Milia

Rhythm

2/4 · Medium

Formation

Open circle, men and women alternating, a woman leading; hands on shoulders.

Instruments

Violin, Clarinet, Laouto

Occasion

Wedding, Gathering

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

The best-loved and most representative dance of Lefkada, named after the song 'Milia mou pou 'sai ston gkremo' (Apple tree on the cliff edge). It is a 'double' dance: it starts as a syrtos in 2/4 and continues in 7/8, in the form of the kalamatianos. It used to be a women's dance, danced at every wedding, often only to the dancers' own singing; today men and women dance it alternately, with a woman leading.

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Its story

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Ionian Islands Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Ionian Islands Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Ionian Islands › Lefkada · origin

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

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

Milia (Apple Tree): Dance in Lefkada.

Militsa: Dance in Pontos. Also called: Kokkinogli.

Places in the archive

• Epirus
• Lefkada
• Pontus

Videos 8

• Μηλιά Lefkada · [VC00033] /D1
• Μηλιά Lefkada · [VD0022] /L1
• Μηλιά Lefkada · [VC00044] /I2
• Μηλιά Lefkada · [VC00062] /B1
• Μηλιά Lefkada · [VT00058] /A2
• Μηλιά (Σαββάτο Δευτεροετείς) Lefkada · [VC00027] /B2
• Μηλίτσα Lefkada · [VD0110] /M1
• Μηλίτσα Pontus · [VC00061] /N3

Recordings 4

• Λευκαδίτικος Lefkada · [DS1088] VRMS 350 /07
• Μηληά (τοπικός συρτο-καλαματιανός χορός και μπάλλος) Lefkada · [DS1149] SDNM 115 - Σύλ. προς διάδ. εθν. μουσικής /09
• Μηλιά Lefkada · [AR0172] SDNM 115 /09
• Μηλίτσα Pontus · [AR1439(f)] /24

Photos 2

• Αρχαίο Θέατρο Πειραιά - Διαγωνισμοί, Λευκάδα Επτανήσων Lefkada · [Pict_T V03] /5542
• Χορός Μηλίτσα Pontus · [Icon_F V04] /6785

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