Studying Dance in the Present. The K'na Dance and Its Different Dance Forms in Nea Vyssa, Greece

In the community of Nea Vyssa in Greece there is the paradox that a single dance, with the name K’na dance, appears today in three different versions. The aim of this research is to record the different versions of the “K’na” dance that coexist today in the community of Nea Vyssa in Greece, to determine if they are really different versions of the same dance and to define the reason for their existence. The collection of ethnographic data was based on the ethnographic method. Laban’s notation system was used to record the choreographic compositions of K’na dance, while for the analysis of their structure and form, as well as their codification, the structural-morphological and typological method of analysis was used, as it is applied in the Greek Τraditional Dance. From the data analysis was found that the versions that were found in the K’na dance in the community of Nea Vyssa, have to do with the place of the dance, as the three versions of K’na dance that exist today in the community of Nea Vyssa highlight issues of “first” and “second” existence of dance. In conclusion, the diversity of K’na dance today in Nea Vyssa is a consequence of the transfer of dance to the stage. The K’na dance in Nea Vyssa today is experienced in different ways by the residents of the community, depending on the place of its performance.