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BACKGROUND
Information: A dance.
This is a popular dance from the island of Leros in the Dodekanese group. The dance is to the Sousta as the slow Argo Hasapiko is to the fast Hasapiko; that is, a slow section which gradually accelerates to the fast sectio and which, in the course of time, becomes a separate dance unto itself.
Translation: The name refers to two dances.
Pronunciation: LAIR-ee-kohs
Other names: Issios
Source: Ted Petrides
Region: Greece
Meter: 2/4
Music: An international folk dance choreography danced to a 1950s bouzouki tune sung by Rena Dalia on Nina records.
Formation: Open circle moving CCW with basket-weave handhold.
Steps and Style: Slow and heavy with a strained vigor.
| MEAS | ACTION | |
| The Dance |
| 1 | Side R (ct 1); Cross L behind R (ct 2). |
| 2 |
Side R (ct 1); Together L, or
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| 3 | Step fwd on L (ct &); Together on ball of R, knee bent (ct &); Fwd onto L (ct 2). |
| Variation |
| 1 | Side R (ct 1); Cross L behind R (ct 2). |
| 2 | Side R and quickly bring the L to the R, slightly off the ground (ct 1); Fwd L and quickly bring R together (ct 2). |
| 3 | Fwd L (ct &); Together on ball of R, knee bent (ct &); Fwd L (ct 2). |
| Note: | The hobble step is actually a slight hop started off with the aid of a little push on the ball of the other ft with knee bent and which is brought up to the other ft before pushing off on it. |
DOCUMENT
- Greece, a country.
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