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together in one choreography presented mostly by Greeks, in order to welcome
everyone in Greece with the most appropriate music.
The enthusiasm of the participants who performed in the first Social
evening, as well as those who were in the audience led us to more practices
the following days and many new dances were rehearsed for the up-coming
performances.
During the second Social evening on Thursday 28 th , two more dances were
performed. "Mambo 5" was the first one -everybody's favourite - and it was
a group choreography presented by 24 participants. The second dance for
that particular evening was again an up-beat song, which was performed by
twenty-two couples, and it was a mambo, and everyone enjoyed performing it.
The "Arts Happening" took place on Saturday, July 1 st , therefore four
choreographies put together as one were presented during that event. "Drugs
and sports" was the idea of the choreography and it contained four parts. The
first one had a slow music followed by very dynamic modem music piece
especially chosen for the energetic and vivid movements. 8 dancers who used
big see-through scarves and looked like a rainbow showing a continuous wave
performed the third dance.
The music used for this particular choreography was a recently-composed
waltz that gave us the opportunity to waltz around with long easy-moving
scarves. Of course, the formation of the dance and continuous changes were the
appropriate spectacle for an audience sitting in higher levels of the stage. Also, the
pattern of the choreography was meant to give a mystery 100k, and that is why the
dancers had to wear a white mask at the back of their heads, as well half masks
in the front, giving the audience the impression of 100king at them. The dancers
appeared with different costumes during the whole choreography and their
dynamic style made the event very exciting.
The final sequence forming eventually the shape of a big heart performed to a
piece of music chosen by Kevin Whitney (GBR) gave an excellent conclusion to
the "Arts Happening'" because it was the 41 st Session of the 10 th this year.
The emphasis of the last Social evening was placed on the Dance Workshop
and its accomplishments throughout the duration of the 41 st Session. The first
dance presented was a Greek Syrtaki performed by 42 participants and coordinators.
When we were rehearsing they urged me to teach them more steps
than already taught them, so each time, during our rehearsals, we were adding
something new to the choreography.
The following dance was an Argentinean Tango. Twenty-three couples
performed the sequence of eight steps and their commitment and enthusiasm
during practices made me choreograph an authentic song, which required a very
strict obedience to the music, therefore a difficult accomplishment for those who
danced tango for the first time.
For the end of the evening, I chose everybody's favourite "Mambo 5" that
involved almost everyone and led them to a celebration of our last evening in
Ancient Olympia.
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