The men would dance vigorously while the women danced with modest movements. Lucian states that the ormos dance was performed in an open circle and was done by young men and women.

The ancient Spartans had a dance called бЅ…ПЃОјОїП‚ hormos, which was a syrto style dance described in detail by Xenophon where a woman led a male into dance using a handkerchief. Homer, in the Iliad, describes three performances made around the spear of Achilles that depict a dance in an open circle. The roots of Kalamatianos can be found in antiquity.

The steps of the KalamatianГіs are the same as those of the Syrtos, but the latter is slower and more stately, its beat being an even 4 The lead dancer usually holds the second dancer by a handkerchief, this allowing him or her to perform more elaborate steps and acrobatics. Depending on the occasion and the dancers' proficiency, certain steps may be taken as jumps or squats. These steps include 10 steps counterclockwise ('forward') followed by 2 steps clockwise ('backwards'). There are 12 steps in the dance corresponding to 4 bars of music. It is a joyous and festive dance its musical beat is 7ДЁ, subdivided into of three parts of 3+2+2 beats, corresponding to 3 steps per bar. As is the case with most Greek folk dances, it is danced in chain with a counterclockwise rotation, the dancers holding hands. It is a popular Greek folkdance throughout Greece, Cyprus and internationally and is often performed at many social gatherings worldwide. The KalamatianГіs ( Greek: ОљО±О»О±ОјО±П„О№О±ОЅПЊП‚) is one of the best known dances of Greece.

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