The Pancretan Association continues to invest in educating the wider Greek-Australian community about Cretan culture through dance, music, song, customs and traditions.
Following the successful tours of the folkloric group from Crete, Όμιλος Βρακοφόρων Κρήτης’ (November 2011), the dance instructor Giannis Megalakakis (April 2013) and the group Λαογραφικός Όμιλος ‘Κουρήτες’ (November 2016), the Pancretan Association of Melbourne announced the 2018 Cretan Dance Seminar Tour of the well-known Cretan dance teachers/choreographers Christos Tzanidakis and Olga Kostaki.
The tour aims to provide the youth, in particular the 2nd and 3rd generations greeks, the opportunity to be immersed in 21 days of Cretan culture through dance, music and song.
Christos and Olga during their tour covered over 20 traditional Cretan dances from various regions of Crete, using a methodology that will be easy to follow by all students at all levels.
The 21 day program of the tour includes; lessons open to the public, sessions at the Greek schools of Melbourne as well as exclusive sessions for the Pancretan Association’s dancing groups.
SBS Greek was at one of the open to the public session on Friday, May 18 at the Greek Centre.
