IVANICE

 

NATIONALITY:

Macedonia

 

 

SOURCE:

First presented by Atanas Kolarovski at Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1971

 

 

MUSIC:

Worldtone WT-LP-64-701, side 2, band 3

 

 

RHYTHM:

7/ 16 (3/16, 2/16, 2/16), 1, 2, 3

 

 

FORMATION:

Broken circle, hands joined and held at shoulder height, elbows bent. Leader at R end twirls handkerchief.

 

 

MEASURES:

PATTERN

 

 

1—8

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

FIGURE

 

 

1

Facing and moving in LOD, step R (ct 1), Step L (ct 2), step R (ct 3)

 

 

2

Step L (ct 1, step R (ct 2), step L (ct 3)

 

 

3

Lift on L, touching floor with R heel and rolling onto full ft (ct 1), lift on R, touching floor with L heel (ct 2), roll onto full ft (ct 3)

 

 

4

Facing center, step R to R (ct 1), bounce twice on R, L knee bent and raised in front of R leg (cts 2, 3)

 

 

5

Repeat measure 4, opposite footwork

 

 

6

Repeat measure 4

 

 

7

Facing LOD, moving backwards in RLOD, step L (ct 1), step R (ct 2, 3)

 

 

8

Continuing backwards in RLOD, step L (ct 1), hold, R knee bent and raise in front of L leg (cts 2, 3)

 

 

 

Repeat Figure from beginning.

 

WORDS

Vie se vie oro Makedonsko

Many people come close to the river;

Golem sober mise sobral kraj Vardarot

            they dance and sing

         Oro i pesna sonce i ljubov

            Dance and song, sunshine and love,

         Tova e nasa Makedonija

            If you want to know, that is Macedonia

Siot narod se nasabral Makedonski

All Macedonian people came together

Pregrnatil bratski dase razveselat

Like brothers and sisters feeling like a family

         (chorus)

            (chorus)

Dali gledas milo skopje

Do you hear, darling Skopje,

Dali slusas kakva pesna se peje

Do you hear what songs I sing to you?

         (chorus)

            (chorus)