VRANJANKA
Serbian | |||
PRONUNCIATION: | VRAHN-yahn-kah | ||
TRANSLATION: | From Vranje | ||
SOURCE: | Dick Crum introduce the dance described below to folk dancers in the United States. Dennis Boxell and Anatol Joukowsky also introduced dances by the same name. | ||
BACKGROUND: | The dance comes from Vranje, a town in southern Serbia. The most popular tune for the dance is Šano Dušo, meaning "Shana, dear." It is also danced to the tune Belo Lenče. | ||
MUSIC: | Folkdancer (45rpm) MH 45-3020 (Šano Dušo); Folkraft (45rpm) 1493x45 (Šano Dušo); XOPO (45rpm) X-314 (Šano Dušo); Monitor (LP) MF 356, side 1, band 1 (Šano Dušo); Festival (LP) FLP-1505 (Belo Lenče); Festival (45rpm) FEP-101 (Belo Lenče); | ||
FORMATION: | Open cir of mixed M and W with hands joined and held up in modified "W" pos: hands extended fwd at shldr level with arms gently curved. | ||
METER/RHYTHM: | 7/8, sometimes played stangely in 3/4), the slow-quick-quick rhythm (3-2-2=7) noted in dancer's counts below as 1,2,3. | ||
STEPS/STYLE: | The body, leaning bwd slightly to conteract the extended arms, is relaxed, the flexing of the knees giving a lnguorous feeling to the shldrs and arms. | ||
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MEAS | MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION |
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INTRODUCTION | |||
None. | |||
THE DANCE | |||
1 | Step R swd (ct 1), rise slightly on R as L is brought in front of R (ct 2); step L across in front of R (ct 3); | ||
2 | Step R swd with heel slightly turned out to R, body facing slightly L, and at same time flex R knee (ct 1); touch L ft slightly fwd to L and flex knees twice (cts 2,3); | ||
3 | Repeat action of meas 2 to L with opp ftwk; | ||
4 | Repeat action of meas 2; | ||
5 | Step L in place (ct 1); step on ball of R in back of L (ct 2); step L in place (ct 3). | ||
Repeat entire dance from beg. | |||
Copyright © 2003 by Dick Oakes |
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