Kleistos horos

Horos

Horos, khoros, choros means "dance" in Greek language. This word occurs in the names of numerous Greek dances, which may be literally translated as "dance of..." or "dance from..."...

is a circle dance

Circle dance

"Circle dance" is the most common name for a style of traditional dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment.-Description:...

 from Thessaly

Thessaly

Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....

. The dance is performed in a circle with the men leading and the women following in the circle. It is usually exhibited to songs like "'Ai San Alogo de me Varanane!" The dance has two parts to it, slow and fast. The handhold for the first part is different from the second. Steryios Vlahoyiannis from the Dora Stratou

Dora Stratou

Dora Stratou was a significant contributor to Greek Folk Dancing and Greek Folk Music. She issued one of the largest series of folk music in the world with 50 records and is the founder of the Greek Dances-Dora Stratou Society....

collection sings some great versions of the Kliestos dance.