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Seranitsa
Σερανίτσα
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- Rhythm
- 2/4 · Medium
- Formation
- Circle, mixed, hands joined low (V hold).
- Instruments
- Pontic lyra, Daouli (drum)
Character
Who dances it: Everyone
A dance from Cheriana (Şiran) in the Argyroupoli (Gümüşhane) area, fairly slow with small steps. It has sixteen steps led by the right foot and moves to the right. It is also called 'twenty-one': some say because the steps trace the figure 21 on the ground, others because it once had 21 steps.
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What they wear
Where it’s danced
- Pontus · origin
- Central Greece & Attica · brought by refugees
- Macedonia › Thessaloniki · brought by refugees
- Macedonia › Imathia · brought by refugees
In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive
The Greek Dance Pandect records this dance. Each item opens on its own website.
Armenitsa: Dance in Pontos. See also: Seranitsa.
Seranitsa: Dance in Pontos. Also called: Two and Two, Twenty One, Seiranitsa, Serainitsa, Serenitsa, Serianitsa, Hereannitsa, Pseftosera.
Pseftosera: Other name of the Pontic dance Seranitsa.
Twenty One: Dance in Pontos. See: Seranitsa.
Places in the archive
- Matsouka · Pontus
- Asia Minor
- Kapikioi · Pontus
- Pontus
Videos 7
- Σεϊρενίτσα ή Εικοσιένα Asia Minor · [VC00053] /H6
- Σερανίτσα Asia Minor · [VC00061] /K2
- Σερανίτσα Pontus · [VC00030] /B08
- Σερανίτσα Pontus · [VC00061] /J2
- Σερανίτσα Drama, Pontus · [VD0212] /D7
- Σερανίτσα Pontus · [VD0192] /A.B5
- Σερανίτσα Pontus · [VC00041] /C1
Recordings 8
- Εικοσιένα Pontus · [DS1115] PA5492 /15
- Θυμάσαι όντας επέγναμε Pontus · [AR0348] PAN-VOX SPV 16143 /07
- Σεϊρανίτσα Pontus · [AR0379] GENERAL GRAMOPHONE GGMG 4003 /03
- Σεϊρανίτσα Pontus · [AR0342] EMI REGAL 14C 034-70761 /02
- Σεϊρανίτσα Pontus · [AR0490] MUSEUM COLLECTION BERLIN MC 5 /01
- Σερανίτσα Pontus · [DS1115] PA5492 /14
- Σερενίτσα (οργανικό) Pontus · [DS1010] DORA STRATOU DS 110 /01
- Σερενίτσα (χορός) Pontus · [AR495] /01
Photos 1
More videos (1)
Σερανίτσα- Ν. Κοζάνης (Χοροστάσι, "Αλέξανδρος") · xorostasi · Watch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)