Sunday, February 17, 2013
Zeybek Anatolian Dance-Turkish Film-'Deli Yürek' 2001 by Kenan İmirzalıoğlu [English Subtitles] Tube. Duration : 3.33 Mins.


This is a stunning film performance of a snatch of the Zeybek 'Hawks' Anatolian folk dance from Western Turkey. The Zeybek is presented in the setting of a traditional Turkish wedding in the Eastern city of Diyarbakır, hence the Western dance is a special and unusual folk style for the marriage guests. The tableaux comes from the superb 2001 Turkish Cinema movie 'Deli Yürek' ['Crazy Heart'] and is performed by the heart-stoppingly stunning 6' 3" Turkish actor Kenan İmirzalıoğlu playing Yusuf Miroğlu. The Zeybek is insisted upon by the groom Cemal [Oktay Kaynarca] at his marriage party to his bride Leyla, played by the talented and innovative Turkish folk singer Zara. Cemal, Yusuf and many others at the wedding work in the military. Cemal is a target for an assassin during the HALAY [folk dancing]. Yusuf begins a complex and dangerous mission in an unfamiliar area and culture of Turkey to bring Cemal's murderer to justice. The film is fantastic and gives so much insight and imagery of the beautiful Eastern city of Diyarbakır. The Zeybek is an ancient warrior's dance from Western Turkey and may have some Hellenic [Greek] links. The dance is named after the Zeybeks, the Greeks have developled Zeibebekiko Dance from the Turkish Zeybek. The RHYTHMIC PATTERN [number of pulses and patterns made across this] is characteristic set of slow 9/2 beats counted either: 2+2+2+3 or 3+2+2+2. There are some variations in different regions of the speed and some musical details. MELODIES ...

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