Machar - מחר (Israel)

Machar

מחר

Israel

These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie.  Originally choreographed in 1964 by Rivka Sturman. The title translates as "Tomorrow". Not to be confused with the Gadi Bitton circle dance of the same name.

Music:

• Hed Artzi 7
• Hed Ariz MN529
• https://youtu.be/akLQ0U8gORE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bHnkcZfNx8
• https://youtu.be/jZnJwgjk4Fs

Lyrics &Music: Naomi Shemer
Singer: Lahakat Hanachal
Meter: 4/4
Formation: Trios facing CCW, holding nearer hands
Israelidances.com entry: http://israelidances.com/dance_details.asp?DanceID=440
Introduction: 4 bars, no action

Part 1: Run forward

Bar 1: Run forward in LOD with 4 running steps: R (1), L (2), R (3), L (4)
Bar 2: Step forward on R, crossing R across L (1), hop on R (2), Step forward on L, crossing L over R (3), hop on L (4)
Bars 3-8: repeat bars 1-2, three more times

Part 2: Turns and Progress

Bar 1: drop hands, center person turn to face R-hand person (the outside person). Sway on R to R (1), clap hands towards the R (2), Sway on L to L (3), Clap hands to the L (4)
Bar 2: center person and R-hand person link R elbows and turn each other CW all the way around with 4 running steps
Bars 3-4: center person turn L-hand person with L elbow hold CCW all the way around with 8 steps
Bar 5: repeat bar 1, with center person facing L-hand person (inside person).
Bar 6: Repeat bar 2, turning L hand person, with R hand
Bars 7-8 Turn outside person with L hand, on last 4 counts the center person dances forward to the next group.

Other instructions on the web

• http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/Machar1969LD.pdf
• Kernerman PDF syllabus collection
• Page 131 of 1965 Stockton Folk Dance Camp
• Page 185 of 1968 Stockton Folk Dance Camp

Videos on the web

Lyrics

from the comments in https://youtu.be/0bHnkcZfNx8

מחר אולי נפליגה בספינות 

מחוף אילת אל חוף שנהב, 

ועל המשחתות הישנות 

יטעינו תפוחי זהב.

כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום, 

זה נכון כאור בצהריים, 

כל זה יבוא מחר אם לא היום 

ואם לא מחר אז מחרתיים. 

מחר אולי בכל המשעולים 

ארי בעדר צאן ינהג. 

מחר אולי באלף ענבלים 

יכו פעמונים של חג. 

כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום... 

מחר יקומו אלף שיכונים 

ושיר יעוף במרפסות 

ושלל כלניות וצבעונים 

יעלו מתוך ההריסות. 

כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום... 

מחר כשהצבא יפשוט מדיו 

ליבנו יעבור לדום -

מחר כל איש יבנה בשתי ידיו 

את מה שהוא חלם היום 

כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום...

עריכה: אתי ירוחמי

Taken from: https://evansvillefolkdancers.com/resources/Lyrics/Machar.pdf

Machar ulai nafliga basfinot 
Mechof Eilat ad chof Shenhav 
V'al hamashchatot hay'shanot 
Yatinu tapuchei zaha

Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom 
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim 
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom 
V'im lo machar az mochrotayim

Machar yakuma elef shikunim 
V'shir ya'uf bamirpasot
Ushlal kalaniyot v'tsivonim 
Ya'alu mitoch haharisot

Machar ulai b'chol hamisholim 
Ari b'eder tson yinhag
Machar yaku b'elef inbalim 
Hamon pa'amonim shel chag

Machar k'shehatsave yifshot madav 
Libeinu ya'avor l'dom -
Achar kol is yivneh bishtei yadav 
Et ma shehu chalam hayom

Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom 
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim 
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom 
V'im lo machar
V'im od lo machar 
V'im od lo machar 
AzMochrotayim.

Tomorrow perhaps we will set sail 
From the shores of Eilat to the Ivory Coast
And on the old destroyers
Oranges will be loaded.

All this is not a yarn and not a dream
It is true as the light of noon
All this will come tomorrow, if not today 
And if not tomorrow, then the day after.

Tomorrow a thousand buildings will rise 
And a song will hover on the terraces 
And a blaze of anemones and tulips
Will burst from amongst the ruins.

Tomorrow perhaps in all the paths
A lion will lead a flock of sheep 
Tomorrow a thousand clappers will bleat 
In the many bells of holiday.

Tomorrow when soldiers put off uniforms 
Alerted to other things
Then each man will use his own two hands
To build that of which he dreamed today. 

See also: 

• http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/songs/songs_israel.htm
• Gessel, Ira (1995) MIT Song Book. ms. 

Other sources

• Berk, Fred (1978) 100 Israeli Folk Dances. edited by Barbara Taylor and Susie Hofstatter. Israel Folk Dance Department of the American Zionist Youth Foundation
• Byrom, Franklin (2009) The Complete Folk dance Notebook. Self published.
• Donaghey, Robert (1969) Thesaurus of Israeli Dance. Copen Press.
• Pasternak, Velvel and Allan King (1990) The Best of Israeli Folk Dances. Tara Publications
• Weikert, Phyllis (1997) Teaching Folk Dance. Highscope Foundation.
• Weikert, Phyllis (2003) Teaching Movement and Dance, 5th edition. High Scope Educational Foundation.

Also spelled: Makhar

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Kozachok Trio - Козачок Трио (Ukraine)

Kozachok Trio

Козачок Трио

Ukraine

These notes ©2016, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught in the US by Madelynne Greene in the 1960s. Mardelynne reconstructed this dance from a book of Ukrainian dances that was translated for her by Dick Crum.

Music: Memories of Ukrainia COL LP202
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Trios, typically of two women and 1 man. Trios face LOD. Trios are like spokes of a wheel. Start in a front basket hold.
Introduction: None

Part 1: Run forward and spin

Bars 1-10: Using 123s (RLR, LRL, RLR etc), Run forward
Bars 11-16: Using 123s, wheel the trio around CCW, with M acting as the pivot and R-hand W dancing forward and L-hand W backing up. End facing center of the circle

Part 2: In and Out

Bars 1-7: Dance 7 pas de basques into the center
Bar 8: M stamps 3 times (1,&,2), man turns W under his arms, R-hand W turns CCW, L-hand woman turns clockwise. End with women having hands on hips, and M with his hands around their backs.
Bar 9: backing away from center, Kick R heel forward (1), then leap on R and kick L forward.
Bars 10-15: repeat bar 9, six more times (leaping onto L on count 1)
Bar 16: Stomp L (1), R (&), L (2)

Part 3: Kolopalochka, then Prysiadka

For bars 1-8 Man stands in place, while women advance to the center
Bar 1:  Facing each other, W touch R toe next to L (1), then put R heel forward (2). Arms do a sweeping movement outwards
Bar 2: Step R (1), L (&), R (2) moving forward into the center and away from each other. Arms go on hips
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2, but with opposite footwork and turning towards each other (still moving in though)
Bar 5-8: repeat bars 1-4
Bars 9-15: Turning away women circle back to M. R-hand L goes CW, L-hand lady goes CCW. Use 7 pas-de-basques steps to get there. M meanwhile, does 7 Prysiadka Steps (Squat, then kick R forward, squat then kick L forward etc.
Bar 16: M does one more Prysiadka step while W spin in place. R-hand W spins CCW, L-hand W spins CW.

Part 4: Skipping, then Women in again

Bars 1-8: Backing up slightly do 16 skips (Hop L (&), step R (1), hop R (&), Step L (2), etc.)
Bars 9-16: Women use 8 pas-de-basques to dance into the center, end facing each other .

Part 5: Women pulling, then back up

Bar 1: Women facing each, holding both hands, pas-de-basque R, pulling R arm back so turning to face CCW
Bar 2: repeat bar 1 with opposite footwork, pulling L arm back to face CW
Bar 3: repeat bar 1
Bar 4: Stomp L (1), R (&), L (2) in place
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4
Bars 9-16: Using 16 skipping steps, back up towards M, but cross over as backing up, L-hand W goes behind R-hand woman

Part 6: Duck-walk and Push Steps

Women:
Bars 1-7: Women do 14 push step (fall on R to R (1), push off on L (&), fall on R (2), push off on L (&). New R hand woman starts R foot and leads with R shoulder into the center. New L-hand woman needs to do a quick shift of weight before doing this step and leads with L shoulder into the center, starting with L foot)
Bar 8: new R-hand W stomp R (1), L (&), R (2) in place, L hand woman stomps LRL
Bars 9-16: Repeat bars 1-8, with opposite footwork back to place.

Men:
Bars 1-8: Using 16 "duckwalks" (walk forward while in a squated position, foot stepping forward has to come out and around to make this work), follow new R-hand woman into the center
Bars 9-16: Using 16 "duckwalks", follow new L-handwoman back to edge of the circle

Part 7: Povzunets

Man stays down in squat position, Women turn to face center and take nearer hands above man's head. and then use their outside hands to hold onto the man's hands.
Bars 1-8; M does Povzunets (In a squat position kick R forward (1) Kick L forward, obviously switching weight to R (2) etc) for 8 bars, moving into the center. Women accompany him doing 8 pas-de-basques
Bars 9-16: New L-hand woman drops hand briefly and turns 1/2 CW to face back. She gives L hand to other woman above Man's Head and take M's R hand in her own. Man continues to do povzunets steps in place rotating CCW. While women run forward (CCW) in a circle around him. Do one complete rotation.

Part 8: Push steps Crossing

Bars 1-4: Man stands up and steps back. L-hand W turns to face center. L-hand W and R-hand W, exchange places in front of M, using the push steps and stamps in bars 5-8 of part 6. L-hand W falls on R to start, L-hand lady falls on L, you may have to fudge your weight to get onto the correct foot.  R-hand lady passes in front. Arms come forward and out and go onto hips on the stamps.
Bars 5-8: Repeat back to place with opposite footwork
Bars 9-12: All face center, take hands as in beginning of the dance (front basket), using 4 pas-de-basques run forward into center and then swinging around to face original LOD.
Bars 13-16: Drop hands with L-hand W. M & R-hand W continue forward. L-hand W spins in place CCW.

Part 9: Click steps 

Man and new R-hand W: face each other and hold L hand in L hand, Extend R hand in air.
Bar 1: Hop on L and click R heel in air to R (1), hop on L and click R heel in air to R (2)
Bar 2: Step R (1), L (&), R (2) in place
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2, with opposite footwork and direction
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4
Bars 9-16: Separate and using eight 123s, M dances circles CW out of the center, W starts to circle CW into the center

L-hand W:
Bars 1-8: use eight 123s (RLR, LRL, RLR etc), to dance in LOD, but out of the circle.
Bars 9-16: Using the click step described in bars 1-2 just above, L-hand W dances into the center.

Part 10: Coffee Grinder

Bars 1-8: M dance towards center, W pull R shoulder back and dance towards back, all with 8 pas-de-basques starting R foot. W pull R shoulder back on last pas de basque to face center.
Bars 9-16: M does "coffee grinder step (Squat on L foot, extend R out straight to R, support with both hands on floor in front, circle R foot CW around keeping it straight, lifting L hand, R hand and L foot in turn to get them out of the way, 1 circle per bar). W use  eight 123s to run around M. L-hand W circles CW on the inside. R-hand W circles CCW on the outside.

Part 11: Exit

Bars 1-8: repeat bars 1-8 of part 1, circling around so that you're facing LOD

Bars 9-16, retaining hands with M, but dropping hands with other W, W flip out so that their backs are towards LOD (i.e., they're facing RLOD), they back up with 8 pas de basques, dragging M off stage. M squats, and does 8 pozvunets steps forward off stage, being dragged by the W. 

Other Notes on the web

• page 21 of (1963) Stockton Folk Dance Camp

Bill and Karen Faust's Fayetteville Video

Other sources

• Greene, Madelynne (1963) Santa Barbara Folk Dance Conference Syllabus.

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