‘Zorba’s Dance’ features a combination of slow and fast rhythms to the strains of the traditional guitar-like bouzouki. (Youtube pic) Probably the best-known piece of Greek music in the world, the ...

Famous ballet by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis “Zorba the Greek” premiered at the National Opera of Ukraine. The history of the ballet dates back to 1946, when a novel by the most translated 20th ...

For those with only a cursory familiarity with Greece and Greek music, the name of Mikis Theodorakis, who died last week aged 96, may conjure flashbacks to the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. That moment ...

For it I need a slow dance, a hasapiko, which will become faster and faster," Theodorakis recounted on a website about himself and his work. The theme was a phenomenal success and contributed to the ...