zorbasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Zorbas ("Zorba's dance") is a song by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. It is based on two traditional Cretan songs, "Armenohorianos Syrtos" and "Kritiko syrtaki", composed by Giorgis Koutsourelis. The song featured in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and become extremely popular around the world. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas in Greece and elsewhere, and exists as a kind of trademark of Greece. It is also known as "Sirtaki", which is a version of the traditional Greek hasapiko ("butcher's") dance, choreographed by Giorgos Provias.