| Region | Russia |
|---|---|
| Formation | Circle. V-hold. |
| Dance Structure | (A + B + C + D + E + F) x 3 + A. |
| Music Structure | 4 counts per bar, alternating 2 bar & 4 bar phrases. |
| Introduction | 4 bars. |
| Part A | Walk in R L R & stamp L. Walk out L R L & touch R. |
| Part B | 6 Russian Glides (shortened) acw around the circle, 2 turning 270 deg cw. |
| Part C | As Part A but no stamp, raise arms going in & hands to hips going out. |
| Part D | Diagonally in R in (R heel, L close) x 2, R, L close, R in place. Ditto in L. Ditto original. 4 steps out backwards. |
| Part E | L side turning 90 deg cw, R close touch. Ditto on opposite feet. Repeat all. Regain V-hold at the end. |
| Part F | 8 Pripaddaniyas to the L starting with L to the side & ending with R close stamp. |
| Ending | Exhale. |
| Source | Hennie Konings on his Russian dance course at Shatski Ozera, Ukraine, 2007. |
| Date | Written 2008/8/22. Updated 2009/1/4. |
Disclaimer: Mistakes are quite likely in the notes and no guarantees are made as to accuracy. They are based on notes I wrote down during the dance course & from the course video afterwards. 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 Hennie Konings.
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