Early on, Ms. Alexopoulos passes through a chain dance with four women.

It has very little in common with the simple Pravo horo(straight chain dance).

From around 1500, medieval chain dances were displaced by pair dances.

Rural peoples remained true to traditions of the chain dance and ballads.

Members of the final sextet escorted one another on stage until a chain dance propelled them into the wings.

Yet there is a distinctiveness to these chain dances, mainly in the steps themselves but also in a strong use of gesture.

That is especially true of the khorovods, the circle and chain dances.

They are very good dancers and have a long tradition for singing long songs along with the chain dance.

The chain dances of Yugoslavia were thus linked to the Russian variant, or khorovod.

A chain dance for three men and two women, broken into smaller units, retains an aura of community.