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'Na Pûrt' is the a transcription of original spelling. 'Na Purt' is it converted to ASCII by missing off the diacritic. |
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| Formation | 2 straight lines facing eachother. V-hold. |
| Dance Structure | ( (A x 4) + ( (B1 + B2) x 4) ) x 2 + (A x 3). |
| Music Structure | 3 counts/bar, 7 beats per bar 4 bar phrases. |
| Music Speed | 115 counts/min. |
| Source | Helen van Bochove in 1998 then many times since in informal evening dancing in the Balkan Festival at Zetten in The Netherlands and lead by Sally Fletcher in Ipswich. 3 bars filled in from 'Doe Dans Basics 1'. A writing a mistake corrected by a dancer who was at Zetten. |
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A lively & distinctive dance done in two opposing lines who can jokingly (& with care not to really collide) intimidate eachother.
I mainly learnt this dance from doing it on numerous occasions but resorted to the (Dutch) notes by Jaap Leegwater in the book 'Doe Dans Basics 1' (ISBN 90-6542-046-0) for Part A bars 4-6 (I forgot what was used at as the time filler there, it turned out to be back Cherkessias - easily forgettable compared the distinctive rest of the dance) & for the formal notation of the music timing. Interestingly those notes have the formation as short lines or a circle whereas I've always danced it in 2 long lines facing eachother. Maybe the 2 line version was a later non-traditional invention; however having 2 facing lines is very effective for social dancing so I've described that version below.
The music is formally of 7 beats per bar grouped 2+2+3 but I count it as "ONE two threee".
Although the recorded music I've danced it to has always repeated the whole dance sequence twice before the ending shortened version, Orkest Kaleb playing it live in Zetten consistently went through thrice so one has to listen out for such changes so as not to embarrassingly end with dramatic splat before the dance ends!
Style: Jolly, smiling, party-like. Lively, can ham it up. Upright.
Summary: 8 bars.
8 bars of Part B music. Start at the beginning of bar 9.
Summary: (Out backwards in L hop with R back bike, R, L.) x 2. (R touch infront, lift across, pause, back Cherkessia (starting R close). Mirror.) In forwards (R, L, R), mirror.
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| 5-6 | Repeat bars 3-4 in mirror image on the opposite feet. (L touch infront, L lift across infront, pause, back Cherkessia starting L close). | ||||||
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| 8 | Repeat bar 7 in mirror image (forwards L, R, L). Take care not to collide with dancers in the opposite line & to be aligned such that the following lift of the R (Part A) or L (Part B) leg will not kick them. |
Summary: (Small L hop to R lifting R, R side, L close.) x 2 2/3, stick L leg in. Stick L leg out & in.
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Summary: Part B1 mirrored.
(Small R hop to L lifting L, L side, R close.) x 2 2/3, stick R leg in. Stick R leg out & in.
Summary: Leap, R splat.
Change the last bar of the last time through Part A from 3 steps forwards into a back bicycling leap onto the L foot (counts 1-2) and a splat (slap the foot flat to the ground with straight knee without weight transfer) the R foot in front (on count 3). Do this dramatically (but take care not to hit anyone).