GREEK FOLK DANCERS OF NSW

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Our dancing group is soley dedicated to the preservation

and continuation

of our Hellenic Heritage and Tradition

Our Epirus Costumes from Greece 1999

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Our Dancing Group

The Group was established in 1992, by a small group of dancers based in the Bankstown Region of Sydney, under the instruction of Vasilios Aligiannis. Within three years our group established a name within the Greek Community in Sydney. Our main aim is to preserve and learn the traditions and dances of our parents and grandparents. Living in a Multicultural Society like Australia we need to identify strongly to these traditions - in order to understand our heritage and our identity. Our group is also a registered member of the International Organisation of Folk Arts in Greece.

Our Aims, Objectives & Principals of Operation:

To teach an appreciation of Greek Culture through dance.
To Promote, Preserve and Disseminate Greek Culture to the wider Australian Community.
To cover all areas of Greece and Cyprus - with emphasis on village customs and dances.
To teach the history of each dance and to promote research.
Promote Greek Issues - through our performances eg. Macedonia and Cyprus.
Our group is a NON-PROFIT dance group all money raised goes to expenses for the group.
We strongly believe in the preservation of dances, the music and the costumes in their traditional form.

A Macedonian Wedding Custom 1998

( an 18th Century Vlah Tradition)

Our Instructor

Vasilios Aligiannis

Our Dancing group today performs dances from all regions of Greece and Cyprus in Costumes from the regions we represent. We represent and dance for many Greek and Non-Greek Associations, Brotherhoods and Organisations. We also represent the Greek Community in many Multicultural Events in Sydney.

A few snap shots from our Dancing group

The Girls in our Desfina Costumes

The Group Performing Island dances in costumes from Rhodes and Hyrda 1999

Our Girls in Tsakonitika Costumes 1998

Our Pefromance at the Central Coast 1997 - Kerkyra Costumes

Thracian Performance at Canterbury Leauges Club 1998

View our Dance List and More Pictures

Our Junior Dancers and Groups.

Our Dancing School has four small groups made up of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Dancers. We also have two performing Groups. With our young dancers we focus on teaching them the basic steps of dances together with traditional songs and games.

Many of these young dancers are second and third generation Greek Australians and do not even speak Greek. So, the challenge is always there but the outcome is always the same, by the Annual Dinner Dance they would have mastered the basic dances and can actually sing and speak some Greek.

WHERE WE REHEARSE

Bankstown R&SL CLUB

32 Kitchener Pde, Bankstown

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Greek Orthodox Church Hall St Gerassimus

21 Henry St, Leichardt

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CONTACT INFO

: greekdancer@excite.com

NSW AUSTRALIA

tel/fax: + 61 (02) 9708-1875

mob: + 61 040 708 1875

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