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The Ballos (
The Ballos is of Greek origin, with ancient Greek elements.
The melody of a ballos is generally joyous and lyrical which is typical of the music of the Aegean Islands. This couples' dance incorporates all the elements of courtship: attraction, flirtation, display of masculine prowess and feminine virtue, pursuit, and rejection followed by eventual capture and surrender.
Its origin is in the island culture of Greece. Men could not approach women easily, so they created this dance in order to "flirt" with them. There are various forms of the ballos around the islands. The simplest is one in which a single couple goes through a series of spontaneous figures. In another version many couples dance simultaneously as if alone on the dance floor. Yet another version is introduced by a
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References
- ^ Utopia Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Ballos of ancient Greece.
- ^ "μπάλος", Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής, ed. Institute of Manolis Triantafyllidis
- ^ ballo, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, on Perseus
- ^ Chantrell (2002), p. 42.
- ^ βαλλίζω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ ball (2), Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^ ballare[usurped], myetymology.com