Arcadia Elis Achaea Corinthia Argolis Mani Messenia Laconia Tsakonia (South Kynouria) Ctrl + scroll (or click the map first) to zoom Map data: geoBoundaries, Natural Earth All regions 6 dances · 36 from the archive
Ai Georgis (Nestani) Αϊ-Γιώρης (Νεστάνης) Double circle, men outside and women inside, holding each other by the arms, with a decorated shepherd's crook resting on the left shoulder. Kalamatianos Καλαματιανός 7/8 · Open circle, mixed, hands joined at shoulder height with elbows bent; the leader often holds the second dancer by a handkerchief and improvises. Kleftikos Κλέφτικος 3/4 · Open circle, hands joined; the leader, holding a handkerchief with the second dancer, improvises. Maniatikos Μανιάτικος 2/4 · Open circle facing the centre, hands held crossed, as in the trata. All dances The Peloponnese is the home of the kalamatianos in 7/8, the dance that schools spread throughout Greece, and one of the homes of the tsamikos. Ensembles play clarinet, violin, laouto and santouri, and many old songs, such as ballads and Easter songs, are set to the kalamatianos rhythm. In Tsakonia people dance the tsakonikos, which winds into a spiral, and in Nestani the Ai Georgis is danced to voices alone.
Sub-areas Dances 6 Songs 10 Instruments 5
From here Ai Georgis (Nestani) Αϊ-Γιώρης (Νεστάνης) Medium · Double circle, men outside and women inside, holding each other by the arms, with a decorated shepherd's crook resting on the left shoulder. video + song Kalamatianos Καλαματιανός 7/8 · Medium · Open circle, mixed, hands joined at shoulder height with elbows bent; the leader often holds the second dancer by a handkerchief and improvises. video + song Maniatikos Μανιάτικος 2/4 · Medium · Open circle facing the centre, hands held crossed, as in the trata. Suggest a video · Maniatikos Tsakonikos Τσακώνικος 5/4 · Slow · Open circle, mixed, arms linked and bodies close together; the leader, holding a handkerchief, winds the line into a spiral like a snake. video + song Also danced here From the archive 36 More from Peloponnese Sources 
Ai Georgis (Nestani) Αϊ-Γιώρης (Νεστάνης) 
Kalamatianos Καλαματιανός 
Kleftikos Κλέφτικος 
Tsakonikos Τσακώνικος video + song 