My Choice - André Rieu: Sirtaki (Συρτάκι)

The beautiful Greek Sirtaki played by André Rieu. We’re showing some photos of Greek Dancers and photos of Greece. Sirtaki or syrtaki (συρτάκι) is a popular dance of Greek origin, choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. It is not a traditional Greek folkdance, but a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. The dance, and the accompanying music by Míkis Theodorakis, are also called Zorbá’s dance, Zorbas, or “the dance of Zorba“. The name Sirtáki comes fr