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The hyporchema (Greek: ὑπόρχημα) was a lively kind of mimic dance which accompanied the songs used in the worship of Apollo, especially among the Dorians. It was performed by men and women. It is comparable to the geranos (γερανός), the ritual "crane dance" associated with Theseus.
Hyporchema – pieśń chóralna na cześć Apollina, najczęściej w metrach peonicznych. Jej wykonywaniu towarzyszyły żywe gesty i mimika. Bibliografia. Mała Encyklopedia Kultury Antycznej, wyd. PWN, Warszawa 1968.
Recchia's book presents the testimonia and fragments of the hyporchema, a lost poetic genre of ancient Greece. He discusses the genre's features, history, metre, and interpretation, with philological acumen and insight.
The Castoreion is also identified with the hyporchema by Ferrari, F., ‘ Le prospettive del rito nelle Pitiche di Pindaro ’, SemRom 3 (2000), 217 –42Google Scholar, who suggests a ‘programma celebrativo’ in which Bacch. 4 was followed by Pyth. 2 and then the hyporchema. This argument, however, does not address the μέν … δέ problem.
Hyporchema; Hyporchema was a dance-song with a marked rhythmic movement, commonly associated with the paean, and often difficult to distinguish from it. For example, the First Delphic Hymn is titled "Paean or Hyporchema".: 88 Dithyrambs
Hyporchema is not a valid term in the context of dance in prehistoric Greece. The web page discusses the evidence of dance in Bronze-Age Crete from archaeology and literature, but does not mention hyporchema.
The question can be asked for the hyporchema, the paean and for the dances of the theatre. Originally, the hyporchema is a fast rhythm music, then it is a dance from Crete performed to Apollo with vocal music (1). So there are two meanings for hyporchema: first a quick dance, and second the song on which it was done.
