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Ted Petrides
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Theodore "Ted" Petrides, a noted Greek-American musicologist and dance researcher, was born in 1928. In 1975 Ted conducted dance research in villages in Greece with Joe Graziosi.
Teds's articles and publications include
- "Dhipatos Horos." Article: A survey of several dances in Greece but found only in the memory of elderly men who hadn't performed such a dance or ritual for many decades.
- Greek Dances: Thirteen Dances of Mainland Greece, the Islands and Crete. Paperback. Lycabettus Press, 1993 (Revised Edition).
- Rembetika, Songs from the Old Greek Underworld, with essays by Markos Dragoumis, Ted Petrides and Elias Petropoulos. Komboloi, Athens, pp. 13–14, 1975.
Ted died in 1988, leaving his wife, Elfleida, and son, Ron. His extensive archives were donated to the Musical Folklore Archives of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies by his son, Ron, who lives in New Jersey and is on the jazz faculty of New York's New School University. They consist of Ted's entire impressive book and sound library, his notes, comments and remarks on Greek dances, his correspondence, papers by his students, and his unpublished treatise on the dances of Attica.
Laura Blumenthal commenting on Ted wrote, "I had the pleasure of attending a dance seminar taught by Ted Petrides in Athens in 1979 -- what a character! He even dared to teach the Zeimbekikos as a folk dance. Too bad he's no longer with us."
Dances Ted taught include Babo Horosou, Ballos, Cretike Sousta, Cretiko Syrto, Dodekanesiotiko, E Tratta, Ikariotiko, Kalamatiano, Karpathiko, Karsilamas, Kassiotike Sousta, Kastrinos Pedektos, Leriko, Pentozales, Roditioun Sousta, Serra, Sinitsa, Skelestos Horos, Sta Dio, Sta Tria, Syrto, Tik, Tsamiko, Tsifte Telli, Vari Hassapiko, and Zeimbekikos.