Zorbas ("Zorba's ance") is a song by Mikis Theodorakis, the leading Greek composer. This song is originally known as "Armenohorianos Syrtos" by Giorgis Koutsourelis. The song appeared in the film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became internationally famous and popular. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas in Greece and worldwide and exists as a kind of music trademark of Greece. It is also known as "Syrtaki" which is a version of the traditional Greek hasapiko dance (= the butcher's dance).