A few days after the second wedding of the Prince Nicolás de Greeceon social networks a video of Prince Pablo has been published animated in an Athens store. The eldest son of the Kings Constantine and Ana María and current chief of the Greek royal house is passionate about music and has no qualms about demonstrating their skills to the rhythm of traditional melodies as long as possible.
On this occasion there have been several Instagram accounts that have shared videos in which the husband of Princess Marie-Chantal de Greece is seen enjoying a concert of Antonis row and dismissed vandi in the Room Nox Athens. In the videos Pablo appears dressed in a dark suit and a white shirt, wasteing self -confidence and rhythm, even holding a glass on the forehead. The Prince is not only passionate about music in general, but especially everything that has to do with Greek culture. That is why he did not hesitate to get on stage and dance one of the traditional dances, the Zeibekiko de Eudoxia.
This dance is not simple to dance, since it has no fixed steps, but is based on improvised movements that express the feelings of the person who dances, generally, of defeat, sadness or of unfulfilled dreams. The origin of this dance is in Asia Minor and in principle was a dance reserved for men. The dance takes its name from the Zeybeksa militia that lived in the Aegean region of the Ottoman Empire from the end of the seventeenth to the beginning of the 20th century.
One of the most important things is that This dance is like a ritualthat is danced alone, Without any company. Although in principle it was a pair war dance, then it became something individual. The dancer is not ashamed to express his pain or his weaknesses and it is he who has to choose the song with which he can express his personal situation or mood.
Queen Sofia with Princess Irene and Pablo de Greece. (Photo: Gtres)
A man does not have to be ashamed to manifest his pain or his weaknesses. Ignore social conventions and superficial conventions, you will choose the song and lyrics that express your personal situation or mood. Although it is not a social dance, in recent years it has lost its true meaning.
It is not the first time that Prince Pablo surprises with his dance skills, but on other occasions, videos of Queen Sofia have been published on social networks wasting the sound of traditional Greek music.
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His Royal Highness Prince Pavlos of Greece dancing a Sirtaki! 🇬🇷 pic.twitter.com/Q1SbfVGAzt— Monquía sí ˇ🇸 (@hispanian_rex) September 2, 2024
For example, in September 2024 the eldest son of Ana María de Greece was caught dancing a sirtaki Above a table. In the video that was published on social networks you could see the prince dressed in white pants and a blue jacket while the rest of the evening attendees applauded him.
He sirtaki It is one of Greece's most popular dances, but its origin goes back to the film Zorba, the Greek of 1964, starring Anthony Queen. The choreography was created by Giorgos provias and became popular very quickly. It is danced in linear or circular formation and the rhythm is accelerating as music progresses.
Queen Sofia and Dance
Prince Paul is not the only dancer of the Royal Family of Greece. Queen Sofia and her sister Princess Irene are authentic passionate about music and usually go regularly to concerts, both officially and privately. In addition to enjoying music in this way, the mother of King Felipe VI has been seen wasting rhythm to the sound of the traditional music of Greece.
In 2018, Queen Sofia made a visit to Crete on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the University. The King's mother participated in a celebration in the Archaeological Museum of Heraclion and there, along with her sister Irene, she was encouraged to dance a pentozalia typical Cretan dance that is danced in a group. Also, in his youth he used to dance the sirtaki.
In addition to the dances in Greece, Queen Sofia also demonstrated her skills on the track. For example, at the wedding of Marta Urquijo in March 2024. King Felipe VI's mother was one of the link attendees in Madrid and had no qualms about encouraged to dance in the middle of the track. Without a doubt, Doña Sofia is a real dancing queenin the purest style of the theme that Abba premiered on the eve of the wedding of Carlos Gustavo and Silvia from Sweden and that, by the way, was the favorite song of Queen Elizabeth II.