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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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