Choreia
Choreia (
romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad
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Cognates of choreia are used for circle dances in a number of other countries:
- horon, in Turkey
- khorovod (коровод), in Russia
- khora (хора), in Ukraine
- hora, in Romania and Moldova
- horo (хоро), in Bulgaria
- oro (оро), in North Macedonia and Montenegro
- kola (кола), in Belarus
- valle, in Albania
See also
- Rasa lila
- Greek dance
- Tanabata
References
- Calame, Claude. 2001. Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social Functions. Trans. Derek Collins and Janice Orion. Rev. ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-1525-7.
- Ley, Graham. 2007. The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy: Playing Space and Chorus. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P. ISBN 0-226-47757-6.