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Kr<\/em>\u0113tik\u0113<\/em>, meaning the Cretan dance\/style, is one of the most ancient dance steps known. [1]<\/strong><\/a><\/em> As suggested by its name, it originated in the great island, where artistic and written evidence can be traced back to Homeric times. The iconography of the kr\u0113tik\u0113 <\/em>is identified by the outstretched position of the arms and the forward-moving legs. The dancers\u2019 torsos are shown frontally, while their heads are frequently turned back in profile.<\/p>\n

The so-called geranos<\/em> dance (crane-dance) is clearly inspired in the kr\u0113tik\u0113, <\/em>at least in its basic steps. In the Thesean tradition, kr\u0113tik\u0113 <\/em>dancers perform the impression of a labyrinth by circulating around the horned altar of Aphrodite, stepping uniformly to the beats of the aulos music. The kr\u0113tik\u0113 <\/em>became the conventional iconography to represent dance, either by men or women \u2013 or both, especially linked to the Dionysian thiasos.<\/p>\n

In 5th<\/sup> century\u2019s Athens (BC) the image of \u00a0kr\u0113tik\u0113 <\/em>female solo-dancers started to decorate small funerary pots and drinking vases, carrying cups, vine branches, clappers and torches, a trace of their previous Dionysian association. The presence of these objects can also be understood in the context of a cultic procession: when paired with Eros, these parades became linked to nuptial ceremonies.<\/p>\n

The formulaic combination of Eros\/ kr\u0113tik\u0113 <\/em>performer was adopted synchronically by the Greek colonies in southern Italy and Sicily. These variations include a kr\u0113tik\u0113 <\/em>dancer accompanied by a nude youth and a maiden, all performing the dance and carrying attributes already mentioned, to which flower baskets and tympanon were added.<\/p>\n

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Apulian bell krater displaying a kr\u0113tik\u0113<\/em> dancer, Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> This text is inspired in the research poster presented by Nathalie Choubineh in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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