DANCE REQUESTS FOR 2015 PRESIDENTS' WEEKEND WORKSHOP (PPW)
I assembled these videos so people could brush up on dances they already know or pick out
ones they want to learn for the workshop. But I hope it will also be useful for people to
practice dances at home that are being taught in your group at other times. So you might
announce to your group that the compilation exists. Special thanks to Aelita J Pinter for a
few extra videos and various corrections and information.
John Ward
Friday Night Requests
Above the Rainbow, Different dances are done to this. None on Youtube matches ours, but here's the music
in case your memory needs jogging--or jigging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWfS3HqG98&list=PLrgJ8hA48Zxex4OeqT1dMiZYth0a4uF12
Adama Veshamayim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijKJV-ArTR4 Individual Israeli dance. Here's another
video, multiple dancers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWRHePuRCd0
Alunelul ca la Cirna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vspUTpBz7SQ Romanian line, moderately difficult.
Alexandru David teaching.
Arnautsko Horo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWAU0HbBrQ moderately easy, slow Macedonian line,
choreographed by Yves Moreau.
Baztan Danza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbHI-kaYNg fairly easy Basque individual dance with
turns, taught at the 2009 PPW by Roo Lester.
Briul Pe Opt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ti151UcUyk fast, energetic Romanian line, a Mihai David
dance.
Ca La Mahala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvvYLOyOT3g Romanian line, taught by Mihai at 2014
PPW. Poor dancers on only online video. The line gets joined after awhile by some that know it, but they are
partially obscured until the second half of the tape.
Cetvorno Horo – Shopso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Bm9A1OAEo Bulgarian line dance,
somewhat difficult, five parts.
Cervorno Horo – Ripna Maca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12J0_8qn7Lw Bulgarian line. Here's
another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJpeW-YlUM I don't believe it's really a kind of Cetvorno and
can't find any evidence for that on You Tube. ? There's also a Serbian dance by that name, but this is the one I
know.
Chilili (partner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5QZoGDzpw Bolivian-Peruvian dance in facing lines.
Cimpoi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc8XQJtrAWU Romanian line ; A Mihai dance. Here it is with a
line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uno-6L7l2Gs
Ciorba de Curcan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NN2quwvDJM Romanian line, taught by Sonia Dion &
Cristian Florescu.
Dado la Dado http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cniprv-gsM easy Romanian line dance
Daichovo Horo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhzgtHM6W0 Bulgarian dance with calls and response;
we have done it a little; remembering the responses and which calls go with which footwork is the tricky part;
on the video it's hard to hear the calls. Here's Bulgarians doing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzMB6rgwC0 But perhaps the version requested was the one taught by
Jim Gold without calls for the 2004 PPW (no You Tube video). (is it?)
De a Lungul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-e6rTfuUTk (Romanian slow couple dance; blurry
monochrome video, but not hard to see the movements; rather complex. Below is a video link of Romanian
dancers, a bit less precise in following the music because they are deaf. They follow the dance with Invertita:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwbxcZwUTx4
Dobrudjanska Reka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcHqsqVDyXE Bulgarian women's line dance; Taught
by Yuliyan Yordanov at 2013 PPW; medium difficult. According to Dick Oakes, Yves Moreau found that a
Dobrudžan men’s complimented this women’s dance performed on stage in Bulgaria, and Andy Pollock has
done it at PPW
Dospatsko Horo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbThQCWvtdU (Bulgarian, one of ours; moderately
easy.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_rdsmPBrUE (Another video of it, better lighting, but it starts in
the middle of the dance, and a hand-held camera)
Doublebska Polka (mixer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vffEuIGNsiQ This video is how we do it (not
often), except that extra women can get in to get a partner when the women start circling. Women can also
slow down and speed up according to what partner they want next. If you don't get a partner, look for extra
partners in the center.
Drjanovska Racenica 1. Bulgarian; I'm not sure what this is; here's the only You Tube one by that name.
Drjanovska Racenica 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLZ58sE0Mw (Bulgarian; Yves Moreau dance;
Linda and I lead it) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efFAHnwXpE8 (another video of it)
Drmes Iz Zdencine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNeghHNYVGw Croatian circle dance, a little bit hard;
can (should!) get fast.
Erev Ba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ILTiQWPHrs Israeli circle. The tempo of the tape is faster than we
do it.
Floricica Olteneasca Floricica Olteneasca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp6pb_klRyw difficult, physical
line Romanian dance; (a Mihai dance, led by him); More videos of it below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITfFYnAPPBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h13_GyvALJo
Gavotte D’Honneur, Breton dance. The dance we do is a line dance, but all of those on You Tube are couple
dances with different music. Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4kS7aSOMFo
Gorarche http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7OEMMQiK8 Albanian; three parts, a Steve Kotansky dance;
here are instructions: http://ww w.folkdance.com/LDNotations/Gorarce2000LD.pdf
Hambo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCsTS5GDkvE Swedish couple dance; men and women's steps are
out of phase with each other, which makes it especially tricky to learn. Another video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNLdp-yD2mw
Hora Anton Pann http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wKVgs_rXsI Romanian line dance; fairly slow. And
another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMz78XpZvrk
Hora lui Chisar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qGYDrkwfk Romanian line dance.
Hora Mamtera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Y5uIv9xqg Two videos, one a line dance, the other
individual dancers, followed by Haroah Haktana, which in this video it closely resembles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMOEWcM-_Ps
Hora Spoitorilor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sPhldO1RP8 Romanian line dance, (Mihai's)
choreographed for two lines here and slightly different in steps and styling than the Gainesville group does it,
but in the ballpark.
Horehronsky Csardas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r0OPrquGpA Hungarian line; fairly easy to follow,
but faster at the end. Another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiBJ3a9RGN4
Indiski Kocek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9VEnQ7Qc4w Macedonian gypsy line; It's a Kotansky
dance, but I'm not sure how close this version, with somewhat different music, is to his, which I haven't done.
My guess is that it's close enough that you could follow him if you learned this one. Easy steps, but practice
the hips. It helps to double click to enlarge because the black outfits make it hard to see the small movements.
Iste Hendek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUwgPcyEBAM Easy Turkish line dance.
Joc Batrinesc din Niculitel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d255-FAvgq0 (Romanian line dance,
moderately easy, fairly slow. Another video of it; slight differences in steps and one repeats the first part, the
other doesn't: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLkdRZZS_rE)
Jovano Jovanke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenUVPrqA2s Macedonian line dance. For part 2, watch
the woman in the purple skirt and white blouse. She does the leg cross as I learned it. We do it, but not often. I
know a version with separate lines of men and women and slower, more soulful music.
Kali Tihi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKihsAlZmY (Greek; Lee Otterholt teaches the dance; Basic step
done at 0:40--follow the woman with the blue shirt). The following video shows clips of people doing the
dance [off and on after 0:31]) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZAwDwF_jy0
Kapura, Slovalkian, individual, no You Tube video; taught by Jim Gold at 2004 PPW.
Karamfil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9DbLgoGMJQ Bulgarian line; easy.
Katerino Mome (Ventzis Arap), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTV_jn9UnWM easy Bulgarian line
dance.
Kyustendilska Rucenitsa all videos by that name are of a somewhat different dance than I learned. Bulgarian
line, moderately difficult and fast (depending on the music). The following link is the closest to what we do:
the first half of the repeated dance steps is very close, but the second is very different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rYZGOl-oM
Korobushka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je7HED9eZeA Russian, lively; couples in a circle; remember
to change partner.
Kreuz Koenig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7CbX73C8XM German 2-couple set dance; hard to pick up
without a group that knows what it's doing. This version has all of the details the way I know it.
Krivata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTlbFoWFw84 Bulgarian line dance.
Kruchmarsko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpgihQOyjyI Bulgarian line dance; not too hard.
Le Laride; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zjg4N-WpiM open circle dance from Brittany; simple dance,
easy to follow.
Malhao (partner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJBn_DpTz3g Portuguese dance, taught by Andrea
Taylor-Blenis, who taught it to us, PPW 2012.
Mavromata, easy Greek open circle dance taught by Lee Otterholt. no video on You Tube, instructions on p.
93 of this syllabus: http://www.folkdance.org/old_syllabus/fdc2006.pdf
Menim Balam, "My Baby" Azerbaijani women’s dance, line or circle; a lullaby. No video. Here are directions:
http://evansvillefolkdancers.com/resources/Notes/M/Menim%20Balam%20DN.pdf
Misirlou, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Ka1yu_bX4 easy Greek dance. Surprising that there are so
few videos of it, maybe because it's so well known, but none do the variations we do.
Myatalo Lenche http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYz157PzPcU, I don't know if this is the right dance, and
the camerawork is terrible for seeing the footwork, although toward the end you get to see some feet; it's a
Bulgarian lively line dance.
Olahos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4rdLmfKcig Hungarian individual dance ; energetic.
Ooska Gookas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8rX_KRG1-A; Armenian line, fairly slow and easy.
Opinca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouhN2dN5FDc Romania line dance we do regularly--the one with
the "mamaliga" call; fairly slow but complex.
Orijent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma9CzzzT_Gg Serbian line led by a 95-year old lady in video.
Paharelul; Romanian, no video. Rhythm is a little tricky, but not difficult. Some leaps. A Mihai David dance .
Instructions: http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/dances/paharelu.htm
Paraliakos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_m7sYg2Uog easy Greek; Lee Otterholt on video
Populli Jon, Albanian, I think. no dance on You Tube; here's music by that name, and pictures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJqXTB5B_Ms
Poslushaitte Patrioti, Macedonian line, no dance on You Tube; taught by Jim Gold at 2005 PPW; here's the
music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WzBwXvhomo
Postie’s Jig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jIadq4M6xk (with broom) set dance; Scottish, I think.
Without broom still tricky to learn from video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stc0bK-9xM
Preskacanka, Bulgarian, no dance video; here's music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGtKVsBRaw
Radomirsko Horo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqLiazeV6TI no video of dancers, only the music; taught
by Jim Gold at 2004 PPW; most experienced dancers should be able to follow.
Ravno Oro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnmWDNYaC44 Greek line (the dancers here are Serbian and
do the second half differently). Taught by Yuliyan Yordanov at 2012 camp; medium difficult.
Rusi Kosi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDBLY3TLz8 Bulgarian line. The Dunav dancers often have
slight variations from the way dances were taught to us, and I don't know this one, but it should be in the
ballpark.
Rustemul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3XP4-Y3A4c (Romanian line, one of Mihai's; one of ours,
lively and somewhat difficult) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ND4ePo8nn8 (another video of it)
Sandansko Horo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2mEiPvFz1Q Bulgarian line; this is the style and music I
know. Here's one with a somewhat different feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5tSEbTsrQM
Sborinka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95tD7uww5Sw (Bulgarian line; medium easy)
Serbes Donka, Bulgarian; no dance video; I'm pretty sure this is the right music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49fErfk_fmE
Sheyavo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsncTOFzkDc Israeli couple; here's a teaching video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYFl9fd5-3s; and one for good luck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_YS6Y2pmc
Shrewsbury Lasses (set) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1qy7jW-JSs English country dance that you
could actually learn from this video! Here's a group doing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFD2EaNb7Vg
Siriul Buzau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeLPAsRjq4 Romanian line dance; easy to follow, slow,
good video.
Siriysko Horo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LF8GT2g5is Taught by Yuliyan Yordanov at 2013 PPW;
botches the tricky part.
Sitna Zborenka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLfbO6Ula-A Bulgarian line moderately easy. This video
has the best styling on part 4. Here's another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3voynv0ACo
Stara Djurdjevka; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXP4hETAA54 easy Serbian line dance taught at the
2013 PPW. Different music; same dance (stara=old).
Svatba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8CkD0nEbs4 Lee Otterholt teaches; Bulgarian line; fairly easy,
good video. For review: fig. 1 at 2:29: (4 times); fig.2: 3:23; fig. 3: 5:36; 4th fig. 7:10; step for zurna interlude
at 8:42. Here's a Norwegian folk dance club doing the dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IYucZRqzQc
Syrtos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc7juTflcwI easy Greek dance; not a good video, but y'all know
this one anyway. Leader can do fancy stuff.
Te Aven Baxtale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnS9FNNtekY Romanian gypsy; the third step is a bit
tricky; three of them and then 2 steps back. Taught by Sonia Dion and Christian Florescu at 2008 PPW. Here's
another video, more cluttered, but less blurry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPeChW13OXE another
video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iomc-VoFGI
Three's a Crowd (set) no video; here are directions:
http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/ThreesACrowd1998LD.pdf
Tino Mori https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8N7N4kaBYk easy Macedonian line or circle.
Trei Pazeste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-sbm6sesl4 Romanian line, somewhat difficult because it's
quick; I lead it for us. I removed the video I had in first place because it had only two of the Tcherkasia-like
steps; the third was replaced by two more steps in the travel], which is confusing. This one also differs from
the way I learned it ; an apart- and-together is done in place of the Tcherkasia-like in front-and-behind step I
learned, but at least there are three of them.
Triti Puti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHfqowfn54 Bulgarian line.
Tziur Chassidi; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTdTUMkeAB0 Israeli circle dance; easy.
Ya Abud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il7M-H-N-XU Israeli dance choreographed from Jordanian Arab
music. Because it's quick and there are five or six different steps, people can stumble a bit, but it's not too
hard.
Yar Ko Parag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6I823kYWw Armenian circle ; Lee Otterholt leading.
Yolanda mambo line taught by Sandy Starkman at 2002 PPW
Zwiefacher, Schneider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ1U6UFKKW8&list=PLnvpn6A3GdlYl2Y1DRRMz8CWYglvpWSAG&index
=6 Bavarian dance. Zwiefacher (2 dance steps mixed together) is the type of dance; Schneider is the specific
dance. This video gives the sequence of steps, P being a single step, W being a 3-step waltz combination and
the number meaning the times repeated. However, dance sequence should read (PPW PPWW)2 (PPWP
PPWW)2--or, as written under the dancers, which I find much harder to follow-- (2PW 2P2W)x2 (2PWP
2P2W)x2--that is, in the second part, instead of 4 PPWW's, PPWP should alternate with PPWW. Notice that
the opening page spells the dance Zweifacher; that's the standard German, but the Bavarian spelling is written
below and pronounced Tsvee-fah-kher.
Zensko Camce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wTDCS7SLt0 Macedonian woman's line This is a 3dance performance; Zensko Camce follows Dajcovo Horo This is a more drawn out version, gradually speeding
up over nearly six minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4PZIoTAi5w&spfreload=1. Steve Kotansky
has taught this dance.
Saturday Night Requests
Agadelcha, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn9JLW_WeD4 , created in 1979 as Yemenite man prayer
dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwKIbW9HUk
Aj Lipo Ti Je http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvsUg-OGDk4 Taught by Zeljko Jergan at 2010 PPW. From
Baranja, Hungary, across the river from Baraja Croatia; easy, slow; led from behind.
An Dro Retourné http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrKnL0r-AzA easy French line or circle, taught by
France Moreau at 1999 PPW.
Arnold's Circle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvXFGo8cN8 change partner circle dance; a little
complex, but with some effort you should be able to sort it out.
Batraneasca de la Arbore, Romanian line, no video, taught by Yves Moreau at 2009 PPW.
Beleilot Hakayits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDw2Bo7aS2A Israeli, medium difficult--and not so easy
to learn from the video.
Berovka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3V-7bRMDnQ Macedonian, medium difficult.
Another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxfYPbROYqQ
Bourree d’Oulches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLXMnmiXePg French two couple dance, not difficult.
Briul de la Fagaras, no video, no instructions. Romanian individual dance, learned from Mihai. Strenuous. This
is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nFgR_X02E
Bucimis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5SJTUJCMp8 Bulgarian line with a tricky reel-stamp 5th step.
Cano; no video, Turkish woman's dance; line or circle taught by Ercüment Kiliç at 2013 camp; easy; directions:
http://evansvillefolkdancers.com/resources/Notes/C/Cano%20DN.pdf
Cekurjankino Horo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFaNnVvov_o Bulgarian line; fairly difficult.
Chef http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbZfd-6qzaM advanced, with leg slaps and stamps, Romanian-Gypsy? A Japanese solo!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki058w-m3_0 ; it's possible to learn with some
effort--certainly worthy of an attempt!
Cinino Kolo, no video or information. I'm guessing that this should be Cicino Kolo, Serbian line, taught by Bata
Marcetic at 2013 PPW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZU14j52AS0 (the video has a few differences in
the steps, but similar). ??
o an at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie4eZ0zzE70 Albanian line; slow enough to follow.
Dana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4HM_SeT6dM (Romanian, taught by Sonia Dion and Christian
Florescu at 2008 PPW dance camp ; no hands, moderate difficulty)
David Melech Israel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLREfpCg0I Israeli line, slow, easy to follow, good
video.
Davorike Dajke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcStv5-Qbbc ; Serbian; taught by Sandy Starkman at
2002 PPW dance camp; poor video, but easy and slow enough to follow.
Debka Ramot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyzaIblbcdM Israeli circle, lively. a video with a group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJPzZAymNYM
Dedo Mili Dedo dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPzA8QNCtbM Macedonian line, medium
difficulty; reasonably easy to follow in the video
Delcevsko Horo, Macedonian line, I think I know this one from way back, but no video or information. ?
Drmes iz Marijanaca: Croatian circle dance; no video; a Zeljko Jergan dance with a steady, lively, rhythm, but
there's no further information on the web.
Enino Horo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWgbVm5uPsE easy Bulgarian line.
Esmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln5LcEcA94Y (Turkish line, easy; no Youtube video; taught by
Ercüment Kiliç at 2013 PPW dance camp)
Gergebunarsko Horo no information
Gocino Kolo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJ8vFe_N0Y, this may be the music or not, but American
folk dancers do a more complex dance (which I don't know):
http://www.yumpu.com/it/document/view/20995500/gocino-kolo-folk-dance-federation-of-california
Godecki Cacak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egyaO2kE7h0 Bulgarian line; a few minor differences in
video.
Gori More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECgs5odksl0 easy line Serbian line.
Harmonica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnknpBktkM Israeli circle ; we do a back-handed slap not
seen here; easy dance, video less than good.
Hasapiko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAwLS-1ofFM (Greek line, moderately easy; leader calls
changes. None of videos matches the way we do it, but we could use some of the variations.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tcKVpyd2Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBjpYXvV4EY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAwLS-1ofFM
Heilsberger Dreieck http://www.izaak.unh.edu/dlp/NorthernJunket/pages/NJv10/NJv1006/NJv.10.06.p27.htm German set dance; no video; the link is to the directions. Not too difficult for a set
dance, but not easy to learn from written directions--which is all we used to have when I started dancing--no
videos
Hey Vala, Armenian dance, no further information.
Hora Nuntasilor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32w9NpOkEYg Romanian; Fairly quick, not too hard; easy
to see what's done in video.
Hora Veche http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z0G9W9sgZo Romanian; slow enough to folow.
Isu Bjala Nedo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBz_QU9hf4c Lee Otterholt leading, nice, easy dance,
double click to enlarge video
Jiana lui Ana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5eMGhW2PSU, Romanian circle, easy to follow.
Jove Male Mome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TaO2gyBYDo Bulgarian line, fairly quick, a bit tricky.
Karabag; Turkish, taught by Ercüment Kiliç at 2013 camp; slow and fast parts.
Kochari, Armenian line; here's a video, I don't think it's the one I have done, which I can't remember without
hearing the music, and I can't find any I recognize or any directions. ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zeVPR5qCg
Koljovo Horo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xiQFH5xgbA&list=PL6D698AC42439FBC1 Bulgarian, fairly
easy)
Kujawiak Niebeski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvtJpyYSKYY Polish woman's dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kApKBMkf0TY you can see the feet better in this one
Kúne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nRi8nYUQhg Bulgarian circle, taught by Iliana Bozhanova
La Charita (mixer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA3BisufBVM Mexican change-couple dance; easy.
Sto Mi E Milo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQVeIXqyFx0 fairly slow, easy Bulgarian led by Jim Gold.
Levi Jackson Rag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybeLwl1Vj3c five-couple set dance, fun if you can
manage it. The video explains and demonstrates it very well.
Made in Romania http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGGwOdbrr0 Romanian; individual dancers; blurry
and foreground figures cut off, but better than this one where the dancers are harder to keep track of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0_kEPL7xz8; relatively easy.
Mairi's Wedding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRpLfLurI5s Scottish set dance: very complex.
Melnik: easy Bulgarian line. The name of the dance is the smallest town in Bulgaria; there is no video of, or
directions to, the dance on line. The music in this link is very similar to the pace and mood and resembles the
melody of the dance, so you can at least get an idea of what the dance is like: in a minor key, sad in feeling,
and moderately slow. That's the town of Melnik in the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYZnKWTMUI
Michael's Czardas; Hungarian couple dance. No video, but here's a video of a czardas; the couples begin about
3:58. Michael's steps are related, but different.
Moj Dragane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWROJIc0ruM Croatian line dance; slow and easy; dancers
appear late in video; taught at 2002 PPW dance camp by Sandy Starkman
Moja Diridika http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXd4WSE2L18 This is the version I know, A nice simple
Croatian circle dance. At 4:26 the man explains the drmes step--correctly. But when they dance it, they only
do one bounce. For a dance with many drmeses, look at this: Check the drmes from 1:33 until the end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQUuh1tNjM.
Murescanca, lively Romanian line; a Mihai dance on his first Gypsy Camp record; no video Here are directions
(only two parts): http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/dances/muresanc.htm
Nabrale Je http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvHu_HjtSig lively, easy Croatian circle dance.
Ne Felj Lanyum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVxtNUoImM Hungarian line; Steve Kotansky teaching;
slow, easy; good video
Oj Dimitro Le https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9y5z-gFeAo Bulgarian line led by Lee Otterholt (there's a
video of the dance led by Yves Moreau too, but it must have been shot with a cell phone--held vertically!)
Pajdusko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT8-7BmOryA Macedonian or Bulgarian line. Done at parties
and weddings by just about everyone. We actually do a somewhat different dance that I can't find a video of,
and that may be the one requested. ??
Pandalas Bulgarian dance; no video by that name, but Folk Dance Notes says it's the same as Kucata, for which
there is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqWhzyYmLqY ??
Pinosavska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJLig9uh54 easy-to-follow Serbian line dance.
Polonez Royale (no online video that matches our choreography; taught by Richard Schmidt at 2006 camp
and on that camp video; partner dance; a national dance of Poland; the following video isn't the choreography
we do, but observe the style, with the foot extended before coming down on the accented first beat of each
measure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3e1OH1BpjA Here is the chorography of Richard Schmidt, who
taught us at PPW dance camp 2006: http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/PolonezRoyale2004LD.pdf ;
fairly complicated)
Preumblata de femei http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkmV7MozemM nice Romanian dance; taught by
Theodor (and Lia) Vasilescu at 2002 PPW; slow, picks up pace a bit towards the end but never fast, not hard.
Roata din Bihor; no video; Romanian; one of Mihai's, but I don't remember which it is. Here's the music, but
not Mihai's recording.
Roata femeilor Maramures, Romanian dance, no further information, no video, but here's one of Maramures
dances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YU6NkqFLuY
Rustemul de la Intoarsa; one of Mihai's Romanian line dances. About the speed of Rustimul; it has skips and
reels in it and swinging arms. Energetic and somewhat difficult.
Rustemul de la Patulele: no video, Romanian; music has a quick, skipping quality, but I don't know the dance.
Sabrali sa se Sabrali Bulgarian line or circle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFPyMjW8alY video of just
the music; not hard to follow, slow. I believe it was taught by Yves Moreau at the 1999 PPW, which I missed.
??
Sadi Moma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tw9_PL5Y7g Bulgarian line, fairly easy; one of Yves
Moreau's dances from long ago i.e., the 20th Century).
Sardana (Angelina) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZXhkLO9p0k easy Catalan circle; feet sometimes
visible in video.
Schuhplattler Ländler (partner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCINO7p00I an advanced dance not
suitable for doing if you don't know it and hard to learn from the video.
Shir Ahava Lerodus, taught: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_G-2mAeuMc Israeli, moderately difficult.
It's one that has been done regularly at the annual folk dance workshop. Many turns. Two more videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7c_oZn160A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c_D42pDgxM
Sirba Pe Loc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFVGNmR3St0 one of Mihai's Romanian line dances; quick
and energetic.
Soroc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v156Abp71Ak&list=PL0C9121A5FCD13EF0 Romanian line; one of
Mihai's; not hard.
Staro Bansko Horo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG08xpXTz1c an Yves Moreau dance, a Bulgarian
slow line--in the dark! There is a fast dance by the same name, but I think the slow one is the one requested
Here's the other one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlpJpEkFJRE
Stella di Maggio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRiudyz1wY Italian Swiss line (or couple) dance; taught
by Yves Moreau at 2009 PPW dance camp; one of ours, easy.
Syrtos Kitrinou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56o5iS4NPj0 Greek, slow line, easy to follow. another
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeMiwrVIS28
Takanata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nxn0NWz_s Bulgarian line, taught by Yves Moreau at 2009
PPW; moderately tricky
Tropanka Bulgarian line, There are several videos of Tropanka, but the dances vary. I don't think any of them
are quite the same as the one Yves Moreau taught. This one is a lousy video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhTiEz9DIf0 The music and steps seem the most familiar here the most
likely here, but the video is even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVTaRds7k8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2uXMYxWG3Q This one is a better video, but the music sounds wrong.
?
Tsamikos 16 ct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4uGegk994 Greek, fairly slow; a little tricky.
Turkish Ramo Ramo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAzJQcIww4 Taught by Yuliyan Yordanov at 2013
PPW dance camp; individual dancers in lines. Video has different, slower music and one guy improvises a bit.
Easy, except the turns make it hard to follow..
Twelfth Street Rag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEf7JbAhNQ (American couple dance .Wild video,
but hopefully you can recognize it if you have done it before.
Tzadik Katamar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0HDKA3IaKs Israeli circle, easy.
U Sest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNX1RVZh018 This is what I know as U Sest #3, not U Sest #7,
which Jim Gold taught at 2005 PPW, with the "oop-sah's," for which there's no video. Orlando has #3 as U Sest
with no number, so I guess that's the right video. ? Watch the lead dancer in the line at the far left, who does
some of the variations. The line in front of her just does the same step.
Valija Hajde Merre Furken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3l8DtEb0U Albanian line, taught at
2014PPW by Steve Kotansky; slow but hard to follow.; requires balance.
Valle Pogonishte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzvs1bkBUTc Albanian line; Yves Moreau taught it at
the 2009 PPW; fairly slow.
Vidinsko Horo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=981NNd2jczg, Bulgarian line, fairly quick, lots of stamps,
moderate difficulty. Here's Romanian performers doing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PM1TiWp25A
Vlashko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9lkDkGvY8o (Difficult, Bulgarian line; I think Yves Moreau taught
it at the 1999 PPW, but I missed that one: slow and quick parts .) ?
Vlashi Tanc, no information other than it's a dance of the Vlach ethnic group.
Vossarull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3c4mUeMFCE Norwegian couple dance; not hard if you can
make a turn with your partner in two steps. Another video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRvmZ9p90Vw
Vulpiuta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9bxxYrStfA Romanian line or circle dance, quick, energetic,
moderately hard. Here's another with a group : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_vZ4yUR6c
Ya Da Kalinushku Lomala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D8P4boUpQ Russian circle, fairly slow, not
hard.
Zazpi Jautziak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IyHhIdlNIM cool video for learning! Basque individual
dance. Taught by Roo Lester at 2009 PPW. This is basically the dance, but the footwork is a bit different: the
feet don't cross; the travel is forward instead of sideways in the video. It's the dance that symbolizes the
Basque nation with one jump; the three French provinces (3 jumps); four Spanish provinces (4 jumps), the
seven provinces (7 jumps) and the whole nation (1). Here's another, but don't watch the girl in the light blue
blouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAm3Am6VWHc and neither video shows the jump sequence
above, which our music will use.
Zillertaler Ländler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgHN6yi4Lc Austrian couple dance. If the man
knows the dance, his partner may be able to follow if she's a fairly good dancer. But the man has to know what
he's doing. This is the version that's closest to the way I learned it. The second video is slower, so it's easy to
follow--except when they cross hands, which is done sometime after he steps through the joined arms with the
kneeling woman, I think at 1:12. chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KyAn4oWzaw But the man puts his
hands behind his head in one of the turns, which is awkward, and he omits the second, larger windows before the final
waltz.
Sunday Night Requests
Abdala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMf8yXaQDiQ Bulgarian line, lively; fairly difficult. An Yves
Moreau dance.
Ada's Kujawiak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBGdhWKW3jQ (Polish couple dance. We have a few
styling differences from this performance, but the video is the easiest one to see; not too difficult to follow;
fairly slow).
Adjon az Isten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X62JgV8CVxw Hungarian line dance; slow, very easy. I
think Linda may lead this sometimes.
Agir Halay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3nLH8gupA8 Turkish line; can't guarantee this is the dance;
I'm guessing it's Margaret's request, but Orlando has a dance of this name, with music at this link: (but not this
recording) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxH-rcGnX18
Aino Kchume, Assyrian couple dance. The video is close to the dance as I know it, except that we do three
variations and not the one turning the woman.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=aino+kchume+you+tube&form=VIRE1&first=1#view=detail&mid=DC3
7D646FD83584D96E7DC37D646FD83584D96E7
Ajde Jano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_KFeQ6ngLs Serbian line; slow, easy. this is the closest video
to the way we do it.
Ajsino Oro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_07B-eMrxIA Albanian, medium easy; video easy to follow.
Ali Pasha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl2vmzUrefQ Turkish Line dance; taught by Bora Özkök, 1973.
Some dancers mess up in video; follow the tall woman in sandals and, when she disappears, the tall man in
black pants; easy dance.
Alunelul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e86zZYEF5o Romanian circle or line; easy.
Avre Tu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKbC-773Q8 Israeli circle; here's instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwoVsVlLs7w medium speed and difficulty.
Balta, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSb1uFs20fA fast, difficult Romanian dance, no video. Here are
directions: http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/dances/balta.htm
Bavno Oro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwm_D2ALT1Q Macedonian; mostly moderately easy, but the
last part is fast.
Belasicko Oro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcjye3AbY1Y Macedonian; four parts, but moderately
easy to follow.
Bicak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ymcJ7uN2VY Bulgarian, quite tricky to learn from video (also from
directions), but worth learning. Directions: http://www.folkdancenotes.com/dancenotes/bicak.htm (note: it's
very helpful to keep the tune and rhythm in your head while following the directions).
Bufcansko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObaSHZLbQA8 easy Macedonian line dance. John Papas
demonstrates and cautions us not to do it the way we usually do.
Cacak iz Padez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRpzqh5cbM Serbian line; fuzzy video; dance is very
similar to Brogovsko Oro, quick and energetic; medium easy.
Cetvorka; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpQj9hmLh8Y&sns=em The silent video, contributed by Steve
Turner, is of Atanas Kolorovski doing the dance 40 years ago. Macedonian folk dance, advanced; hard to
follow if you don't know it.
Cha Cha España http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joiXbgJHOHM Latin-style dance, choreographed by Ira
Weisburd (USA) & Motti Kotzer (Israel).; moderately easy except that the turns make it hard to follow. If you
don't know it, stay in the middle of the pack so there is always someone in front of you to follow.
Ciuleandra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJTSPvcUI7I (Romanian circle; A Mihai David dance. One of
ours. Progressively faster, fairly easy.)
Corrido (Eso si, cómo no) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimnyVwZ56I Mexican couple, medium
difficulty.
Daronee Yerkev Armenian dance; no dance video; here's the music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gJaOV2tCMU
Delilo http://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2014/03/delilo-turkey.html (a popout may block the scroll bar,
but you can get around it). Wow! instructions and four videos of dancers at this link (scroll down). Turkish
dance taught to us by Bora Özkök long ago. Our style is more like the second version.
D’Hammerschmiedgselln https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfalJlS7ESo German two-couple dance; first
link has very clear instructions. moderately easy. Here's two sets, a little quicker than our music--but where
they turn their own partner at the end we learned it to make a large circle of all the smaller ones and repeat
the first turning step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAoHkAIerM
Djanguritsa Bulgarian line; did Yves teach it? I cannot find any of the dance we do. This is the one that all the
videos show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9b1NpJXx1c
Donke Lesnoto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6KOCfjFS4Y Jim Gold teaching on video; slow
Macedonian; easy video to follow
Dror Yikra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NE9HTFj8sU Israeli individual dance, moderately difficult.
Here's another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8nLxBP4ZVY
Eshebo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGq0qsZD1n0 rather difficult Israeli line dance; another video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cUInt7b90
Giusevska Ruchenitsa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFdm5bI3KTA rather hard Bulgarina line, varied
footwork, quick.
Goralski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ir9_Zaur5E Polish line, taught by Richard Schmidt at 2006 PPW
Guzelleme Turkish line; one of Bora Özkök 's dances; no video or music, but easy to follow. Here are
directions: http://www.folkdancenotes.com/dancenotes/guzelleme.htm .
Hole in the Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krs2eKMaliI English country set dance; not too difficult,
especially if you do many set dances, but the video is a little confusing because of all the sets.
Hora de la Tulnici Romanian line dance, no video or music; Taught by Theodor (and Lia) Vasilescu; first part
hands up, walking speed; second part hands swing back and forth, steps a bit tricky.
Hora Fetelor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1ByCr5RHo Slow Romanian; A Mihai David dance. Should
be a line, not a circle; fairly easy.
Hora Nuntasilor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32w9NpOkEYg Romanian; Fairly quick, fairly easy; easy to
see steps in video (but watch those who seem to know it).
Ini Vitui http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPwvYaP5E4 simple line dance, Aroman/Romanian.
Jiana de la Tilisca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kOQWfBCq3M Romanian line, moderately easy,
moderate speed.
Joc de Leagane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlFSrJqLoM Romanian cradle dance; slow; easy to
follow on video; often done at PPW.
Kalesh Kate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbh1JUxi8a4 Bulgarian line, medium hard.
Karagouna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2aLeHfNZNk Greek line, slow, easy, with a quick Syrtos
interspersed.
Koljovo Horo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xiQFH5xgbA&list=PL6D698AC42439FBC1 Bulgarian line,
fairly easy
Krici Krici Ticek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGbnucxmpM Croatian circle dance--can get very fast [it
should to be fun. If you don't want to go fast, find a group that will go slower].
Kyustendilska Rucenitsa All videos by that name are of a somewhat different dance than I learned. Bulgarian
line, moderately difficult and fast (depending on the music). The following link is the closest to what we do:
the first half of the repeated dance steps is very close, but the second is very different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rYZGOl-oM
La Bastringue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6WJxNgSmY French Canadian couple mixer;
Moderately easy.
Ma Navu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_Q5vJ1gHw easy, slow Israeli line.
Maple Leaf Rag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz39wooPhAw American couple dance; moderately
difficult; video has directions called as they dance. Another video, underlit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECUpdNDJvI0
Moj Maro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewOPQGSLreo easy , slow Albanian line; taught by Lee
Otterholt at 2003 PPW.
Mori Shej https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6RLcLEeuQA Humngarian Roma (Tsigani, Gypsy). The first
(dark) video has a fancier step than the following one. Is there a preference ??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBfJCjkxwE4
Na Dvi Strane Kolo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxJZdOqw6rM Croatian line or circle; this only does
one of the steps we do and only in one direction--and it's different music. Moderately easy. Taught by Želj o
Jergan at 1998 PPW.
FORMATION:
HANDS:
Closed circle, alternating M and W, facing ctr.
Hands joined in V-position
Women only: R arm bent and across body at waist, L arm resting on neighbors R arm.
STEPS:
FIG I
A)
Side-close:
Meas 1-4
2 side-close steps sdwd L /& 1 sdwd R /& 1 sdwd L
5-8
Repeat with opp ftwk moving sdwd R
9-12
Repeat meas. 1 - 4
B)
Drmeš
Same ftwk as side-close steps EXCEPT each step is a “drmeš“
Meas 1:
Moving sdwd R - step R to R with knees bent slightly (down) (ct 1); close L
beside R and bounce 2 times on both ft (up-up) (cts 2, &) most of wt on L
(ct &). (S, Q, Q)
When moving sdwd L use opp ftwk
FIG II
Meas 1
2
3
Step on L and step on R behind L
Step L, R, L in place (Q, Q, S)
Hop on L, at the same time touch R heel to R (Q); step R
in place (Q); step L next to R (S)
4
Step R, L, R in place (Q, Q, S)
STYLE: The drmeš (shaking dance) is done flat-footed with small steps and movements. All ftwk
is rather stiff legged and flatfooted.
Ne Felj Lanyum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVxtNUoImM Hungarian line; Steve Kotansky teaching
on video; slow, easy; good video.
Oj devojce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGrMBBUekMs A Lee Otterholt dance, taught at 2003 PPW;
slow, requires a little balance in second part.
Opa Cupa There is a Serbian gypsy dance choreographed by Steve Kotansky; four parts, but easy to follow-except that the music and directions specify five (5) lifts when dancers go to the center, which dancers in most
Florida groups don't do (except Gainesville). That's just not right! Taught by Jim Gold at 2005 PPW;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4ZyRq59Pg But it seems de rigeur on this occasion to do Lee
Otterholt's, taught at the 2003 PPW (or both). Nothing (dance, music, instructions are available online for this
version. Find someone who has the directions or video from the PPW and practice it. C'mon guys!
Pasarelska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_bNMyYA9o Bulgarian line, medium easy and medium
pace, but then speeds up a bit; short video. an even shorter, blurry--just the last 31 seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8T8F8r61k
Picking up Sticks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVXCqUMeVGI sets of three partners, medium speed
and complexity; good video. Video from a different angle in costume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgYB1jw1CU
Pravo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-eWdfZpMlE I believe there are different Pravos, all of which go
in and out, or forward then a backward step over and over. This is one I am familiar with; the leader can
change the step when he or she wants--or not. Jack, is this request Gary's (of which there is no video)?
Pre Pichior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VmWTR5lu4 Serbian, taught at 2003 PPW by Miroslav
Marcetic . Somewhat hard; energetic.
Prekid Kolo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUEF0o_7Sw Serbian line dance; quick; not too hard.
Another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOn3GNKqDy8
Romanian Medley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLAYmoQbM2I (best version ) line, slow , medium
then faster, but easy steps; also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxGWSSskt2Q
Reshil Cico da se Zheni; no video, here's the music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVRtZQxCImo; all I
know is that it's Macedonian.
Zagarisios; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeiJsSFzN-Q; fairly easy, slow Greek line dance; leader calls
changes. Another; minor variations with ours, but if you can follow these you're okay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeiJsSFzN-Q
Sapari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXwrF2SROuo Israeli line dance; Jim Gold teaches in this video.
moderately hard because of keeping track of multiple steps. Here's a video of someone trying to keep up with
the leader and some other dancers trying to figure it out in the background. Just watch the leader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCX341XpFc )
Savila Se Bela Losa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF2DZ3xnMNg Serbian line; very easy
Sedi Donka https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sedi+Donka+dance Bulgarian line, our music is
faster than this, making it harder; this video does variations that we don't do--but could. (I learned it at the
1973 PPW (female teacher, not Judith or Gretel)?? So does this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxiNylIuxqo
Sev Acherov Aghcheek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtLrDgocFgs Armenian line; fairly easy; double
click to enlarge video. Here's another video with slower music and slightly different styling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F92JbBIfDOo which one??
Sfarlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rzo0A-jZY0 Greek line dance; fairly easy. Here is another video of
it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZQGNBdTems Taught by Dennis Boxell at 2000 PPW.
Shopska Ruchenitsa no video online; taught by Yuliyan Yordanov at 2012 PPW; Bulgarian line, lively, but not
too fast or hard; on step 8 you can vary the step.
Sirba Din Cimpoi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZHmT7uUdGg Romanian line dance, one of Mihai's;
not too hard, but quick and a little physical.
Staro Pomasko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPcWpM6HAGw slow fairly easy Bulgarian line, Yves
Moreau leads. you may recognize some of the Dunav dancers with him. The dances look almost totally black
dancing against the light in the beginning, but you can make out the steps and eventually see them as they
swing around.
Tesbih no information; could it be Turkish?
Tokyo Polka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o_XKIvKLzQ Japanese singer; Richard Powers= American
choreographer, I think. Individual dancers, medium fast. L touch&back lrl diag. to the left; rt touch&back rlr
diag. to the right; L fwd r bk, full turn ccw=(lrl, rlr, l backwd., r fwd.) / l cross & r back, lrl, rt fwd & l back rlr
"charge"=(lrl, rlr fwd), turn back cw= (l, r, l, r 45o). Another video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62puI49To7M
Trgnala Rumjana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABJvnYvx_O8 A candidate for the easiest dance of all. It
used to be our final dance of the evening, lights out, except for a candle in the center of a circle of dancers.
Trip to Bavaria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrG4YDem0xg strange name for a Scottish set dance.
According to Aelita Pinter, it was supposedly choreographed by a Scottish dance group on a train station
platform in Bavaria. Looks complicated. Don't do it unless you have had some experience with this kind of
dance, preferably this one. The following video might be easier to follow (fewer people), but the lighting is
bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9bGgzxDlJg
Triplets Quadrille: taught at PPW dance camp by Ned and Marian Gault; no Youtube video, music, or
instructions available online; American set dance, four couples. I recall this as a complex dance you don't want
to try unless you know it--but fun if you do it right. Not to be confused with the Triplets Galop Quadrille.
Troaca, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLs6vUqNlMU fairly difficult, strenuous, fast Romanian dance; Lee
Otterholt taught it to this group, but not in the video. He's the dancer in the wine-colored shirt.
Tsamikos Epirou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dacl89OF2k, Greek line dance; I don't know if this is
the requested one, but I suspect it will be a slow dance in which the leader can show off.
Two Cousins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WIeTQNdw0, English country dance; partners in a
circle; change partner dance; slow not hard to learn, but maybe hard to follow if you don't learn it before you
try to dance it. Looks as it was taught by George Fogg at the 2003 PPW, except I don't recall the backing up
step. I thought we turned individually there. ??
Waltzing Matilda, fairly easy Australian circle of couples (mixer); various videos of singers, but none of
waltzers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUcRTvdcbM&list=RDQOfyHjRONLo&index=7
Yalel Ha'wa; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgniO79pSE ; Israeli line; medium difficulty; Jack Seltzer
introduced it to the Gainesville group; the first variation is nearly the same: the camel step; the other two are
totally different: part two is steps in a counterclockwise diamond shape as 1:9 of this dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7c_oZn160A followed rlr to rt., lrl to lft, two bounces on both feet; part
three is two turns, followed by the diamond steps and double bounce without the rlr, lrl. ?? Better check that
Jack
Yar ko Parag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6I823kYWw Armenian, Lee Otterholt leads in video, slow
line, 3 figs.