What is "sirtaki"

Sirtaki or syrtaki is a popular dance of Greek origin, choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. It is a recent Greek folkdance, and a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. The dance and the accompanying music by Míkis Theodorakis are also called Zorbá's dance, Zorbas, or "the dance of Zorba".

The name sirtáki comes from the Greek word syrtos - from σύρω (τον χορό), which means "drag (the dance)" -, a common name for a group of traditional Cretan dances of so-called "dragging" style, as opposed to pidikhtos (πηδηχτός), a hopping or leaping style. Despite that, sirtaki incorporates both syrtos (in its slower part) and pidikhtós (in its faster part) elements.

Sirtaki is the eighth studio album by Mango, released in 1990.

It stands as Mango's biggest selling album and including hits like "Nella mia città", "Tu... sì" and "Come Monna Lisa".

In 1991 the album also was released in Spain.

British singer Leo Sayer performed a version of "Tu... sì" called "The Moth And The Flame" at the 1990 Sanremo Music Festival. "Come Monna Lisa" was covered by Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki on the compilation album Dinata 1986-2007. The song was renamed " Min Orkizesai".