Sîrba de la Tulcea
(Romania)
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Alternative Names
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'Sîrba de la Tulcea' is the original spelling.
'Sirba de la Tulcea' is it reduced to ASCII by missing off the accent.
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Region
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Dobrogea.
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Formation
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Open circle. Leader at R end. V-hold.
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Dance Structure
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(A + (B x 2) + C) repeated until the end of the music.
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Music Structure
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4 counts/bar. 8 bar phrases.
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Music Speed
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100 counts/min.
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Source
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Silviu Ciuciumiş at the Balkan Festival in Zetten in The Netherlands in 2008.
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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 Silviu Ciuciumiş.
A lively Romanian dance with a lot of bouncy travelling around the circle to invigoratingly jolly music.
It consists of 2 different types of travelling around fast in steps & hops ending with stamps (Part A & Part C) with a a rest in between almost on the spot with heel clicks & Cherkessias (Part B).
Style: Lively, jolly and smiling. Covering a lot of ground when travelling; the steps in Parts A & C are virtually leaps as in a run. Heel clicks preceded by raising the free foot out to the side to make the coming together more dramatic. Energetic in manner of lot of light motion (from using momentum) rather than exhausting effort.
Introduction
Summary:
8 bars.
Wait through 8 bars (32 counts) of Part B music.
Part A
Summary:
(L hop, R side, L across behind, R side, R hop, L across infront. (Crosses music.)) x 10. R side, L across behind, R close stamp without weight.
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Start
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Facing the centre of the circle. Weight on L foot.
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1
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1
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L hop.
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2
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R step to the side.
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3
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L across behind.
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4
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R step to the side.
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2
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1
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R hop.
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2
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L across infront.
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3-4
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As bar 1 counts 1-2 (starting a repeat of the travelling unit which crosses the music).
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3
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Repeat bar 1 counts 3 to the end of bar 2 (completing the repeat of the travelling unit which crosses the music).
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4-15
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Repeat bars 1-4 4 more times (making 10 of the travelling unit in total)
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16
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1
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R step to the side.
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2
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L across behind.
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3
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R close with a flat footed stamp without weight transfer.
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4
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Pause.
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The travelling unit in this part does not take an integral number of bars (it takes 6 counts which is 1.5 bars) so it crosses the music as it repeats. Even though though it matches the bar boundaries every 2nd time it still crosses the music phrasing.
It also starts on a hop which feels an odd place to start. I find it easiest to treat that as a preparatory hop then treat this part as a series of Grapevine steps with the last 2 steps of each augmented with hops
(Part C later on is similar to A this part but adapted to fit the music.)
Part B
Summary:
(R side, L heel click), mirror. R side, L across behind, R side, L heel click. Mirror bar 1. Walk crouching L R L to the L, pause. Touch R infront across, side, across, pause. Slow R side touch, L hop close with heel click. Cherkessia x 2 1/3, stamp close.
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Start
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Facing the centre of the circle. Weight on L foot.
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1
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1
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R to the (R) side whilst swinging the L leg (about 30 cm) to the (L) side with straight knee.
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2
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L close without weight transfer clicking the heels together whilst doing a small hop on the R foot. (I.e. it is a small hop in place on the R foot as the L leg is brought in sharply so that the L heel hits the R heel just before the R foot lands on the ground.)
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3-4
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Repeat counts 1-2 in mirror image on opposite feet (L to the side swinging R leg to the side, R close with heel click).
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2
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1
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R to the side.
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2
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L across behind.
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3-4
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Repeat bar 1 counts 1-2 but taking weight on L during the L heel click (R to the side swinging L leg to the side, L close with heel click).
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3
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Repeat bar 1 in mirror image. (L to the side swinging R leg to the side, R close without weight transfer with heel click, mirror).
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4
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1
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Direction
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Turn 90 deg acw to face cw around the circle
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Posture
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Adopt a somewhat crouching posture (knees bent about 20 deg, torso hunched over about 30 deg, head inclined forwards in line with the upper torso).
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Feet
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L forwards flat footed ploddingly.
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2
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R forwards flat footed ploddingly.
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3
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L forwards flat footed ploddingly but preparing for turnsing to face the centre of the circle.
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4
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Direction
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Turn 90 deg cw to face the centre of the circle
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Posture
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Straighten up again.
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Feet
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Pause.
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5
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1
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Touch R foot across infront flat footed.
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2
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Touch R foot to the side infront flat footed.
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3
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Repeat count 1 (touch R foot across infront).
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4
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Pause.
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6
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1-2
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Feet
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R to the side (further than in bar 1 count) without weight transfer (L in remains in place).
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Shout
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"Ayyy-". The sound is drawn out across the two beats and the volume increases during it to build up for the following hop.
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3-4
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Feet
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L hop closing L foot to R foot with a heel click (on count 3) ending with feet together (with the R foot where it was so a quite large hop is needed from the L foot to bring it there) and weight on L foot.
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Shout
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"-Up!". Louder & briefer (coinciding with the hop & ending on the heel click) than the preceding "Ayyy-" as culmination.
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7
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1
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R in place.
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2
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L across infront.
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3
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R in place.
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4
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L close.
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8
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1
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R across infront.
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2
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L in place.
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3
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R close with a flat footed stamp without weight transfer.
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4
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Pause.
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Part C
Summary:
((R side, L across behind) x 2. R side, R hop, L across infront, L hop.) x 6. R side, L close, R side, L stamp. (L side, R stamp, mirror) x 2.5, R stamp, pause.
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Start
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Facing the centre of the circle. Weight on L foot.
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1
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1
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R step to the side.
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2
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L across behind.
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3-4
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Repeat counts 1-2 (R to the side, L across behind).
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2
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1
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R step to the side.
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2
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R hop.
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3
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L across infront.
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4
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L hop.
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3-12
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Repeat bars 1-2 5 more times (making 6 in total).
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13
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1
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R step to the side.
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2
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L close.
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3
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R step to the side.
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3
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L close with a flat footed stamp.
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14
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1
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L step to the side.
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2
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R close with a flat footed stamp without weight transfer.
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3-4
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Repeat counts 1-2 in mirror image (R side, L close stamp without weight transfer).
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15
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Repeat bar 14 (L side, R close stamp without weight transfer, mirror).
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16
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1-2
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Repeat bar 14 counts 1-2 (L side, R close stamp without weight transfer).
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3
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Repeat count 2 (R stamp in place).
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4
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Pause.
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The travelling unit in this part is basically Part A with the R side & L across behind steps repeated so that the sequence matches the music (8 counts taking up 2 bars) instead of crossing the music (6 counts taking up 1.5 bars) and starting at an easier place in the sequence. Hence, with Part A, it acts like a completion: initially awkwardly crossing the music but ending smoothly fitting it.