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Happy Folk

ances

MICHAEL HERMAN S FOLK DANCE ORCHESTRA

Dance Directions by Michael Herman, Folk Dance House, New

fork

City

Arrangements by Walter Eriksson

SIDE 1

MISIRLOU (GreeceAmerica)

This dance is often erroneously referred

to as the

Kritikos:

Actually the

Mrsirlou

a watereddown version of the

Kritikos

originated

at

a Greek festival in Pitts

burgh. The traditional music was

un

available and the

Misirlou

tune was

substituted. In its modified form, the

dance became popular with American

folk dancers and is now a world-wide

favorite .

OPENING FORMATION: No partners are

needed. Dancers

stand

in a circle

with

elbows bent, little fingers linked. Some

times

dancers

are linked by holding the

ends of handkerchiefs. The circle is

broken, with a leader at one end.

PART 1: All face

center

and step on

right foot. Pause slightly.

Point left toe forward. Pause slightly.

Take

3

quick steps, moving sideward to

the right, as follows:

Step on left behind right; step on right

to side; place left foot down beside right

foot and pause.

PART 2: Without dropping hands, all

face to the left, and sweeping right foot

forward in

an

arc, walk to the left

straight

forward-right, left, right.

Now walk backward 3 steps-left, right,

left-and pause slightly.

Face center and repeat dance from

beginning.

Greek dancers usually sound

oR

with a

hissing SS55SSS to express joy. Dancers

may want to do this

to

add flavor,

but

it

should not

bit

overdone .

TEACHING HINT: In teaching the dance,

the leader may simplify

PART

I in this

manner:

Step

on right foot. Point left toe forward.

Now take 3 steps in place-left, right,

left. After dancers have done this a few

times, they may then take those last 3

ste'ps, not in place,

but

moving

sideward

as described in th e directions above. It

is

intere$ting to know that this simplifies

the dance, whereas teaching the side

ward

step without

preparation

sometimes

confuses the dancers

and

complicates the

dance.

MIL NOVO

KOLO

(Serbia)

The word

"Kolo"

means circle . Kolos

are the

predominant

dance in Yugo

slavia, and especially in Serbia. So popu-

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lar are they with American folk dancers

that periodic KoloJamborees are held in

many places from coast to coast, and the

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average

American

folk

dancer

knows

dozens of different Kolos. This

particular

one is a circle dance named after Milan,

a

man's name-thus Milonovo Kola or

}'lilan's circle.

t

is

extremely

easy,

even for those wh ?

are

just beginning to

learn folk dancing.

OPENING FORMATION:

There

are no

partners. All hands are joined in

a

circle,

,,hich

is

usually

broken, with

a leader

at

one end.

PART : Face slightly to the

right

and,

moving around the rim of the circle,

s ~ p - h o p

on

right foot,

then step-hop

on

left foot.

Face center of circle and step right, on

right foot. Step on left foot, placing it

down behind right.

Take

3 quick. light

steps in place-right, left, right.

Tht' pattern is now

repeated

to the left,

follows:

Fan:

left ,

step-hop on

left foot, then step

hop

on right.

Step

to left on left foot.

Place r ight foot behind left. Take

3

quirk,

slight steps in place-left, right, leCt.

PART 2: Bring

joined

hands straight for

ward to shoulder level. Move to center

of ring,

starting

on right foot-step

together-step, pause; then with left foot

step-together-step, pause.

Now

move

back yard with

the same step, right foot

first-step-together-step, pause; then left

-step-together-step,

pause.

Repeat dance

from the beginning.

NOTE that the joined

hands

in PART

must be held

straight

down-no

bent

elbows. The body is held erect, almost

arrogantly.

Shouts of

hey,

hup,

or

hi should

accompany the

dance. As

dancers go to the center of

the

circle in

PART

2

the Serbians sing ditties

that

are

improvised on the spot,

and

American

dancers may do the same.

The

following

St'rbian words

and

phrases

may

be

added

to

the repertoire of shouts for Kolos:

\'('selo

. , .

Hupatsup

. , . Haj, Haj, _

Bozhe

Daj

(pronounced

Hi,

Hi,

Bozhe

Di ) Ingra

Kolo.

Some of

these calls art" used on this record.

SIDE 2

F D O B L N QU IT (Spain)

~ I a m '

dances arc done to this music

t h r o ~ ~ h o u t

the United States, some of

th('m composed by individuals,

others

by

groups for performing purposes. The

v('fsion given here is the simplest and is

esplTiall\' Tll known in

both

community

and school dancing, particularly in the

('ast('rn part of the LTnited States.

OPENING FORMATION: Couples ar

ranged in a single cirdt , with lady to

right of man.

PART 1: All join hands and run, with

slIldll

light stt ps, 6 to the

kft

and I i

to

th

.

right.

I t

may also

e done

with 8

sic , walking steps in either directioll or

i th Il step-hops.)

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PART 2: All face center

and

sway in

place-right, left, right, left. The music

here

is

an

interlude

called a

vamp.

Now face partner and, with a right-hand

hold, turn in place clockwise with 3

schottische steps-right, left, right, hop

on right; Il'ft, right, left, hop on left.

Fact corner and do 3 schottische steps

with corner, holding left hands.

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face partner and

do

3 schottische

steps

with partner,

holding

right hands.

Face corner and do 3 schottische steps,

holding

kft

hands. Face center.

joining

hands

tn a sing'

circk, and balance

right, kft, right, Itoft-quickly (in place).


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PART 3: jump with both feet slightly

astride.

Hop

on right foot, bringing left

foot across right.

jump

on

both

feet again

and

bring

right

foot across left.

Do

two quick jumps on

both feet, facing center on the fint, turn

ing half to the right to face the wall for

the second.

Now, facing the wall,

jump

as above,

kicking

fint

the left,

then

the right foot.

Then jump

twice quickly, turning once

more half-right to face center

Oil

the last

jump.

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CUE: jump, kick-jump, kick-jump,

jump; jump,

kick-jump,

kick-jump,

jump.

PART

4: All

move slowly to center with

3

walking steps, starting on right foot, and

bringing joined hands up; then swing

left foot forward. Starting on left foot,

move backward the same way with 4

slow walking steps, lowering hands.

Repeat

PARon 3

and

4.

Repeat entire dance from beginning.

This record will fit most venions of thil

danee.

GIE

GOR ONS

(Scotland)

The it (or Gay Gordons is one of those

perfect couple folk dances

that

everybody

likes and anybody

can

do.

t is an

old

time dance of Scottish origin and s a

standard

favorite

on

folk dance programs.

OPENING FORMATION Couples in circle

formation, all facing counterclockwise.

Lady to right of man, in Varsovienne

position, as in

Diagram

1.

PART 1: Both

start

on left foot

and

take

4 walking steps forward; in the line

of

direction (Diagram I).

Without dropping hands, half-tum to the

right to face the other way. Man now has

left

arm

around the lady s shoulder, lady

standing to man's left (see Diagram 2).

Starting with the left foot, take 4 walking

steps backward, still in the line of

direction.

Without turning around, both start on

left foot

and

take 4 walking steps forward

in clockwise direction (Diagram 3).

Without dropping hands, turn half

around to the left to face original direc

tion (counterclockwise).

Man's

right arm

is

now around lady s shoulder. S tarting

on the left foot, all take 4 walking steps

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backward, against the line of direction

(Diagram 4).

NOTE

On

the last of the walking steps,

the lady does not

put

her full weight

down on right foot,

but

barely touches it

to the ground so that it will be free to

start

the next figure.

Or

she may take 2

walking steps followed by a step-together

step which will leave her right foot free.

PART 2:

Partnen

hold right hands only,

with free hands on hips. Lady turns to

own right (clockwise), under joined

hands, with 4 two-steps or polka steps, as

man moves forward behind her with 4

of

the same steps (lJiagram 5).

Take

ballroom position

and

do four

polka

or

two-steps around the circle

(Diagram 6).

NOTE f the man gives only one finger to

the lady during the right-hand hold in

P RT 2

and the lady holds that finger

with her fist, it will be easier for her to

turn.

Scots love to shout khookh as they

dance, and dancers should be encouraged

to give forth this low, guttural sound

spontaneously to

add

to the fun.

rinled in U. S. A.

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