A group of traditional dancers from Arnhem Land has become a sudden smash hit on the internet, with their unique interpretation of Zorba the Greek. The 10 Yolngu dancers on Elcho Island have decided ...
In one of the most memorable and meaningful scenes from the Academy Award-winning movie Zorba the Greek, the title character Alexis Zorba is asked by his uptight, existentially challenged boss, Basil, ...
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 ...
Greek dance pioneer Athan Karras, who choreographed routines for Broadway and Hollywood and was considered one of the leading authorities on Greek folk dancing in America, has died. The Tarzana man ...
The staging of Zorba will be made available by the Ministry of Culture on its YouTube channel, starting 7 June at 9pm The release of Zorba performed by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company on the Ministry ...
‘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 ...
Composers of movie music seldom find their works played in concert halls, but movie theaters played an unexpected part in the career of Mikis Theodorakis. He is considered by serious musicians as one ...
As ethnic stereotypes go, it’s not such a bad one: More than 50 years later, Anthony Quinn’s portrayal of earthy, irrepressible Alexis Zorba, a.k.a. Zorba the Greek, remains a revered embodiment of ...
A quirky dance routine to the music of Zorba the Greek has earned a group of young Aborigines worldwide fame on the internet as well as invitations to perform around Australia, and also to visit ...
As ethnic stereotypes go, it’s not such a bad one: More than 50 years later, Anthony Quinn’s portrayal of earthy, irrepressible Alexis Zorba, a.k.a. Zorba the Greek, remains a revered embodiment of ...
In one of the most memorable and meaningful scenes from the Academy Award-winning movie Zorba the Greek, the title character Alexis Zorba is asked by his uptight, existentially challenged boss, Basil, ...