| Region | Armenia |
|---|---|
| Formation | Short lines. Shoulder-hold. |
| Dance Structure | ((A x 4) + (B x 4) + (C1 x 3) + C2) repeated throughout the music. |
| Music Structure | 6 beats/bar, 4 bars/phrase. 4 counts/bar, 2 bars/phrase. |
| Introduction | 2 bars. |
| Part A | L, R across heel touch, R sweep to side with a foot twirl. R, L close, knee bounce, 2 x quick heel bounce. |
| Part B | Bounces as in Part A, bend knees, straighten lifting R. (Leap onto R with L high kick & shout, revert) x 2. |
| Part C1 | Kick as in Part A (no shout), R in place, L with double bounce. R in place with L lift & dig, mirror. |
| Part C2 | As C1 but replace final lift & dig with L & R in place. |
| Source | Sally Fletcher, who learnt it from Tineke van Geel, in Ipswich in 1997. Additional Part C detail from Tineke's notes published in Dutch in 'Doe Dans Basics 1'. |
| Date | Written 2010/3/16. Updated 2010/4/18. |
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 by Tineke van Geel.
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