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Andre Rieu & Trio St Petersburg - Zorba's Dance (Sirtaki)
Zorba - Sirtaki Originale
Zorba the Greek - Zorbas Dance (Anthony Quinn)
Zorba The Greek Dance
Andre Rieu & Sirtaki Zorba Dance in Royal Albert Hall
Zorba (Syrtaki) - Jakub Zajaczkowski
Zorba the Greek (film)
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Zorba the Greek (Greek title: Αλέξης
Ζορμπάς, Alexis
Zorba(s)) is a 1964 British-Greek drama film directed by Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis and starring Anthony Quinn as the title character. It is based on the novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. The supporting cast
includes Alan Bates, Lila Kedrova, Irene Papas and Sotiris Moustakas.
Traveling to inspect an
abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) meets
the exuberant peasant Zorba (Anthony Quinn) and invites him along when the
older man claims he has mining experience. In Basil's father's old village, he
finds himself attracted to a young widow …
Sirtaki or syrtaki[1] (Greek: συρτάκι) is a popular[2][3] dance of Greek origin,
choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek.[4] 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 from the Greek word: syrtos (from
σύρω (τον χορό) which means "drag (the dance)"), a common name for a
group of traditional Cretan dances
of so-called "dragging" style, as opposed to pidikhtos (πηδηχτός), a hopping or leaping style.
Despite that, sirtaki incorporates both syrtos (in its slower part) and
pidikhtós (in its faster part) elements.
Zorba's dance
Over there is Zorba, in his
country
Jumping, he dances the Sirtaki
Joy leads his steps again
Come, he's reaching out to us
Jumping, he dances the Sirtaki
Joy leads his steps again
Come, he's reaching out to us
And if you want to be covered in
roses
All that you see is in gray
If you're really depressed,
Come dance the Sirtaki
All that you see is in gray
If you're really depressed,
Come dance the Sirtaki
If you want your worries and
concerns to disappear
If you're looking for your youth again
Come dance with Zorba
Come dance to forget.
That day will dawn
If you're looking for your youth again
Come dance with Zorba
Come dance to forget.
That day will dawn
The east wind
Comes to bring
Notes which float
In the summer sky
I already feel that tune
That will lift our steps
Comes to bring
Notes which float
In the summer sky
I already feel that tune
That will lift our steps
Over there, the night has already
descended,
The days are shorter
For the lovers
The summer will leave us soon
We must take advantage of that.
The days are shorter
For the lovers
The summer will leave us soon
We must take advantage of that.
If you're the one who steals
The times and moments forgotten
Who mistrusts words
Come dance the Sirtaki
The times and moments forgotten
Who mistrusts words
Come dance the Sirtaki
If you're the one who thinks
During these struggles,
That the boat is rocking
Come dance with Zorba
During these struggles,
That the boat is rocking
Come dance with Zorba
If you're the one who feels empty
That happiness is bound to
Making fun of the many wrinkles,
Come dance the Sirtaki
That happiness is bound to
Making fun of the many wrinkles,
Come dance the Sirtaki
If you're the one who has been
worn out
Be proud that you have a beating heart
Looking at a rose,
Come dance with Zorba
Be proud that you have a beating heart
Looking at a rose,
Come dance with Zorba
Come dance with Zorba
Come dance with Zorba
Come dance with Zorba
A film shown in the 1960s and very popular among medical students in Colombo, Ceylon.
