Studia
Choreologica vol. X (2008)
This volume
contains three articles exposing the various interpretations of Greek
traditional dance over several decades, covering a large geographical
area. The methodology applied and the various new aspects introduced
make these studies an important contribution to modern
ethno-choreology.
Ioannis
Prantsidis, Dimos Prantsidis and Aristidis Prantsidis present
a comprehensive analysis of the “Traditional Dance
in Greece from the Foundation of the Neo-Hellenic State to the Present
Day. A Historical Survey”.
Magda
Zografou and Stavroula Pipyrou in their article “Dancing in
History: Socio-Political Aspects of Dance Identity of Two Distinctive
Groups in Greece”, explore the relationship between history
and the expression of identities through dance. The Pontic people and
the Cretans are the two groups comparatively assessed.
Vasiliki
K. Tyrovola comparatively analyses the “Influences and
Cross-Cultural Processes in the Dance Tradition between Greece and the
Balkans. The Case of the
‘Hasapiko’ Dance”. The results present
the properties and the exchanges of elements in the dance culture of
the whole Balkan area. In this research project, structural,
morphological and typological analyses were applied, within a
diachronic perspective.