De HoritRomaniaThese notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu. Karen Faust learned it from them at the Laguna Festival and taught it to us. The dance is from Maramureş. The title translates as "Song to dance to".Music: Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu Romanian Realm Vol 8Meter: 2/4Formation: Circle, start as solos, but then move into a circle in W position in part 1Introduction:Bar 1: no actionBar 2: Clap hands, bounce with both knees straight (1), clap again, bounce with knees straight (&), bounce...
Saturday, 29 April 2017
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Joc Din Gânţaga (Romania)
Posted on April 22, 2017 by muo
Joc Din GânţagaRomaniaThese notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu. I learned the dance from Nancy Bannister. The dance is from Hunedoara in Transylvania.Music: Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu Romanian Realm 7 or 8Meter: 2/4Formation: Either of couples in a shoulder/shoulder blade hold or small circles in Shoulder hold.Introduction: 8 bars no actionPart 1:Bar 1: Facing slightly R of partner/center, step R to R (1), Cross L over R (2)Bar 2: Step R in place (1), Step L next to R (&), Step R in...
Friday, 21 April 2017
Lisu Seven - 傈僳 7 - ม่ลีซู 7 - လီဆူ 7 (Lisu People)
Posted on April 21, 2017 by muo
Lisu Seven傈僳 7ม่ลีซู 7လီဆူ 7Lisu people of China/Burma/ThailandThese notes ©2017, Ann Kyle and reproduced here with Ann's permission. Learned from Steve Kotansky at a workshop in Calgary in 2017. Steve didn't know the actual name of this dance so he gave it the nickname "Lisu-7". Lisu refers to the ethnic group of people who do this dance; seven refers to the number of beats in each bar. The Lisu people live in Southern China, Burma and Thailand. If anyone knows the actual name of this dance let me know.Music: Steve Kotansky CD, 2017Meter: 7/4...
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Şaşkın - Tucson Version (Turkey)
Posted on April 18, 2017 by muo
Şaşkın (Shortened Tucson Version)TurkeyThese notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Ahmet Lüleci. The name translates as "dazed". Ahmet originally taught 4 steps to this dance. In Tucson we only do two of these steps. See linked notes below for the fuller version.Music: Ahmet Lüleci Turkish Dances 2, Ahmet Lüleci Turkish Dances 4Meter: 4/4Formation: Open circle, Fingers interdigitated, arms held down and very close to the body (glu glu position)Introduction: Leader calls start.Part 1Bar 1; Facing center, step R (1), L (2), R (3), L (4)...
Branle De La Fosse Aux Loups (France)
Posted on April 18, 2017 by muo
Branle De La Fosse Aux LoupsFranceThese notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught in the US by Roberto Bagnoli. The notes from France seem to indicate that it was introduced there by Andrée Fischer. We learned the dance from Ann Kyle. The name translates as "Branle from the wolf pit". Branles are circle dances from the Alsace region of Eastern France and the name refers to the side to side swaying motions typical of this style of dance.Music:Tribal Jâze, "Le Grand Saut"; https://youtu.be/qH3x-kO77q0 (Composer: Boris Nortier); https://www.amazon.com/Branle-fosse-aux-loups/dp/B0167IDBMWRoberto...
Monday, 17 April 2017
Korakianítikos - Κορακιανίτικος Greece
Posted on April 17, 2017 by muo
KorakianítikosΚορακιανίτικοςGreeceThese notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. The dance is a traditional dance from Corfu. The version described here has a little bit of extra choreography added by Ira Weisburd to make it fit the recording he used. I'll transcribe the traditional dance first then add in Ira's choreographic changes.Music:https://youtu.be/1YzHv1fO5NEhttps://youtu.be/Xr5CcUdgJnEhttps://youtu.be/qGVALTgbTvgMeter: 4/4 and 2/4Formation: Open circle in either shoulder hold or hands down in V position. Ira's version has the hands down in V positionIntroduction:...
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