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Lindsey Fostinis Kivetos, from  Sacramento California , is a lifelong lover (and student!) of Greek dancing. A native of Anchorage, Alaska, with formative years spent dancing and directing in the small but mighty community of Modesto, she currently is the director of the young adult group, Deos in the Annunciation parish. She has done extensive research in many regions, but her specialty and passi...

Stacie is the board Chair of the Greek Folk Dance Program at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte, the largest program of its kind in the U.S. A native of Hampton, VA, Stacie was first exposed to Greek folk dance as a young child at her hometown church in Newport News, VA. Since moving to Charlotte in 2001, Stacie has overseen the growth of Holy Trinity’s program, including the devel...

Christopher C. King is a Grammy-winning producer, musicologist as well as a prominent 78 rpm collector. He has been profiled in the New York Times Magazine and the Washington Post, and has written for the Paris Review, the Oxford American and Airmail News. Christopher was born and raised in southwest Virginia and studied philosophy at Radford University. Over the course of the last ten years, he h...

Bobby Garofalis is the currently the director of the Hellenic Youth Dancers at Saints Constantine and Helen in Newport News. Bobby has been involved with Greek dance for over 35 years. He is well versed in the dances of many areas of Greece (Pontos, Dodecanese, Thraki) with a special emphasis on Crete. Bobby began as a dancer for the Hellenic Youth Dancers in 1990 and then became choreographer, di...

Aris Yortzidis  has been involved with Greek folk dancing for over 37 years in various capacities--as a dancer, director, and judge. He began dancing in his home parish of St. George in Downey, CA in 1982 and also performed with various groups in southern California. In 1995 and until his departure from Southern California in 2000, Aris directed groups at St. George, Downey, CA; Sts. Constantine a...

** As a clarification to the episode, Clean Monday, is March 15, 2021** Yvonne Hunt has been teaching and researching Greek dances for more than 30 years, working with Father Homer Dimopoulos to establish the dance program at Seattle’s St. Demetrios Church in 1974. During that time the “Paniyiri” dance group was formed under her direction and represented the Seattle Greek community at many functio...

Mike has been dancing Greek folk dances for over 35 years. His love and interest in Greek folk dancing have led him to participate in several dance conferences throughout the east coast and Canada, learning from the best, authentic Greek folk dance instructors in the world. As the Dance Director for the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon, he has performed throughout New England and the east coast with the t...

Nick Vosinas has been dancing and instructing with various groups throughout central New Jersey. He is the head GOYA dance instructor at St. Anna, Flemington (since 2013), Head GOYA dance instructor at St. George, Piscataway (since 2016), Artistic Director (since 2019) and Historian (since 2014) of the Hellenic Dancers of NJ. HDNJ contact info: hellenicdancersofnj.org @HDNJ1972 (Instagram) https:/...

We're back, with Phil Voutsakis, speaking about his dance experiences, his favorite regions and traditions. This Philly native also weighs in on the best place to get a cheesesteak, and you may be surprised with his answer. Phil Voutsakis has been a Greek folk dancer for 20+ years and was a founding member of the St. George Zephyros Seniors folk dance group in 2003, a GOYA aged (7th - 12th Graders...

Maria, a native of the Chicago-land area, sat down with us to share a bit about dance in the 1970s, her experiences as an instructor and her love for dances from Kalymnos.

Today we sat down with Beba to learn about how she got involved in Greek dancing, and the culture and traditions on the island of Skyros that she experienced. Interested in being a guest on the podcast, email us at SyrtosPodcast@gmail.com, follow us on IG at Syrtos_Podcast. Episode Notes Skyros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcHGviB6Oc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjHmKsT6dtI https://www.yout...

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Welcome to the Syrtos Podcast! Join us for episodes that center around Greek folk dance, culture and history. For more information, or to be a guest on the podcast, please email SyrtosPodcast@gmail.com