Chetvorno Horo
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Chetvorno Horo Четворно хоро | |||
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| Choreography | Dennis C. Boxell, after Kiril Haralampiev | ||
| Music | Traditional, arranged by Dennis Boxell and Ronald Long | ||
| Costumes | Denise Manookian, Kathy Sandstrom, Jill Ann Johnson | ||
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A virtuoso women's
dance in 7/16 rhythm from the Shope region of western Bulgaria, this piece in the classic
style of Bulgarian folk choreography. Variation 1 It opens with two songs in the antiphonal diaphonic style typical of the region: I na son Gjorgi upravna, and Junak Gjorgi konja kove (“Young Georgi shod his horse”). Variation 2 It opens with two regional songs typifying the flirtatious mood of the girls before a village gathering: Rano mi e more slûnce ogrejalo (“The sun rose early, but even earlier the dew had fallen from the young girls’ flowers...”), and Oj Stameno, Stameno (“Oh Stamena, colorful little bird/ Have you three maidens?/ Then give us one...”). |
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| This choreography was performed at Radost's very first performance in May 1976 at the Slavic Department Sts. Cyril & Methodius day party at Seattle's Russian Community Center. | |||
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| © 2012 Radost Folk Ensemble | |||
