Kleftes Deropolis

Rhythm

6/8, 4/8 · Medium

Formation

Open circle, mixed, hands joined.

Instruments

Clarinet, Violin, Laouto, Defi (frame drum)

Occasion

Village festival, Gathering

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

An instrumental dance without a song, said to come from Dropoli (Deropoli), the area the Greeks of Northern Epirus regard as their cultural centre, and it has spread to other villages such as Tserkovitsa. It has two alternating parts: the first in 6/8, with twenty moves in four motifs of five, and the second in 4/8, with six moves in two motifs of three. For the communities of the area it is a symbol of their local identity.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Northern Epirus Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Northern Epirus Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Northern Epirus · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

The Greek Dance Pandect records this dance. Each item opens on its own website.

Kleftes (Thieves): Dance in Epirus in 6 bar rhythm.

Places in the archive

• Epirus
• Zitsa · Ioannina basin (Dodoni, Zitsa)
• Konitsa
• Syrrakon · Tzoumerka

Videos 1

• Κλέφτες Sklivani · [VC00032] /A8

Recordings 10

• Κλέφτες Central Greece & Attica · [AR0635] EMI REGAL 034-70762 /12
• Κλέφτες Epirus · [AR1494] /14
• Κλέφτες (1928-1929) Epirus · [AR0875] ΑΦΟΙ ΦΑΛΗΡΕΑ ΑΦ 401 CD /11
• Κλέφτες Βελτσιστίνες (1926) Epirus · [AR1511] /08
• Κλέφτες παλιές (1931) Epirus · [AR1511] /20
• Μίχος εροβόλαγε Epirus · [AR0199] INTERSOUND SIN 2041 /08
• Οι κλέφτες οι παληοί Epirus · [AR0640] VENUS TZINA V-1087 /02
• Οι κλέφτες οι παλιοί (τσακιστό) Epirus · [AR1308] NS 536 /03

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• Οι κλέφτες οι παλιοί (τσακιστό) Epirus · [AR0197] MINERVA SYMP 22043 /07
• Παπαγιώργης Konitsa · [AR1582] /07

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