman beating a pan full of coins. -- O dyosmos ki o vassilikos. Dance performed at fairs. -- Maroulia. Women's Easter dance with handkerchiefs. -- Gaitanaki. -- Helidonaki mou gorgo. Song and dance praying the Prophet Elia for rain. The men form a circle, half of them mounting on the shoulders of the others. -- Tsamikos. -- Tai tai. Easter song and dance from the village of Aidonohori. -- From the Greeks of Asia Minor: Easter song from the village of Meli. -- Syrtos. Circular dance. -- Ballos. Couple dance found in the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor. -- Andikristos. Same as Ballos. -- Andikristos syllis. Dance from Sylli, Cappadocia. The dancers beat time with pairs of wooden spoons. -- Koniali. Dance with spoons from the same region. -- From Macedonia, northern Greece: Gaida. Dance performed on festive occasions. -- Mitraina. Dance performed on festive occasions. --
- Dousko. Slow dance. -- Tora mayia. May song and dance, performed by women girded with a plant called maes. -- Endeka. Dance from the region of Kozani. -- Tsintsiro. Song and dance performed on Lazarus Day by unmarried girls in special costumes. -- Kalamatianos. Dance in 7/8 rhythm. -- Poysnitsa. Men's dance, performed on feast days. -- Anixan ta dendra oula. Song and dance celebrating spring and May Day. -- Kato ston agio thodoro. May Day song and dance, performed before dawn by women with candles as they search in the fields for a special herb. -- Eleni moy and Syre-syre. Dances performed at Macedonian fairs.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 9065
- OCLC
- NYPY916038955-F
- Title
Lykion ton Ellinidon [videorecording]
- Imprint
1989.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2535.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Easter dances.
Maypole and May dances.
Television. Lykion ton Ellinidon.
- Added Author
Drandakis, Lefteris, choreographer. Director
Lykeion tōn Hellēnidōn (Athens, Greece)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9065