How to Greek Dance: Hasapiko

To learn more Greek dancing, visit . Sign up to receive a FREE music playlist to practice the Hasapiko to. I’m going to show you how to dance the basic steps of the Hasapiko. Want to dance at an upcoming wedding or baptism... but you’re just not sure how? Can’t find time for lessons at your local church? Greek dancing is a skill that can be learned. You can pick it up quickly and easily, and gain confidence while doing it. Visit . ----- Background: With roots in the years of the Byzantine Empire, the ’hasapiko’ (χασάπικο) has become perhaps the most famous Greek dance to non-Greeks since it was choreographed as the ’sirtaki’ (συρτάκι) for Anthony Quinn in the 1964 film ’Zorba the Greek’. It is sometimes also called the “sailors’ dance.“