EVENT DETAILS

 

DESCRIPTION:

Wherever you are on Saturday afternoons, we ask you to TUNE IN and dance with our friends at Μενούσης Ελληνικοί Λαϊκοί Χοροί, a wonderful dance troupe established in Athens in 1986 by world-famous musician and dance instructor, Paraskevas Ntompros.

 

We hope you'll take the time to learn and enjoy this weekly summer dance series. Search your heritage, find your roots, know Greece through dance!

 

This event is prepared by Μενούσης Ελληνικοί Λαϊκοί Χοροί (Menousis Greek Folk Dance Troupe) in Athens, Greece, in collaboration with the Philo4Thought Hellenic Mentoring Initiative in New York.

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REGISTRATION REQUIRED: 

• Online registration is required. All are welcome!

• This is a FREE EVENT and all are welcome!

• The event will take place entirely on Zoom (Registration Link).​

• All tickets are free!

• Please share with friends!

• Click here to start your Saturday dance session.

• Click here for the featured dances and music we'll be using!

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ITINERARY:

This is an 8-week program. This page will be updated weekly. Please check in for the weekly musical lineup.

• Beginner Level: 1:00pm-1:45pm (Eastern Standard Time)​

• Intermediate Level: 2pm-2:45pm (Eastern Standard Time)

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READY TO DANCE? START YOUR LESSON NOW! CLICK HERE.

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WEEK 1: LAUNCH OF PILOT LESSONS

• Music and Dances will be shared in Zoom Chat during the lessons.

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WEEK 2: FEATURED DANCES

• Click Orange Links for the Music!

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BEGINNER LEVEL LESSONS (1PM SHARP): Basic individual and group dance steps.

• Tsamikos (Roumeli/Morias)

• Karsilamas (Thrace)

• Sirto sta tria (Epeirus)

• Sirtos (Roumeli/Morias)

• Sirtos (Naxos)

• Zonaradikos (Thrace)

• Hasaposerviko 
   

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (2PM SHARP!): Incorporates more advanced Figouras and a slightly faster pace.

• Tsamikos (Roumeli/Morias) 

• Ikariotikos (Ikaria)

• Balos (Naxos)

• Zaramo (Florina, Macedonia)

• Hasapiko first steps and variations ​ ​​

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WEEKS 3 through 5: FEATURED DANCES

• Click Orange Links for the Music!

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BEGINNER LEVEL LESSONS (1PM SHARP): Basic individual and group dance steps.

• Tsamikos (Roumeli/Morias)

• Zonaradikos (Thrace)

• Sirtos (Roumeli/Morias)

• Sirto Sta Tria (Epeirus)

• Sirtos (Naxos)

• Omal (Pontos)

• Tik Mono (Pontos)

• Hasapiko (Crete)​​

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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (2PM SHARP!): Incorporates more advanced Figouras and a slightly faster pace.

• Tsamikos (Roumeli/Morias) 

• Ikariotikos (Ikaria)

• Balos (Naxos)

• Tik Diplo (Pontos) 

• Samson (Pontos) 

• Sirtos (Roumeli/Morias)

• Hasapiko (Crete) ​ ​

• Rhembetiko 1

• Rhembetiko 2
   

WEEK 6: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

This week we will convene on SUNDAY, JULY 26th at 1pm for a discussion on all the dances we have reviewed so far -- their regions and historical significance. Presentation by our esteemed instructor, Paraskevas Ntompros.

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WEEKS 7 and 8: FEATURED DANCES

Musical ​links for the beginner and intermediate levels will be emailed to the group by our esteemed instructor, Paraskevas Ntompros.

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DONATION PROCEEDS:

Philo4Thought is a 501(c)3 philanthropic educational nonprofit foundation dedicated to the young professional community. We are offering this and other free collaborative summer events and ask that those who are able to donate something towards the advancement and continuation of our programming please do so. All amounts are welcome and much appreciated. All donations (which are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law) support our educational programming, publications and College-Bound Young Scholars initiative.​

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CONTACT US:

• P4Tinfo@gmail.com for questions and suggestions or

• menousis1986@gmail.com. to share a video of you practicing the dances!

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Related Cultural Activities:

For those who love all things Greek, the Hellenic Film Society USA is hosting a summer film festival July 10th-20th! Check it out: https://hellenicfilmusa.org

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READY TO DANCE? START YOUR LESSON NOW! CLICK HERE.

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