“…The workshop and all actions that take place within this context can be identified with the notion of tradition and folklore/folklorism. This notion has been supported by various researchers, who believed that traditional dance, as a folkloric element, is transmitted through teaching in a new environment, different than its initial context (Bendix, 1997b;Demas, 2004;Hanna, 1987;Hoerburger, 1968;Κeali"inohomokou, 1972;Koutsouba, 1991Koutsouba, , 1997Koutsouba, , 2010aLiavas, 2013;Meraklis, 1972;Nahachewsky, 1995Nahachewsky, , 2001Papapavlou, 2010;Shay, 1999Shay, , 2002. Starting from the very first workshops, the organisers as mentioned in their publications, aimed to preserve dance and music, "the elements of the traditional culture that compose the Greek identity", in order to raise awareness amongst dance teachers, who would use their teaching to prevent Greek youth from adopting any foreign elements [1].…”