The Role of Dance in Ancient Greece
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- There were many occasions in ancient Greece where people danced, especially since rhythmic physical exercise and pall playing were also considered dance. The ancient Greeks would dance at weddings, symposiums (which were all male drinking parties), and events like Greek theatre which saw choreographed performances by the chorus. Dance is an element of the mousike in ancient Greek literature, which is a term that includes all types of performing arts from music and dance to singing and recitation, but there is evidence that suggests it was also practised as an independent skill.
We have evidence of ancient Greek dance all the way back to the second millennium BCE on Crete from the Minoan civilisation. Classical Greek writers attribute the birthplace of several kinds of dance to Knossos and the island of Crete. Seals and gold rings found across the island at sites like Isopata and Hagia Triada show depictions of dancing women, usually in a religious context, along with wall paintings at Knossos and female dancing figurines that were found at Palaikastro. Dancers were commonly depicted in both historical and mythological ancient Greek literature with the most infamous dancers being the satyrs and maenads who were companions of the god of wine and revelry, Dionysus. The satyrs are mischievous and merry half-men-half-goats who were more often than not dancing and chasing young women (usually Maenads).
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0:00 Introduction
1:11 Dance in Ancient Greece
2:08 The History of Dance in Greece
2:56 Types of Dance in Ancient Greece
4:20 Dancing in Greek Mythology
5:36 Outro
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Why do you think dance was so important in religion and ritual in ancient Greece?
Ancient Greek didn’t have a religion but a social spiritual and mythological system. Religion is an Abrahamic word. Stop using it ubiquitously. You didn’t give us any detail of the dance forms.
I know, and I am writing a podcast about as we speak. Unfortunately it's in Danish. Perhaps Google Translate will do the trick :)
Dance and singing were ubiquitous in ancient religion all the way back to the Sumerian civilization. I’m sure it goes back tens of thousands of years before that. Nice video. Thanks for posting.
That's true, and why do you think some religions condemn it ??
@@maryamajorlou5017 It seems that some religions, particularly the monotheistic ones decided singing and dancing were immoral and crudely emotional. There’s the old joke that a Protestant is upset because someone, somewhere is having fun.
You do good work. I like the videos about lesser known cultural eccentricities.
Thank you so much, we love to hear that. 🙂
interesting
Do you happen to have anything about the place of dance in Greek drama ?
Hi! Unfortunately, not at this point in time. Thanks for watching!
Nice Kelly! Check also Loukianos "Περι Ορσχήσεως" and you will understand all the prinicipals and what was the role of the dance in all ancient world!
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