Greek dancing and plate smashing
Friday and Saturday from 21:00. Everyone dances, and plates are smashed for every guest's good luck. No preparation needed.
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Why plates are smashedOpa! — and a plate flies for good luck.
In a Greek taverna, plates are smashed out of sheer joy. It shows that the party is a success, the music is good and nothing is too much for friends. The clatter of dishes calls good luck, and a broken plate brings happiness to the person in whose honour it was smashed.
Here, plate smashing is part of the evening in the hall: any guest can take a plate right from their table. The plates are special plaster ones and safe. We clean up the pieces.
What it looks like
One evening, filmed without staging. Watch with sound on.
A Greek evening in MoscowΚέφι (kefi) — joy that makes you want to dance
On weekdays it is quiet and unhurried here. But on Friday and Saturday evenings the quiet ends.
The dancers come out to the centre of the hall, and with every dance more guests gather around them. Some hold out to the last, pretending to be busy with dinner. But by the sirtaki almost everyone joins the circle.
Everyone dances
The host shows the moves, and the circle is open to guests of any age.
Sirtaki
From the first time to the hundredth. We show the moves, no preparation needed.
Plate smashing
For every guest's good luck. Special, safe plates — we do the cleaning up.
Good to know
A cheat sheet for your first circleΏπα!
- Put your hands on your neighbours' shoulders.
- Watch the dancers, not your feet.
- When the music speeds up, don't stop.
- Shout “Opa!” — that is how Greeks cheer on the dancers.
Sirtakia dance you get right the first time
Sirtaki was invented for the cinema. In 1964 it was choreographed for the film “Zorba the Greek” to music by Mikis Theodorakis, based on the old hasapiko dance. It turned out so simple and infectious that sirtaki became the Greek dance for the whole world.
The whole secret is in the step. A few moves repeat in a circle and the music speeds up gradually, so you can learn to dance sirtaki in a single evening.