FLASH MOB
Your group, suddenly, will be stopped while their passage in the Old town of Athens by some unknown dancers…
They will start solo dancing before they attract them to dance with them…just to explain in few words but lot of dance that in ancient Greece, dance had a significant presence in everyday life.
The Greeks not only danced on many different occasions, but they also recognized several non-per formative activities such as ball-playing or rhythmic physical exercises as dance. In fact, dancing to the ancient Greeks seemed like a natural response of the body, mind, and soul to music.
They would dance spontaneously at weddings or drinking parties (symposia), or perform pre-arranged choreographies as exemplified by the chorus’ dances in the ancient Greek theatre. Greek dances could be performed individually or in a group. They could tell a story, showcase martial and athletic skills, and entertain guests, or shape processions and other key parts of religious rituals.
The origins of the Greek dance date back to the 2nd millennium BCE. Tradition has it that Crete, home of the Minoan civilization, is the birthplace of Greek dance.
Dancing figures, both mythical and historical, have many representations in ancient Greek literature. Odysseus admires Nausica’s beauty and charm revealed through her delightful dancing. Hermes falls in love with Philomela when he sees her dancing in honor of Artemis. Hippocleides, an Athenian nobleman chosen among the most eminent suitors to marry Agariste, the princess of Sicyon in the early 6th century BCE, “danced away” his marriage by performing an inappropriate amalgamation of acrobatic and komos dance in his blind drunkenness.