Choreia (dance)

Choreia (dance)

Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία) is a circle dance (χορός σε κύκλο) accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.

Cognates of the name used to describe circle dances exist in a number of other countries: Khorovod (Russia), Hora (Romania, Moldova), Hora (Xopa, Khora) in Ukraine, also Khorovod, Horo (Bulgaria), Oro (Macedonia), Kolo (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro ).

Chorea is also used as a medical term to describe particular involuntary dance-like movements of the body in diseases such as Huntington's chorea.

See also

Sources

  • Calame, Claude. 2001. Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social Functions. Trans. Derek Collins and Janice Orion. Rev. ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0742515257.
  • Ley, Graham. 2007. The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy: Playing Space and Chorus. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P. ISBN 0226477576.

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