ŠESTORKA from Bela Palanka Serbian
PRONUNCIATION:	SHEH-stor-kah from BEH-lah PAH-lahn-kah
TRANSLATION:	Dance in six from Bela Palanka
SOURCE:	Dick Crum taught this dance to folk dancers in the United States.
BACKGROUND:	There are a number of "Šestorke" found in the Nišava River valley in east Serbia. This one, collected from natives of the towns of Spaj and Bela Palanka by Yugoslav dance researchers Ljubica and Danica Janković in 1934, is no longer danced today.
MUSIC:	Kola (45rpm) K-406
FORMATION:	Lines of mixed M and W holding neighbors' belts in "X" pos with R arm under.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	The steps are small throughout and are danced close to the floor.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION - None.
	THE DANCE
1	Facing and moving R, step R (ct 1); hop R, bringing L fwd in preparation for the step in meas 2 (ct 2).
2	Continuing to R, repeat action of meas 1 with opp ftwk.
3	Facing ctr, step R slightly to R (ct 1); close L to R, taking wt, with L arch near R toe (ct 2).
4	Repeat action of meas 3.
5	Small hop L in place (ct 1); step R in front of L (ct &); step L in place (ct 2).
6	Step R next to L (ct 1); step L in place (ct 2).
7	Repeat action of meas 5.
8	Step R next to L (ct 1); hop R (ct 2).
9-12	Repeat action of meas 5-8 with opp ftwk.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
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