Athens, August 6: Greek American dancers to perform at Dora Stratou

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Originally From: Effie Fourakis <minoans@dnai.com>

Please help us by advertising this unique event. We are looking forward to performing Greek folk dances in Greece and would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this. Thanks.

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27 melh twn coreutwn Minoans ths komeiteias Marin ths Kalifornias qa dwsoun parastash paradosiakwn Ellhnikwn corwn sto Qeatro Dwra Stratou sthn Aqhna stis 6 Augoustou 2001.

Meta apo pollous mhnes proparaskeuhs auth h monadikh eukairia qa ginei pragmatikothta gia auto to sullogo coreutwn, opoios perilambanei coreutes olwn twn hlikiwn apo 3 etwn mecri enhlikous. Oi kallitecnikoi dieuquntes Basilhs kai Efh Fourakh dhmiourghsan tous coreutes Minoans to 1986.

Oi Minoans qa parousiasoun 26 corous apo pente perioces ths Ellados, ntumenoi me foresies apo ton Ponto, thn Qrakh kai thn Krhth kai qa sunodeuountai apo tous mousikous tou Qeatrou Dwra Stratou. Qa parousiasqouv slides me eikones apo perasmenes parastaseis, prohgoumenous coreutes ws kai eikones allwn melwn tou sullogou ta opoia den mporesan na taxideyoun sthn Ellada auto to kalokairi.

Gia tous coreutes Minoans kai gia thn coreutikh koinothta ths diasporas, to onoma <<Dwra Stratou>> einai sunwnumo me tous auqentikous Ellhnikous paradosiakous corous. O stocos twn coreutwn Minoans einai na diathrhsoun kai na diadwsoun tous paradosiakous Ellhnikous corous kai ton Ellhniko politismo. Enw oloi oi coreutes einai Ellhnes thn katagwgh, den ecoun episkeuqei oloi sthn Ellada kai monon ligoi milane Ellhnika. Paratauta oi paradosiakoi Ellhnikoi coroi kai o Ellhnikos politismos einai polu shmantiko meros sthn zwh tous kai tous denei me to parelqon kai dinei elpida gia to mellon ths Ellhnikhs diasporas.

Oi Minoan Dancers ecoun dwsei parastaseis se diafores perioces perilambanomenou kai tou festibal eqnikwn corwn tou San Fransisko, se Ellhnika Festibal se olh thn Kalifornia, se topika panhguria, se koinothtes, kai se ekdhlwseis Ellhnikwn eqnikwn eortwn. Apo to 1987 oi Minoan Dancers summetecoun sto Ellhniorqodoxo Festibal paradosiakwn corwn kai ¹elaban epaneilhmmena brabeia gia tis coreutikes tous ikanothtes thn auqentikothta tous kai tis foresies tous. H prwth coreutikh periodia twn Minoan Dancers sthn Ellada htan to kalokairi ton 1994. Parastaseis edoqhsan sthn Aqhna kai thn Krhth.

Meta th parastash sto Qeatro Dwra Stratou oi Minoans qa taxideyoun sthn Krhth gia na dwsoun parastaseis sto cwrio Augenikh thn 10 Augoustou, sto Kolumbari thn 11 Augoustou kai sta Cania thn 12 Augoustou.

H Augenikh einai o topos gennhsews tou Sebasmiwtatou Mhtropolitou Dardanelliwn, Exarcou Ellhspontou kai Proedrou Episkophs Agiou Frangkiskou k. Antwniou. Otan o Sebasmiwtatos emaqe gia ta scedia twn Minoans na dwsoun parastaseis sthn Ellada to kalokairi, amesws ekalese to sugkrothma sto spiti tou kai arcise tis proparaskeues gia to coreutiko festibal twn Minoans kai allwn topikwn qiaswn.

O Sebasmiwtatos Mhtropoliths k. Antwnios einai h kaqodhghtikh dunamh pisw apo to anepanalhpto gegonos, to festibal paradosiakwn Ellhnikwn corwn stis dutikes politeies ths Amerikhs. Gia mia ebdomada kaqe Febrouario, sunteleitai mia pragmatikh eisbolh newn Ellhnwn coreutwn pou foroun paradosiakes foresies se Convention Centers sthn Kalifornia. Tous coreutes tous sunodeuoun oi goneis kai oi pappoudes tous kai to kentro metatrepetai se ena Ellhniko cwrio kata thn diarkeia autou tou Sabbatokuriakou. Treis ciliades anqrwpoi parakolouqoun thn ekdhlwsh auth kaqe crono. Mesw tou programmatous autou, oi paradoseis, o politismos kai oi coroi ths Ellados pernoun sthn epomenh genia twn Ellhno- Amerikanwn.

Sto Kolumpari kai sta Cania oi Minoans qa emfanistoun me ton Laografiko Omilo Caniwn upo thn dieuqunsh tou k. Giannh Agiasmenakh.

Gia perissoteres plhroforeies mporeite na erqete se epafh me ton Basilh Fourakh, twn Kallitecniko dieutunth stous akolouqous ariqmous.

Apo twra mecri 1 Augoustou sthn Kalifornia: Tel. 001-415-924-5686 Fax 011-415-924-3489 e-mail vfourakis@aol.com website www.minoans.com

Apo 2 Augoustou mecri 6 Augoustou: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens Tel. 9226-411

Apo 8 Augoustou mecri 20 Augoustou: Golden Bay Suites, Hania Tel. 0821-32802

Apo 20 Augoustou mecri 30 Augoustou: Salamina Tel. 4652-067

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