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"there were youths dancing and maidens of costly wooing, their hands upon one another's wrists, and a great company stood 'round, the lovely dance in joy and, among them, a divine minstrel was making music on his Lyre, and through the midst of them leading the measure, two tumblers whirled"
~ Homer, 8th Century b.c.e. ~

Greek

P l a y

Music

'Dance of the blessed Spirits'
("Reigen seliger Geister")
is the slow dance episode from Act II of the opera

Orpheus and Eurydice
by austrian composer
Ritter Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)

Terpsichore
"Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves.
Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience."
Diogenes of Sinope, ca. 404-323 b.c.e.

DO NOT MISS THIS, MUST SEE !
Stunningly Beautiful "Aide to Malono" Video

By greek singers Nana Mouskouri, †Demis Roussos
and Syrtaki Dancers

Greek King Constantine II. and Queen Annemarie
dancing the Syrtaki

The last King of Greece, His Majesty King Constantine II.,
died on January 10, 2023 † RIP - In Memoriam

"To sing well and to dance is to be well educated."
Plato, 428-348 b.c.e.
"Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy years old
because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected."
~ Source Unknown ~

On September 4th, 1997
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted the International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF) status and membership as a recognized federation of the IOC and so recognized an international body for governing Dance Sport.

Dedicated to my greek "Kid Sister"/Friend America D.

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