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Smyrna ballos

Μπάλος σμυρναίικος

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Rhythm: 2/4 · Medium
Formation: Couples, a man and a woman, dancing freely face to face.
Difficulty: Medium
Instruments: Violin, Santouri, Oud, Laouto, Kanonaki (zither)
Occasion: Wedding, Gathering

Character

Who dances it: Couples

The Smyrna form of the ballos, a joyful couple dance in 2/4 built on courtship: attraction, teasing, pursuit and reconciliation. It was danced in Smyrna and the surrounding villages and often follows a syrtos. Its best-known Asia Minor song is 'Ti se mellei esenane'.

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