Lerikos

Rhythm

2/4 · Medium

Formation

Open circle, mixed, arms crossed in a basket-weave hold or hands joined at shoulder height.

Instruments

Violin, Laouto

Occasion

Village festival, Wedding, Gathering

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

The signature dance of Leros, also danced on Kalymnos and other Dodecanese islands. It is slow and heavy, with restrained vigour, and some versions speed up at the end. According to Theodore and Elfleida Petrides, it began as the slow section of the sousta and over time became a dance of its own. The "Lerikos" taught in international folk dance groups abroad is a choreography that differs considerably from the island dance.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Dodecanese Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Dodecanese Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Dodecanese › Leros · origin
• Dodecanese › Kalymnos · also danced here

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Lerikos: Dance in Dodecanese.

Places in the archive

• Patmos
• Kalymnos
• Leros

Recordings 2

• Λέρικα σταυρωτά (οργανικό) Leros · [AR0038(b)] /03
• Λέρικος Ισιος Χορός Leros · [AR0548] POLYGRAM FIDELITY 6483 356 /14

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