Origin: | Macedonia |
Translation: | from village of Dzangurje or village of Skudrinje |
Recording: | Folkraft 1464x45B; Folkraft LP-15, side A band 2 (1:57) |
Formation: | Line dance, no partners, "V" position, left foot free. |
Music: | 2/4 |
Measure | |
Variation Ia -- Basic | |
1-2 | With left foot slightly forward, touch left heel (count 1), toe (count 2), heel (count 3), toe (count 4). |
3 | Rock forward on left foot (count 1). Step backward on right foot in place (ct.2) |
4 | LIFT-STEP (right) in place (cts.1-2) |
5-8 | REPEAT pattern of measures 1-4 reversing footwork. |
9 | With weight on right foot; click left foot sharply against side of right (count 1), pause (count 2). |
10 | LIFT-STEP (right) in place (counts 1-2) |
11 | With weight on left foot, click right foot sharply against side of left (count 1), pause (count 2). |
12 | LIFT on left foot in place (count 1), Turning to face slightly and moving right, STEP forward on right foot (count 2). |
13-14 | Continuing, two LIFT-STEPS (right, left) forward, turning to-face center on the last step (counts 1-2, 3-4). |
Variation Ib -- Lift Lift-Step | |
As Ia above except measure 4 as follows: | |
4 | LIFT on right foot in place (count 1), a quick LIFT-STEP (right) in place (counts 2-and); and measure 8 the same with opposite footwork. |
LIFT: Hop, but not quite because ball of foot does not quite leave the floor.
LIFT-STEP (RIGHT): With weight on right foot, lift on right foot (count 1), step on left-foot (count 2). Repeat, reversing footwork, for Lift-Step (Left).
Dance Description by Rickey Holden and Dennis Boxell