The Folk Dance as Theatrical Performance and the Training of Dance Teachers

Filippou, Filippos; Serbezis, Vasilis; Harahousou, Yvonne; Kabitsis, Chris; Maria, Koleta; Varsami, Dimitra; Varsami, Helene; Davoras, Demos

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“…One of the activities that can lead to a multiple activation of the participants is dance, which is, on the one hand, a recreational activity, a means of socialization and a contact with the culture of a people (Filippou et al, 2006) and, on the other, it contributes to the improvement of the physical skills relating to health (Mavridis, Filippou, Rokka, Bousiou, &Mavridis, 2004;Sivvas, Filippou, Batsiou, &Douda, 2013).…”

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The Effect of an Interdisciplinary Greek Traditional Dance, Music, and Sociology Program on Male and Female Students’ Anxiety

Filippou

Bebetsos

Vernadakis

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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an interdisciplinary program of Greek traditional dance with issues from music and sociology on high school students' anxiety. 131 students (68 males & 63 females), between the ages from 12 to 13 yrs., participated. The experimental group (n=62) followed the new eight-week program (two lessons/week) while the control group (n=69) followed the typical physical education program. To evaluate students' anxiety during lessons, the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (Martens, Burton, Vealey, Bump, & Smith, 1990) was used with its 3 dimensions (somatic, cognitive anxieties, & self-confidence). Students completed it before the initiation of the intervention and after its completion. The following statistical analyses were performed: a) Factor Analysis, b) Cronbach's alpha test, and c) Anova with Repeated Measures. Results showed that a. "Somatic anxiety", "cognitive anxiety" and "self confidence" accounted for 83% and 73%, respectively, of the total variance b) Cronbach's alpha was satisfactory (ranging from .66, .78 and .71 for the initial and from .87, .94 and .89 for the final measure), c) the experimental group decreased the levels of somatic and cognitive anxieties and enhanced their self-confidence. Also, male students increased their self-confidence more than female students. These findings support the view that an interdisciplinary program of traditional Greek dance and topics from music and sociology reduces the rates of somatic and cognitive anxieties while simultaneously increases students' self-confidence's levels, and especially those of males.

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The Effect of an Interdisciplinary Greek Traditional Dance, Music, and Sociology Program on Male and Female Students’ Anxiety

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Vernadakis

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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…Some may wonder what the relationship between current feasts and tradition is, and how authentic they are (Filippou et al, 2006). Some would respond, probably uncritically, that there is none and they would describe festivals as folkloric, prefabricated and manipulated (Skouteri-Didaskalou, 1996).…”

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Agia (Saint) Paraskevi’s Feast as a Means of Shaping the Native Collective Identity in Dimitra, Prefecture of Serres, Greece

Kagianni¹,

Koupani²,

Filippou³

2015

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“…Agriculture's industrialization resulted in the lack of fields' sacredness and consequently, all the dances and events connected to fields' cultivation have lost their social functionality, as their main purpose was the divine execution for successful crops (Filippou et al, 2006). 'Arapides', an eminently auspicious custom, took place in Nikisiani, Kavala, during twelve-day's period, after Christmas, with its climax on Saint John's Day.…”

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Abstract:The purpose of this survey was to study the timeless presence of "Arapides" custom in Nikisiani and to point out any changes which are noticed in its performance because of the versatility presented by social phenomena during any historic and political change take place in our society. Data's collection was done by the ethnographic method, the researchers' participative observation and it was based on primal and secondary sources' use. 1976 was a landmark year for this custom's performance, since Domna Samiou has came to the village and filmed custom's performances. All the performances before 1976 and in 1976, 1996 and 2012/2013 were survey's ethnographic data and their elaboration was carried out by comparative method. Through this method we attempted to show the similarities or the differences as well as this custom's transformation's degree of structure and form during this particular time period. After the analysis of the facts, it turns out that: firstly, the custom has lost its auspicious function and it has acquired an entertaining aspect as a result of the changes in the Greek society. Secondly, the most important date in custom's history was when Domna Samiou has visited in 1976 and it has been presented on her TV show in 1977. Thirdly, there are many changes noticed in both custom's structure and content. Fourth, "arapides'' participation (old men) was introduced in 1976 and since 2009 women's and children's dancing groups have been participating in custom's performances. Finally, performances' days have decreased, and now the custom is taking place only on 7 th of January. Keywords: ritual, dance event, folk dance, social change IntroductionAccording to Kakouris (1976) the word "event" refers to the magic-religious, dramatized show, the dramatized divine service which is performed under the faith (irrational) that in this way the good year of the community will be made sure. According to Puchner (1985) the conceptual whole ceremony/ritual/custom/event is a semiotic system of social acts which obey a certain ritual in their repetition, are binding or even obligatory for the community, stress the emotion of 'us' and present group's identity, throw bridge across crucial life stages, restructure the whole social reality, reflect faithfully the current social values and represent visually a micro-society's or even a macro-society's ideologies. Additionally, according to anthropology, despite all the difficulties she run into in order to define what is sacred and what is worldly (Puchner, 1989), event is every action which obeys a ritual, is repeated in a typical form or it belongs to an entire, set etiquette, either with a religious or with a magical content or without any obvious meaning.Considering all the above, it is proved that folk events are connected with important moments of agricultural life and especially with the ones that have to do with year's crucial periods, like the beginning of the year and nature's florescence in Spring time.Since people in traditional communities were unabl...

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The Folk Dance as Theatrical Performance and the Training of Dance Teachers

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The Effect of an Interdisciplinary Greek Traditional Dance, Music, and Sociology Program on Male and Female Students’ Anxiety

The Effect of an Interdisciplinary Greek Traditional Dance, Music, and Sociology Program on Male and Female Students’ Anxiety

Agia (Saint) Paraskevi’s Feast as a Means of Shaping the Native Collective Identity in Dimitra, Prefecture of Serres, Greece

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