Dora Stratou - Tsestos dance - June 2011

Dora Stratou is a group of Greek Traditional Dances that has daily performances in the Dora Stratou garden theatre, located on Philopappou Hill, opposite the Acropolis in Athens. From Wikipedia: "Tsestos is a challenging dance from Northern Greece(the region named Thrace or in greek language Thraki). The dance starts with a moderate rhythm and is danced by both men and women with very few figure(this is an intro dance named Dousko,the steps are the same whit the dance Zonaradiko . As it goes on men come in front and they catch each other by the zonari (belt). At this point the dance becomes very quick and it consists of figures only."