Michèle taught I Love a Rainy Night, a couple dance from the U.S. Judith re-taught Ali Pasa, from Turkey. Another good choreography is here. Intermediate section: Michèle taught Bekesi Paros, from Hungary. This is not an easy dance! However, if you were trying to follow and would like to see the instructions, there are some [...]
Archive for October, 2010
October 21, 2010 – I Love a Rainy Night (US), Bekesi Paros(USA)
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October 14, 2010 – Black Nag
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I, Judith reviewed La Bastringue and Trgnala Rumjana. I also reviewed Zemer Atik, which Gilles taught last week (see October 7th for all of these dances). Irfona taught Black Nag (England). Here are two videos of Black Nag: Black Nag This video is fascinating — In addition to being very clear, it matches the steps [...]
October 7, 2010 – La Bastringue, Trgnala Rumjana, Troika, Zemer Atik
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I, Judith, taught Trgnala Rumjana from Bulgaria. Interesting style note (from the linked choreography): Macedonians, or U.S. and Canadian folk dancers accustomed to Macedonian style, may have a tendency to add an extra bounce in meas 3 and 4, or raise active knee higher. Probably no Bulgarian would object to this, although it is not [...]
September 30, 2010 (Arap, Brasoveanca, Ma Na’avu, Neda Grivne)
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Our guest teacher on September 30th was Jean-Paul, who taught Arap and reviewed Ma Na’avu. I, Judith, reviewed Brasoveanca, the Romanian couple mixer. Susan reviewed Neda Grivne (Macedonia). Here are videos of some of these dances, in alphabetic order: Arap (Bulgaria) (often danced to the song Zajko Kokorajko) These people dance Arap similarly to the [...]
