Shopski Tantsi
| Radost Folk Ensemble Choreography | |
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Shopski Tantsi (Shope Dances) | |
| Bulgaria | |
| Choreography | Prof. Petur Angelov |
| Music | Traditional, arranged by Kosta Kolev Transcribed by Kathleen Hunt |
| Costumes | Jill Ann Johnson, Denise Manookian |
| The Shopi are peasants who live in western Bulgaria, between the Serbian border in the west and the plains of Thrace of east central Bulgaria; the center of their land is Bulgaria’s capitol Sofia. The Shopi are known throughout Bulgaria as clever, lively people with a rich and varied music and dance culture. Master choreographer Prof. Petur Angelov has combined the dances graovsko, divotinsko, radomirsko, ruchenitsa, sitno shopsko and petrunino to create a vibrant portrait of the Shope people. | |
| Shope Dances was acquired with the support of the Washington State Arts Commission | |
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This 2011 YouTube video is of The University of Varna (Академичният танцов театър) performing the identical choreography that was set on Radost in 1995. For the Radost Performances, the Radost Women's Choir and Orkestar RTW provided the singing and the music. |
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| © 2012 Radost Folk Ensemble | |
