Greece has always been a sunny land full of light, fun and love. And although the hardest economic situation in which the country has found itself does not contribute to a good mood, the people of Greece do not lose their optimism and cheerfulness. The other day there was a message that they are going to enter another line in the famous Guinness Book of Records.
It is not the first time that Greeks have filled the Book of Records with their achievements. So, this year they have already managed to establish another achievement, having made a paper copy of the famous White Tower in the city of Thessaloniki using the origami method. And now the residents of the city of Volos decided to support the initiative of their fellow countrymen by dancing the famous Greek dance sirtaki. The singularity of the dance will be that more than two thousand people will take part in it. A delegation of the Guinness Committee will come to the city especially in order to fix the setting of the record.
The sirtaki dance is one of the "calling cards" of Greece. Its fiery rhythm can leave few people indifferent; residents of many other countries are well aware of the famous melody to which it is performed. It should be noted that sirtaki is not a truly folk dance, it was created in 1964 for the feature film "The Greek Zorba" by the famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. At the same time, the dance was based on the movements of the old hasapiko butcher dance.
During the performance of the dance, its participants line up in a line or in a circle, placing their hands on the shoulders of neighbors. The meter of the dance (its rhythm) changes from 4/4 in the slowest part to 2/4 in the fastest. Sirtaki always begins with slow, flowing movements, then the tempo accelerates, in the fastest part of the dance, jumps are often performed.
Many people like the sirtaki dance precisely because of its collectivity, the ability to feel the hands of partners. Uniform movements performed by many participants evoke the feeling of a single well-coordinated mechanism, each component of which is subordinated to a common task. It is the synchrony of the dance that is the main difficulty with the participation of a large number of dancers. Representatives of the Guinness Committee will have to record not only the record number of participants, but also the coherence of the dance performance.
