Brâul Pe Şase - Brâuleţul din Muscel (Crum Version) (Romania)

Brâul Pe Saşe (Crum Version)

Brâuleţul din Muscel

Romania

These notes ©2016, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Dick Crum, The name translates as "Dance in 6". The dance is from the Muscel region. Other dances under this name were taught by Steve Kotansky and by Theodor Vasilescu.

Music: 

• Folkraft F-LP-33 
• London SW 99456 (Briul Din Muscel
• Nevofoon 12153 Briul pe 6

Meter: 2/4
Formation: Short lines. Hands in shoulder hold. Leads to the R.
Introduction: none

Part 1 (Chorus step)

Rhythm is QSSSQSS
Bar 1: Hop on L, kicking R forward (&), Step on R (1), L (2) in LOD
Bar 2: Step on R in LOD (1), Lifting knee high, leap onto L (&), pause (2)
Bar 3: Step R (1), L (2) in LOD
Bars 4-12: repeat bars 1-3, three more times

Part 2

Rhythm is QSQQSQQQS
Bar 1: turning to face center, hop on L sharply kicking R out to side (1), Step on R next to L (&) pause (2), Hop on R, kicking L out as in count 1 (&)
Bar 2: Step on L next to R (1), Step on R next to L (&), pause (2), Hop on R kicking L (&)
Bar 3: Step on L next to R (1), Step on R next to L (&), Step on L in place, kicking R forward low (2), pause (&)
Bars 4-12: repeat bars 1-3, three more times

Part 3:

Rhythm is QSSSSQS

Bar 1: facing center, Hop on L (1), Stomp on R to R (&), pause (2), Step on L behind R (&)
Bar 2: pause (1), Stomp on R to R (&), pause (2), Scuff L heel forward (&)
Bar 3: pause (1), Tap L heel across R (&), cross L over R (2) pause (&)
Bars 4-12: repeat bars 1-3, three more times

Part 4 

Rhythm is QQQQQQQQQQQQQQS
Bar 1: facing center, hop on L, kicking R out to the side (1), cross R over L (&), step on L in place (2) step on R next to L (&),
Bar 2: cross L over R (1), step on R back in place (&), step on L next to R (2), cross R over L (&),
Bar 3: step back on L in place (1), step R next to L (&), cross L over R (2), step back on R (&)
Bar 4: step on L next to R (1), cross R over L (&), step back in place on L (2), step on R next to L (&)
Bar 5: cross L over R (1), step on R back in place (&), step on L next to R (2), cross R over L (&)
Bar 6: step back on place on L (1), Step on R next to L (&), cross L over R (2), pause (&)
Bars 7-12: repeat bars 1-6.

Sequence:

Part 1, Part 2, Part 1, Part 3, Part 1, Part 4   done a total of 3 times through

Other Notes on the web

• Page 1 of (1978) Laguna Festival 
• Page 2 of (1988) Laguna Festival 
• http://www.seanet.com/~deerings/dnotes/b-pesase.txt
• Kotansky version (not the same as the version described above): 
• http://folkdancenotes.com/dancenotes/briulpe6.htm
• Page 19 of (2001) Laguna Festival) 

Tucson (TNR Boston) Video:

Other Sources

• Giurchescu, Anca and Sunni Bloland (1995) Romanian Traditional Dance. Wild Flower Press.

Also spelled: Briul pe sase, saşe, Brîuleţul din Muscel