Dağlar Oy Oy (Turkey)

Alternative Names	'Dağlar Oy Oy' is the original spelling. 'Daglar Oy Oy' is it without the diacritics. 'Dahla Oy Oy' is an English transcription.
Formation	Open circle starting in W-hold.
Dance Structure	Single move repeated throughout the music.
Music Structure	4 counts/bar, 4 bar phrases.
Music Speed	83 counts/min.
Source	Gergana Pavnova in Rivieradance in Torquay, UK, 2024.

Disclaimer: Mistakes are quite likely in the notes and no guarantees are made as to accuracy. There may be other versions of the same dance or other dances with the same name. Music may differ, particularly in speed, introduction and duration, between performers. The division into parts, bars & counts might not be standard. These notes of the dance are freely distributable (under GPL or CC-by-sa) in so much as the note's author's contribution but the choreography and/or collection were by other people and so their copyright might apply to the dance itself. Better than using notes, go to a dance class where it is taught.

A mesmeric & simple (even though having arm motions) dance probably more suited to Circle dancers than Balkan/International dances to rich repetative mesmseric music.

The original track was 7 min long. Good for mesmeric effect but not for fitting into a packed evening of dances. The music comprises loud parts - start, middle & end - with quieter parts inbetween. Hence one can edit it seamlessly to remove the middle loud part & 1 quiet part. Resulting length is 3:40 min.

Style: Upright. Elbows close into body in W-hold. Steps natural (heel lead walking in, ball lead to the side) & fairly low.

Introduction

Summary: 4 bars.

Wait through equivalent of twice through the dance sequence to when the next main phrase starts. (Alternatively waiting through any multiple of 2 bars would work.)

Whole sequence

Summary: R side with hands to R, L close touch with hands to central, (L forwards, R close touch) with arms down to V-hold. R forwards with arms to W-hold, (R & L backwards) with arms down to V-hold, R close touch with arms to W-hold.

Start

Facing centre. Weight on L foot. W-hold.

Feet	R side.
Arms	Move hands to the R horizontally about 20 cm.

Feet	L close without weight transfer. Touch ball of foot to the floor.
Arms	Move hands back to being centred on the body.

Feet	L forwards.
Arms	Swing down, straightening elbows.

Feet	R close without weight transfer. Touch ball of foot to the floor.
Arms	Continue moving down, with now straight elbows, to slightly behind body axis of torso.

Feet	R forewards.
Arms	Come up infront to W-hold. The styling is the straight arms start moving from the shoulders until about 30 deg infront then the elbows bend with the rest of the bending motion from the elbows with the elbows themselves coming back down to ones sides.

Feet	L backwards.
Arms	Going back down to V-hold as in Bar 1 Count 3.

Feet	R backwards.
Arms	Down to V-hold as in Bar 1 Count 4.

Feet	L backwards.
Arms	Up as in Count 1.