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	The site serves as a place for the gathering of digital archive material relative to Greek dance and is also a meeting place and forum of expression for all those who serve the tradition of Greek dance. Valuable material to do with dance is preserved and promoted through the voluntary contributions of members and co-workers of the organization, and at the same time information on relevant activities is provided. As a place for Internet communication, for the pumping of information, for archival and educational material concerning Greek dance, the site aspires to become a reference point for all those who are involved with traditional dance on a research or practical level. The presentation of the work of prominent and distinguished researchers is indicative of the high standard of published material. * The partial or the entire republication of articles, texts and photos is prohibited without the written approval of "GREEK DANCE ARCHIVES".

LATEST NEWS

14/12/2024

Rituals of Christmas

GDA and the Municipal of Ilioupolis are organizing an event with dances rituals and songs during Christmas period

05/07/2023

MAGNA GRECIA

Timeless relations between Greece and Italy - Magna Grecia

02/02/2023

ART, Synod heaven and earth

08/07/2022

Cultural events in Troizina

30/06/2022

Speaches

09/06/2022

DELPHI

PYTHIA DELPHI

31/12/2020

Happy New Year 2021

17/08/2020

International Folklore Festival of Brazil Virtual on the 22nd and 23rd of August

04/02/2020

3rd Feast of Conithia - A Great Folk Dance Festival

04/02/2020

2nd page 3rd Feast of Konithia - Folk Dance Festival

18/01/2020

The 3rd Corinthian Feast

16/01/2020

ARCADIANI`S FEAST

08/01/2020

3rd Feast of Konithia - Folk Dance Festival

09/03/2019

Cultural event in Edessa

17/02/2019

LETTER

Letter

26/01/2019

GREEK DANCE ARCHIVE EVENTS IN MACEDONIA

18/12/2018

THE PERFORMANCE Music & dancing heritage - Memories from the unforgettable homelands of Hellenism

Music-dancing heritage - Memories from the unforgettable homelands of Hellenism

30/11/2018

Music & dancing heritage - Memories from the unforgettable homelands of Hellenism

Music-dancing heritage - Memories from the unforgettable homelands of Hellenism

20/06/2018

Korinthian Feast

31/05/2018

Feast of Korinthia

26/04/2018

Cultural Event of GDA in LAED

05/04/2018

Happy Easter

04/04/2018

Participation in Prague`s Festival

14/03/2018

Parents and friends, aid for Children

10/03/2018

Lecture

03/03/2018

Music and Dance Performance in the Army Officers Club

02/03/2018

Acropolis Chef’s Club Of Attica

21/02/2018

The contribution of Military Forces and Traditional Bodies in safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

The contribution of Military Forces and Traditional Bodies in safeguarding Greek Intangible Cultural Heritage

31/12/2017

Happy New Year

20/12/2017

Merry Christmas

13/12/2017

Cultural Event in Thessaloniki

05/12/2017

Cultural Event in Thessaloniki

10/11/2017

Bishop of Manis -Greece Xrisostomos B

Bishop of Manis -Greece, Xrisostomos B

02/07/2017

Traditional Culture and Altruism, 3rd Year

02/05/2017

Musical and dancing events in Preveza

26/04/2017

Traditional Culture and Altruism

Traditional Culture and Altruism The event

06/04/2017

Invitation

02/04/2017

Solidarity actions

09/03/2017

Traditional Culture and Altruism

04/03/2017

A Greek Sculpture glorifies Greece in Moscow

02/03/2017

Hotel Esperanza

31/12/2016

Happy New Year 2017

22/12/2016

Christmas wishes

13/09/2016

Cultural & Scientific Event in Preveza-Epirus Region

Scientific Event in Preveza-Epirus Region

12/09/2016

Scientific Event in Preveza of Epirus Region

24/08/2016

Cultural and Scientific Event in Preveza-Epirus Region

10/08/2016

Nikos Floros, a great Greek artist

Nikos Floros is a great Greek Artist who has exhibited around the world and his sculptures are in museums and private collections.

27/07/2016

Cultural and Scientific Event in Leros

Cultural Event

25/06/2016

Cultural and Scientific Event in Leros

Cultural and Scientific Event in Leros Under the Auspices of the General Secretariat for Aegean and Island Policy

21/05/2016

THE CULTURAL EVENT IN MUNICIPAL OF LAVRIO-SOUnion

11/05/2016

Cultural and Scientific Event Lavrio-Sounion

Cultural Event Under the Auspices of Ministry of Tourism

28/04/2016

Happy Orthodox Easter

02/04/2016

Cultural and Scientific Event in Ilia

09/03/2016

Cultural and Scientific Event

CULTURAL EVENT & SCIENTIFIC SESSION With the theme: Ccultural heritage, a starting point in developing solidarity nowadays

04/06/2015

CULTURAL EVENT

29/04/2015

International Dance Day, 2015

International Dance Day was founded in 1982 with the aim of encouraging all dancers, whether professional or amateur, to share their passion and creativity with the world.

20/01/2015

Cultural Event at the National Gallery of Pireaus

14/01/2015

Cultural Event in National Gallery of Piraeus

Cultural Event at the `` National Gallery of Piraeus ``

30/12/2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015

20/04/2014

JESUS XRISTOS IS RISEN TODAY

24/12/2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS

09/07/2013

SCIENTIFIC MEETING IN VOLOS

28/06/2013

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL EVENT, IN VOLOS

06/05/2013

HAPPY EASTER.

HAPPY EASTER

24/03/2013

Scientific meeting at the ELEHMON ETAIREIA

22/12/2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012 AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

09/12/2012

11th SEMINAR ONGREEK TRADITIONAL DANCE

21/10/2012

IN MEMORY OF PROF. NEOKLIS SARRIS

20/02/2012

A LEGEND, PROF. NEOKLIS SARRIS, HAS PASSED AWAY

13/09/2011

The custom of “Genitsaroi and Boules” of Naoussa, Greece

01/09/2011

The Cultural Association of Agia Paraskevi- Pella

10/12/2010

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ATHENS GREECE With the subject: ‘Safeguarding the national cultural identity thought traditional dance and its re-enactments at the threshold of the 21st century’

05/09/2010

CULTURAL EVENTS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF GREEK DANCE ARCHIVES

12/07/2010

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL IN CHANIA IN 2010

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL IN CHANIA . East Trench of Chania Sunday, 11th July 2010 -Time: 19.30. AIMS: The objectives of the organizing bodies are to host an important cultural event in the area which will celebrate contemporary representations of Greek traditional dance and aspects of the popular culture of other states.

11/07/2010

SCIENTIFIC MEETING IN CHANIA

SCIENTIFIC MEETING. Subjects: a) The contribution of the Church to the preservation of our cultural heritage & b) “Greek dance: Traditional aspects and modern reenactments. 12 July 2010, Chania-Crete Island - Cultural Centre of the Holly Metropolis Kydonias and Apokoronou

06/03/2010

11th EDITION OF THE CHERRIES FESTIVAL

In Pella of Macedonia, the home land of the legendary Greek King, Alexander the Great, and in the picturesque Archangelos, at the beautiful open stone-theatre, the 11th edition of Cherries Festival will take place in 16, 17, &18 July 2010, under of the Auspices of the Pan-Hellenic Foundation GREEK DANCE ARCHIVES. The event will be organized by the Educational & Cultural Association of Vlachs from Archangelos, with the contribution of the Municipal Administration of Cultural Development of Exaplatanos and the Prefecture of Pella.

09/02/2010

A VISIT TO CHANIA

Mrs Pappa-Sevou, member of the board of directors of Greek Dance Archives, was recently at the beautiful city of Chania in order to coordinate the International Meeting and the cultural Festival. During her visit she was able to come into contact with many people and one of the most important meetings was with the Very Reverend Metropolitan Bishop of Kidonia and Apokoronos, Mr. Damaskinos.

08/02/2010

WORLD DANCE DAY" -CULTURAL EVENTS IN KOZANI

\'WORLD DANCE DAY" - CULTURAL EVENTS IN KOZANH

04/01/2010

3rd Part of THE EUROPEAN PROGRAM “LIVING TOGETHER”

It gives us great pleasure to announce that the GREEK DANCE ARCHIVES and the FOUNDATION HASDER of Cyprus, have worked for the 3rd Part of THE EUROPEAN PROGRAM “PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT ACTIVITIES - LIVING TOGETHER”, which aims at the expansion of communication and the exchange of knowledge and experience on issues of folk culture, which would contribute to understanding of differences and would promote cooperation and friendship between young members of both Sectors. The third part of this European Project took place in Cyprus from the 26th of December to the 1st of January 2010

02/10/2009

“SOUNDS OF EURASIA” IV ΙNTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC

Τhe IV ΙNTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC “SOUNDS OF EURASIA” took place in ULAN-UDE, the capital of Buryatia of the Russian Federation, from 12th to 20th September 2009. The Festival was organized with great success by the East Siberian State Academy of Culture and Arts (ESSACA), by Prof. Mr. Viktor Kitov, Dr. of Culturology, President of the IV International Festival of Traditional Music and was under the auspices of IOV Russia, of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Buryatia (East Siberia), of the Local Administration of Ulan-Ude, of the Ulan-Ude Musical College “P.I. Tchaikovsky” and of the National Library of the Republic of Buryatia

26/08/2009

“PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT ACTIVITIES - LIVING TOGETHER”

“PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT ACTIVITIES - LIVING TOGETHER”. It gives us great pleasure to announce that the GREEK DANCE ARCHIVES and the FOUNDATION HASDER OF CYPRUS have worked for the second part of the European Program “People to People Contact Activities - Living together”, which aims at the expansion of communication and the exchange of knowledge and experience on issues of folk culture, which would contribute to understanding of differences and would promote cooperation and friendship between young members of both Sectors. The third part of this European Project will take in Cyprus, end of November 2009.

31/07/2009

Skivani of Ioannina Prefecture

Skivani of Ioannina Prefecture- PHOTO GALLERY

23/02/2009

PRESS RELEASE –MAY 2009

The President of the «Society of Macedonian Studies», Mr. Nikolaos Mertzos, in the presentation of the edition “Macedonian case and Bulgaria-Confidential documents 1950 - 1967” on the 29th of April 2009, has invited members of the Administration and Collaborators of our Organization Greek Dance Archives.

15/01/2009

GREEK STATE TELEVISION ERT3 PRODUCTION -SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE

The choice of ARCHANGGELOS Village for the program “Sunday At The Village” by Greek State Television channel ERT3, confirms that it is a community with special cultural interests but also capable, with the contribution of the local cultural society, to meet the demands of the production

05/11/2008

IN UNISON

“IN UNISON” is the title of a well-loved television program produced for the ninth consecutive year in the county of Ioannina by the channel “Epirus TV1”.

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PROF. NEOKLIS SARRIS

ARTICLES

Hononary President State Sec, Maria Kollia Tsarouxa

The Honorable State Secretary for Domestic Affairs and Administrative Reconstruction headed by Mrs Maria Kollia Tsaroucha, elected Hononary President of Greek Dance Archives

The Dance

FOLK DANCES AND GLOBALIZATION- Prof. Dr. Neoklis Sarris / GREECE

I will start with a common aphorism so that I can conclude with a common observation as well. This aphorism is about technology as a human product, and the observation is that, within the last century, a radical and fundamental change took place in human societies through technology, which further evolved them into a uniform type: There are those who want to present this type as the ideal type representing what they call "globalization".

DANCE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM THE RURAL TO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE CYBERSPACE

In the age of the Internet and Universalism, a simple click on our computer is all it takes to bridge the distance that separates us from all the information that is relevant to dancing and contact with the bodies that provide it.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

MUSIC IN CINEMA AS A NATIONAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY- Dr Renata Dalianoudi

MUSIC IN CINEMA AS A NATIONAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY Dr Renata Dalianoudi PhD. Ethnomusicology (slide 2) Since music in cinema started to serve aesthetical needs of a film and not just be one among other elements of the film projection (as it used to happen in the mute cinema and in the first steps of the speaking cinema), in other words since 1930, music has become an essential and inseparable component of a movie.

GREEK FOLK MUSIC: FROM YESTERDAY TO THE PRESENT – Α ΜUSICOLOGICAL, ETHNOLOGICAL AND AESTHETICAL APPROACH

A synoptic ethnographical presentation of the Greek folk music from the South to the North (from the island of Crete to Macedonia) and from the East to the West (from the Ionian islands to the north Aegean islands) proves that the Greek folk/ traditional music has a variety of rhythms, melodies, dancing forms/ formulas, musical instruments, poetic lyrics, metric, morphological types and structures, strophic schemes etc. A typical characteristic of the Greek traditional music is its three-part cultural identity: it is consisted of music, lyrics and dance, elements which -since the very Antiquity- were a solid and inseparable unity.

SCIENTIFIC ADVISER- Dr. RENATA DALIANOUDI

Dr. Renata Dalianoudi, born in Athens, is a graduate of the Faculty of Musical Studies, Athens University, with the highest mark. As a post-graduate scholar of the Foundation of State’s Scholarships, she wrote her Ph.D (1997-2003) on Ethnomusicology with the subject: “Manos Hadjidakis and the Greek popular musical tradition” (1400 pgs).

NIKOS XYLOURIS -ONLY IN GREEK

National Orchestras of Siberia: The Past and the Present

In 1920s the government of the Soviet Union declared the beginning of a cultural revolution in the country. Its primary goals were: liquidation of illiteracy of the population, citizens’ familiarization with the achievements of world culture, and maximum development of creative abilities in each person. PROF. VICTOR KITOV

Madalena Papadopoulou

Madalena Papadopoulou. Social media dep.

ONLY IN GREEK

The Role of Dance in the Formation of Ethnic Identityamong Diaspora Greeks. A Case Study from Australia

The Role of Dance in the Formation of Ethnic Identityamong Diaspora Greeks. A Case Study from Australia- This paper explores the hypothesis that ethnic identity among Greek Australians is expressed and transmitted in practical ways and in ritual contexts, especially through traditional dances. Dr. Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou

ARTICLE ONLY IN GREEK

GREEK TRADITIONAL DANCES-DANCE OCCASIONS AND FOLK FESTIVALS IN GREECE

GREEK TRADITIONAL DANCES-DANCE OCCASIONS AND FOLK FESTIVALS IN GREECE - TENTZERAKIS CHRISTOS & MICA PAPPA-SEVOU Tenzerakis Christos President of Greek Dance Archives, President - IOV Hellas. & Mica Pappa-Sevou General Secretary - IOV Hellas. Koprivshtica National Folk Festival August 2005. Dear Director of the Academy of Sofia, Dear Professor Kaufman, Dear Professor Mrs Santova, Dear General Secretary of Ministry of Culture and Tourism Mrs Gimina, Dear Professors of the Academy, Dear Congress Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to emphasize once again, that we are very glad to be with you all those days in Koprivshtica, here in Bulgaria, as quests of this magnificent folklore festival. We would also like to thank Her Excellency, the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Boulgaria, Mrs Nina Chilova, the Director of the Institute of Folklore of Academia of Sofia, Professor Mrs. Mila Santova and the General Secretary of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mrs Gimina, for their kind invitation and the warm hospitality they have offered to us. Through the protection, promotion and preservation of the folk culture the organisers of this important Festival contribute significantly to the maintenance of the traditional values and the mutual understanding among people

Curator Dr. Marina Gonda

Curator of Culture and Art, Dr. Marina Gonda

The Dance Phenomenon and Social Reality - Ass. Prof Anna Lydaki

The Dance Phenomenon and Social Reality Methods of Research Anna Lydaki, assistant professor at the Sociology Department of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences Introduction Condillac calls the expression of dance factual language and writes that this language was evidently preserved, even after phonetic-verbal expression was created, in order to notify people about topics of prime importance related to law or religion.

HONORARY MEMBER, KONSTADINOS ADAM

HONORARY MEMBER, KONSTADINOS ADAM PRINCIPAL IN THE HIGH SCHOLL OF KASTORIA

KOUROUBAGIAKI VASILIKI - CURATOR

Dance of Greek Guards

Dance of Greek Quardsance of Greek Quards

THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATVIA - Dr. Aija Jansone N FOLK DANCE IN THE PERIOD FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH TO THE LATE 20TH CENTURY

THE TRANSITION FROM RURAL TO URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE EFFECTS ON TRADITIONAL CULTURE Aija Jansone /Dr. hist./ LATVIA 5th International Symposium of GREEK DANCE ARCHIVES , May 2006 Dance is one of the oldest human ways of expressing feelings and experiences, involving a variety of rhythmic movements to the accompaniment of song or musical instruments. During centuries of cultural development, in accordance with the characteristics of popular life, the means of expression used in dance have been selected and developed, and the principles guiding the development of dance sequences have become established. During this period, several genres of folk dance have developed, with their own special patterns of form and style, traditional kinds of artistic representation and means of expression.

Afrodith Lainakou , Gurator

Nancy Stamou Curator

CAN ONE CROSSBREED AN ORANGE WITH AN APPLE ? - Professor Anna Brzozowska-Krajka

Can one crossbreed an orange with an apple?Intermarriage and ethnicity in American multicultural metropolis (In view of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Professor: Anna Brzozowska-Krajka Department of Polish, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University- Lublin, Poland- (In view of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding) In American social structure ethnicity refers not to the dominant native host society (summarized as WASP, i.e. White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) but to the “aliens” who inhabit mostly urban centres (those who achieve financial success move to suburbs). They include white ethnics, defined by Monsignor Geno Beroni as PIGS (Poles, Italians, Greeks, Slavs). Their ancestors immigrated to the New World for economic or political-economic reasons. From the point of view of the host society and its dominant culture they were “alien” and became outsiders. They were included into the host society but occupied partly marginal positions in it. However, according to Roger D. Abrahams and Susan Kalčik, such marginality might beas a source of power and energy

ARTICLE IN GREEK

ARTICLE by Prof. Vassiliki Rokou . ONLY IN GREEK. IOANNINA UNIVERSITY.

GREEK COMPOSER MANOS XATZHDAKIS

GREEK COMPOSER MANOS XATZHDAKIS - Dr. Renata Dalianoudi. MANOS HADJIDAKIS & THE GREEK FOLKLORIC MUSIC TRADITION- TRANSITION FROM THE TRADITIONAL TO THE ART-POP MUSIC. A characteristic case of the transition from the “anonymous” spontaneous music performing οr/ and the traditional dance -as a collective cultural expression of the members of a local society- to the elaborated musical score and from the rural environment (where a musical or/ and a dance feast takes place) to the concert hall is that of the Greek Oscar-awarded composer Manos Hadjidakis, which is the subject of my doctoral dissertation.

ARTICLE ONLY IN GREEK

ARTICLE IN GREEK

ALEXANDROS NEOKLI SARRIS

ALEXANDROS N. SARRIS ASSISTANT EPHOR-YOUTH COMMISSION

FIELD RESEARCH, GREEK ONLY