Tuman Yarom - Туман яром (Russia/Ukraine)

Tuman Yarom

Туман яром 

Russia/Ukraine

These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Choreographed by Hennie Konings based on traditional khorovod steps. Widely taught by Radboud Koop. The dance is in the Russian Khorovod tradition, but is done to music from Eastern Ukraine.

Music:
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Closed circle, holding hands down in V position. Start facing LOD (CCW).
Introduction: 12 bars no action, start with singing.

Bar 1: Step R (1), L (2) in LOD
Bar 2: Take a slow step R in LOD (1,2)
Bar 3: Take a slow step L in LOD (1,2)
Bars 4-12: repeat bars 1-3, three more times.
Bars 13-15: turn to face center and use the footwork of bars 1-3 to travel into the center. Arms come up parallel to the floor
Bars 16-18: repeat bars 13-15 but backing up and lowering arms back down. Drop hands towards the end of bar 18 and put them on your hips
Bars 19-21: repeat footwork of Bars 13-15, but making a CW turn in place, you don't have to turn all the way around.
Bar 22: Step on R to R (1), stamp L gently next to R (2) (completing turn during bars 22-24 if necessary).
Bar 23: Repeat bar 22 with opposite footwork and direction
Bar 24: Repeat bar 22
Bars 25-48: repeat bars 1-24 with opposite footwork and direction.

Repeat the entire dance.
Then repeat bars 1-24
When music slows and stops, pause, then repeat bars 13-24
End with a bow.

Video on the web

Lyrics

From Radbook Koop's Russian Folk Dances syllabus

уман яром при долине
да широкoй лист на калине 
Да ещё ширше на дубочку 
да понял голубь голубочку

Понял свою, не чужуя 
паняночку молодуя
Да паняночка муку сея 
да на пылочку набивая

Да калачики натирая
да на реченьку отсылая 
Да за речкою за речкою 
живёт Ваня – ковалёчек

Да ты скуй же мне топорочек 
да пойди, Ваня, во лесочек 
Да сруби, Ваня, тополёчек 
сделай Насте холодочек

Да чтоб Настя да не горела 
животом сердцем да не болела 
Да была б Настя веселая
Да была б Настя веселая 

Tuman yarom pri doline
Da shirokoy list na kaline
Da esho shirshe na dubochku 
Da ponyal golub’ golubochku

Ponyal svoyu, ne chuzhuya 
Panyanochku moloduya
Da panyanochka muku seya 
Da na pylochku nabivaya

Da kalachiki natiraya
Da na rechen’ku otsylaya
Da za rechkoyu za rechkoyu 
Zhivyot Vanya – kovalyochek

Da ty skuy zhe mne toporochek 
Da poydi, Vanya, vo lesochek 
Da srubi, Vanya, topolyochek 
Sdelay Naste kholodochek

Da chtob Nastya da ne gorela 
Zhivotom serdtsem da ne bolela 
Da byla b Nastya veselaya
Da byla b Nastya veselaya 

Valley mist at the steep shore 
Broad leave of the guelder rose 
The oak leaves are even broader 
A dove couple in love

You know, it’s not strange 
The young girl
The girl sieves flour
And raises the dust

She bakes kalachiki
And sends it to the river
At the river
Lives Vanya, the blacksmith

Forge me an axe
Go, Vanya, in the forest 
Chop down, Vanya, a poplar 
Provide Nastya a shadow

So that Nastya doesn’t get hot 
So that she has no heartache 
So that Natya will be happy 
So that Natya will be happy 

Other sources: 

• Koop, Radboud (2012) Russian Folk Dances. PDF syllabus. Page 28.

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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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Kolomeyka W Dwi Pari (Ukraine)

Kolomeyka W Dwi Pari

Кoлoмийкa В Дви Пари

Ukraine

These notes ©2016, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Vince Evanchuk. This dance  comes from the region of Kolomeyka from SW Ukraine.

Music: Burma SU140
Meter: 2/4
Formation: 2 couples in a square. Facing partner. M are on opposite side. Hands on hips.
Introduction: None, start right away

Part 1: Leaps

Bar 1: Leap on R in place, lifting L behind R (1,2)
Bar 2: Leap on L in place, lifting R behind L (1,2)
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2
Bar 5: Leap on R in place, lifting L behind R (1), Leap on R lifting L behind (2)
Bars 6-8: repeat bar 5, three more times.

Part 2: Pas de basque turn

Bars 1-8: Using 123s (R (1), L (&) R (2); LRL; RLR; etc), hook R elbows and turn partner around clockwise
Bars 9-16: Hook L elbows and turn partner around CCW

Part 3: Pidskok

Pidskok step: Hop on R (1), Step on L (&), Step on R (2)

Join hands with partner, R shoulder to R shoulder, R hand out straight, L elbow bent and held parallel to the floor

Bars 1-8: Using 8 Pidskok steps turn partner CW, approximately 2 per rotation
Bars 9-16: Switching to other side (L shoulders to L shoulders), use 8 Pidskok steps to run CCW

Part 4: Kolesenya and Precid

Kolesenya Step: Kick R foot forward, but back up (1), Kick foot forward but back up (2), arms are held forward at waist height.

Precid: With arms held forward and out, squat on both feet (1), Kick R (2); squat on both feet (1), Kick L (2);

Bars 1-8: Women do 8 Kolesenya steps backing up in a circle: M follow W with a Precid step moving forward.

Part 5: Kolesenya

Bars 1-8: Everyone do 8 Kolesenya steps facing partner in place. M have arms crossed in front. We have them out as in part 4

Part 6: Push and Precid Variation

Prescid Variation: Squat on both feet, arm fold in towards crotch (1), Jump up on both feet onto Heels at shoulder width (2)

Push Step: 

Bar 1: Fall on L to L (1), push off on ball of the R foot to side (&), Fall on L to L (2), push off on ball of R foot to side. When changing direction, omit the final (&)

Bars 1-8: Neighbors exchange places. M moving to his R using Prescid variation steps -- moving slightly to the R on each step.  W moving to her L using the Push step. M goes behind woman. W's R hand is behind her head and L hand is extended to the L. Women omit the last & count so they can do the opposite footwork. M
Bars 9-16:  Repeat bars 1-8 back to place with opposite footwork, direction and arms

Part 7: Form Basket

Bars 1-4: Using 4 pas-de-basque steps, advance together to form a tight square.
Bars 5-6: Still doing pas de basque steps but doing them in place, M take hands with each other and raise them over W's heads so they end up on W's backs.
Bars 7-8: Still doing pas de basque steps in place, W take hands with each other and raise them over M's heads to finish making basket

Part 8: Pidskok in Basket

Bars 1-7: Using 7 Pidskok Steps (hop-step-steps), Swing the basket CCW
Bar 8: Stop the circle by jumping on both feet (1), jump again (2)
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8, but circling CW

Part 9 Pidskok Turn

Bars 1-8: Continuing the CW motion, split into 2 couples (you're actually dancing with your neighbor here), and swing around with 8 pidskok steps.

Part 10 : Solo Pidskok Turn and Show off

Bars 1-16: W do 16 pidskok turns in place, rotating CW. Put R hand on chest to hold beads: Men do 16 bars of one or more "show off steps" involving squats. E.g. Shchupak: Squat with R leg extended forward (1) remain in squat but shift weight to R and kick L forward (2) etc.

End up by jumping on both feet with L foot forward, R arm raised up in the air.

Couple dance variant. 

The dance can be done as a couple dance instead of a foursome, by replacing  Part 7 with another iteration of part 2 and Part 8 with another iteration of Part 3. 

Other Notes on the web

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolomyjka

Bill and Karen Faust's Fayetteville Video

This is the couple dance version of Kolomeyka

Other sources

• Evanchuk, Vince (1962) Santa Barbara Folk Dance Conference Syllabus

Also spelled: kolomyjka, kolomeike, Parti

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Honei Viter (Ukraine)

Honei Viter  (Evanchuk Version)

Ukraine

These notes ©2016, Andrew Carnie. As choreographed by Vince Evanchuk in 1972. A different version was taught by Anatol Joukowsky's.  Honei Viter means "whirlwind".

Music: StarS-8413
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Circle of women, hands on hips, not holding hands with neighbors.

Part 1: In and Out

Bars 1-2: Introduction, no action
Bars 3-12: Dance 10 pas-de-basques into the center, starting with the R foot (extend free foot on each count (2))
Bars 13-24: Dance 12 pas-de-basques backing away from the center

Part 2: Diamonds

Bars 1-2: Put R hand on chest, holding down beads, using two pas-de-basques, dance CW to back R diagonal
Bars 3-4: Dance CW to back point of diamond, with two pas-de-basques
Bars 5-6: Dance forward to L diagonal, with two pas-de-basques
Bars 7-8: Dance forward to R diagonal, with two pas-de-basques
Bars 9-16: Repeat bars 1-8.

Part 3: Turns in place

Bars 1-7: Using 7 leaping pas-de-basques (leap in place on first count), spin in place turning CCW.  L hand is on chest, holding down beads.
Bar 8: Jump onto L, stopping the spin (1), stamp R next to L (2)
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8, but with R hand on chest, and turning CW.

Part 4: Slides/Sashay steps

Bar 1: Form a small circle, holding hands down in V position with neighbors. Facing center, step R to R (1), Close L next to R, with weight (2)
Bars 2-4: repeat bar 1, three more times
Bar 5: Step R to R (1), Close L next to R, with weight (&), Step R to R (2), Close L next to R with weight (&)
Bars 6-7: repeat bar 5, two more times
Bar 8: Step R to R (1), Stamp L next to R, no weight (2)
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8 with opposite footwork and direction.

Part 5: "Cherry Picking"

Bars 1-12: Do 12 pas de basques in place, starting with R foot. Alternately raise R and L hands up in front of face as if picking cherries off of a tree. Raise R, when doing R pas-de-basque, Raise L when doing L pas-de-basque
Bars 13-18: Using 6 pas-de-basques, and continuing cherry picking hand movements, face and travel in RLOD.
Bars 19-24: Do 6 pas-de-basques with cherry picking movement facing center in place. End with an extra step on R to free up L foot.

Part 6: Pushing away from center

Bar 1: Turn to face RLOD, putting L hand up near head with elbow out, fall on L (1), Push off on ball of R (&), fall on L (2), push off on R (&)
Bar 2: repeat bar 1
Bars 3-4: Pulling L shoulder back, and turning 1/2 way to face LOD, repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork, direction and arms.
Bars 5-6: Pulling R shoulder back and turning 1/2 way to face RLOD, repeat bars 1-2
Bar 7: repeat bar 3
Bar 8: Fall on R (1), step on L turning to facing diagonal R

Part 7: Figure 8 with heel step

Throughout this step the dancers trace a figure 8, start by going CW toward R rear diagonal. 
Bar 1: Step on R heel forward (1), close L next to R (&), Step forward on R (2). Hands are held out in front, palms down circling slightly to the R
Bar 2: repeat bar 1 with opposite footwork and circling hands to L
Bars 3-16: repeat bars 1-2, seven more times

Part 8: Toe-heel

Bar 1: Put both hands on chest holding beads. Hop on L touching R toe next to L (1), Hop on L again, touching R heel forward (2)
Bar 2: Leap onto R, touching L toe next to R (1)
Bar 3: Repeat bar 2 with opposite footwork
Bar 4: Repeat bar 2
Bar 5: Repeat bar 3
Bar 6: Repeat bar 2
Bar 7: Repeat bar 3
Bar 8: Repeat bar 2

Part 9: Into the center, Scuff step, Turning Hop Step Steps

Bars 1-4: Do 4 pas-de-basques into the center, L, R, L, R
Bar 5: Facing and moving in RLOD, Step forward on L (1), Scuff R forward (2), step on R next to L (&)
Bars 6-7: repeat bar 5, twice
Bar 8: Step L in RLOD (1), stamp R next to L (2)
Bars 9-11: Making 3 complete CCW turns hop on L (1), step on R next to L (&), step on L next to R (2); L hand is on beads, R hand is held straight out to R side
Bar 12: Facing center, jump on both feet twice (1,2). Both hands are on beads
Bars 13-16: repeat bars 9-12, but turning CW. L hand is out to L side, R hand is on beads

Part 10: Scissors

Bar 1: Step on R, while Kicking L forward, Leap on L while kicking R forward
Bars 2-5: Repeat bar 1, four my times
Bar 6: Do a Pas-de-bas in place, (the & count is a cross of the L over R)
Bars 7-12: repeat bars 1-6 with opposite footwork

Part 11: Hop-kick, pas-de-basque

Bar 1: Hop on L, lifting R foot next to L knee (1), Hop on L again kicking R forward (2), hands on hips
Bar 2: Do a pas-de-basque in place (RLR)
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4
Bars 9-12: repeat bars 1-4

Part 12: Heel Steps, Skips

Bar 1: Touch R heel forward (1), Step on R next to L (2). Hands on hips
Bar 2: Repeat bar 1 with opposite footwork
Bars 3-8: repeat bars 1-2, three times.
Bar 9: Hop on L (&), Step on R backwards (1), Hop on R (&), and Step backwards on L (2)
Bars 10-16: repeat bar 9, seven more times

Part 13: Pas-de-basques back and forward

Bars 1-2: Do two pas-de-basques (RLR, LRL) backing away from center. Arms push forward from chest level and then out to the sides.
Bars 3-4: do 2 pas de basques forward, arms come up and forward, then circle down onto hips.
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4

Part 14: Vepad

Bar 1: Fall onto R into the center, with R shoulder in (1), Rock back on L (2)
Bar 2: do 1 pas-de-basque in place (RLR). Hands are on hips
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork, with L shoulder in.
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8

Part 15: Pas-de-basques backwards and ending

Bars 1-7: Doing 7 pas-de-basques steps, backing away from the center RLR, LRL, RLR, LRL, RLR, LRL, RLR. Arms are extended forward at shoulder height. Hands flip down at wrists on each count 1, and then flick up on each count (2)
Bar 8: Leap onto L in place, hands flick down (1), Stamp R next to L, arms raise high up above head in Y position (2)

Bill and Karen Faust's Fayetteville Video

 Sheet Music

• Geisler, Richard (1989e) The Europe Collection. Village and Early Music Society.

Other sources

• Unattributed handwritten dance notes.

Also Spelled: Honey, Vitr

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