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These are the best Greek dances for big groups!

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I love Greek dancing, and my favourite Greek dances are the ones that are done in massive groups for weddings, baptisms, and birthday parties. The Greeks really know how to have fun and have everyone join in! My favorite group dances are...

1. Kalamatiano: This is the most classic group dance and probably this easiest one to do and join in on
2. Tsamiko: This is probably the second most popular dance!
3. Balos: Balos is pretty easy to learn and is done in pairs (great for weddings)
 
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These are good. Two more dances for large groups would be sta dyo and sta tria, which are also very easy to learn.

Depending on where the family is from you will mostly dance the style from your area - kritika, nisiotika, ipirotika, piliotika, etc...
 
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Pentozali is a beautiful dance but takes quite a bit of coordination with everyone. It's not the most casual dance that you can just pick up. Here is an example of a pentozali performance

 
All the dances are beautiful and I know how to dance all that are mentioned except Balos... does anyone have an instructional video they can share?
 
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