tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128780363655666211.post1407495502118396813..comments2024-02-06T00:02:19.621-04:00Comments on The Alien Diaries: Dancing by the Numbers, Part TwoKatleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349020685336580947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128780363655666211.post-38469095904251825302019-06-10T20:41:36.098-04:002019-06-10T20:41:36.098-04:00I am not talking about choreographies. I am refer...I am not talking about choreographies. I am referring to dances of the Greeks. If you or someone else does a choreography to a tsamiko song or rhythm, I certainly hope the choreographer attaches his/her name to it. Own it--don't call it Greek.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131518999787020332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128780363655666211.post-16934529203090762422019-06-10T20:01:52.981-04:002019-06-10T20:01:52.981-04:00Thanks for the comment. I have seen many choreogra...Thanks for the comment. I have seen many choreographies to the Tsamiko rhythm on YouTube. Most recreational groups do the basic three to the right and one to the left. Some do two to the right and one to the left. Check out the blog Folkdance Footnotes for a different take on Tsamikos. There are so many styles, tunes and variations! https://folkdancefootnotes.org/dance/a-real-folk-dance-what-is-it/about/tsamikos-transformed/Katleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349020685336580947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128780363655666211.post-27724990937520855392019-06-09T13:59:45.984-04:002019-06-09T13:59:45.984-04:00Enjoyed watching Mrs. Ioannou. Tsamikos is a grea...Enjoyed watching Mrs. Ioannou. Tsamikos is a great dance (dances) but really needs clarification. It is not one dance but many, many dances. Tsamikos at best describes a rhythm. "In its most common form the tsamikos is a free-style dance. Some dancers never step to left, other dancers (usually men) dance almost entirely in place, moving a step in one direction or the other only now and then. In some parts of Greece one will find it danced by all in the village using a prescribed number of step to the right and to the left." (Hunt, TRADITIONAL DANCE IN GREEK CULTURE, p.87) There are also tsamika such as that from Grevena which begin with the left foot going to the right, with little or no opportunity for variations. Then you have the Dailiana from Thessaly which is danced very differently from village to village. So much more to this "dance" than most people realize.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131518999787020332noreply@blogger.com