| Region | Macedonia |
|---|---|
| Formation | Open circle. W-hold. |
| Dance Structure | Single figure repeated throughout the music. |
| Music Structure | 3 counts/bar, 7 beats/bar, 12 bar (or combinations totalling 12 bars) phrases. |
| Introduction | V-hold. Raise arms, dip & straighten knees. Start at beginning of a phrase. |
| Whole sequence | (Important: heels up & down in each step.) To the R in R & L Triple Steps. (To the R in R & L steps. Facing centre, small R & L Triple Steps forwards.), ditto but rise in the L inward step. R Triple Step backing out turning to face L. To the L in L & R forwards & L & R backwards steps. L Triple Step in place. |
| Reduced activity versions | Remove some direction changes &/or reduce up-down motion in the quick steps. |
| No up-down styling version (wrong) | Distinctive styling missing (wrong!). |
| Source | Detailed styling from Paul Mulders at the 2010 Eastbourne International Folkdance Festival. Linear version from a Christmas party performance by the Živko Firfov group in London 2008. |
| Date | Written 2010/6/22. Updated 2010/06/30, 2011/7/26, 2011/10/23 & 2015/1/4. |
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.
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