Tsifteteli

Rhythm

2/4 · Medium

Formation

Solo or in face-to-face couples, improvised.

Instruments

Violin, Oud, Santouri, Clarinet, Toumbeleki (drum), Bouzouki, Kanonaki (zither), Defi (frame drum)

Occasion

Wedding, Gathering

Character

• Joyful
• Playful

Who dances it: Everyone

An improvised dance in 2/4, related to belly dance, danced solo or by couples facing each other, with movements of the hips, shoulders and arms. The name means 'double string', after a way of tuning the violin. It came to Greece mainly with the refugees of 1922–1923 and became, with the zeibekiko, one of the most popular dances at any celebration.

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What they wear

• Women’s festive costume Asia Minor Women’s
• Men’s festive costume Asia Minor Men’s

Where it’s danced

• Asia Minor · origin
• Central Greece & Attica · brought by refugees
• Macedonia · brought by refugees

In the Dora Stratou Theatre archive

The Greek Dance Pandect records this dance. Each item opens on its own website.

Tsifteteli: Dance in Asia Minor. It became one of the rebetikoi dances.

Places in the archive

• Smyrni · Asia Minor
• Thessaly
• Macedonia
• Euboea
• Pontus

Videos 2

• Ουσακλί Γκιζ (Τσιφτετέλι) Ousak, Kioutacheia · /10
• Σουσιλέντε Ousak, Kioutacheia · /01

Recordings 8

• Ακλερον κορμίν (τσιφτετέλι) Pontus · [AR0254] SUPER DISC LPSD 107 /10
• Νεβά τσιφτετέλι Asia Minor · [AR0166] MARGO 8222 /03
• Τσιφτετέλι Asia Minor · [MC00003] /11
• Τσιφτετέλι με ταξίμι Smyrni · [AR0245] LYRA MINERVA 22071 /04
• Τσιφτετέλι με τον Βασιλειάδη Pontus · [AR0377] VASIPAP VAS 239 /05
• Τσιφτετέλι με τον Ρίγκο (οργανικό) Pontus · [AR0377] VASIPAP VAS 239 /12
• Τσιφτετέλι Νο 2 Thrace · [AR0185] INTERSOUND SIN 2048 /10
• Τσιφτετέλι Νο1 Thrace · [AR0185] INTERSOUND SIN 2048 /04

Texts 2

• Μικρό δοκίμιο για το Τσιφτετέλι Smyrni · /P026-10
• Το Τσιφτετέλι στους Ρωμιούς της Καππαδοκίας Cappadocia · /P029-03

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