Mitrino Horo - Митрино Хоро (Bulgaria)

Mitrino Horo

Митрино Хоро

Bulgaria

These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. We learned two different versions of this dance from Harvey Gardner, who learned in the dance in New Mexico. There is a third version which was taught by Shawn Donaldson and Michael Kuharski. The dance is a variation on the basic folk dance "Narodno Horo"

Meter: 4/4
Formation: Open circle hands down in V position.
Introduction: Start at the beginning of any musical phrase.

Version 1:

(This version is functionally the same as Radino Horo, or Narodno Horo)

Bar 1:  Facing LOD, step R (1); hop on R (2); Step L (3) in LOD, hop on L (4)
Bar 2:  Step R (1), L (2), R (3) in LOD, turn to face center and hop on R, arms come up to W position (4)
Bar 3:  Step on L into the center (1), Hop on L in place (2), Step backwards on R out of center (3), Hop on R (4)
Bar 4:  Step L (1), R (2), L (3) in RLOD, hop on L turning to face LOD, arms come down to V position (4)

Version 2

Bar 1:  Facing LOD, step R (1); hop on R (2); Step L (3) in LOD, hop on L (4)
Bar 2:  Step R (1), L (2), R (3) in LOD, turn to face center and hop on R, arms come up to W position (4)
Bar 3: Step on L into the center (1), Hop on L in place (2), Step backwards on R out of center (3), Step on L next to R (4)
Bar 4: Stamp R next to L no weight (1), pause (2), Cross R over L, arms swing down to V position (3), Rock back on L in place (4)

Videos on the web

Version 1:

Version 2

See also: Radino Horo

Also spelled: Mitirino Horo