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Balkan Folkdance for Beginners
Добавлен 28 окт 2020
I'm Hanna Francis and I LOVE teaching Balkan folk-dancing! I want to make Balkan folk-dancing cool and accessible to those who may not come across it otherwise.
Both of my parents were in the Balkan brass band Zlatne Uste and my dad taught Balkan folk-dancing throughout my childhood, so I grew up dancing and just surrounded by the musical heritage of that culture.
Both of my parents were in the Balkan brass band Zlatne Uste and my dad taught Balkan folk-dancing throughout my childhood, so I grew up dancing and just surrounded by the musical heritage of that culture.
Joc de Leagane - Romanian Folkdance
Thanks for dancing with me!! GREAT JOB!!
Song used: Joc de Leagne by Libana
Translates as "the cradle dance."
Here's my Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5p3miyVrFENG5CsUOj35xL?si=e0fcd40a224b4cb7
Here's the song on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/6AOdMiWNkAMSC44296SJWR?si=b51b49dca3284843
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Song used: Joc de Leagne by Libana
Translates as "the cradle dance."
Here's my Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5p3miyVrFENG5CsUOj35xL?si=e0fcd40a224b4cb7
Here's the song on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/6AOdMiWNkAMSC44296SJWR?si=b51b49dca3284843
#balkanfolkdance #folkdancelesson #balkanfolkdancelesson #easterneuropeanmusic #easterneuropeandance #folkdancing #romaniandance #romanianfolkculture #romanianfolkdance #simpledancelesson #romanianculture #womensdance #cradledance
donations bucket: paypal.me/hannafrancis
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Видео
Lesno (Lesnoto) - the easiest dance
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 года назад
Macedonian and Bulgarian chillness. Basically: step cross step touch, step touch. DASSIT. Enjoy! This is my go-to cool-down dance in my classes. Song is Lesno Ora by Igne Kitanovski (Macedonian): open.spotify.com/track/0MzbbX35ZLXUl35FJXLZSq?si=66e69c06cbc14059 #balkanfolkdance #folkdancelesson #balkanfolkdancelesson #easterneuropeanmusic #easterneuropeandance #folkdancing #macedonianmusic #mac...
Ušest “Kolo” - Balkan Folkdance Challenge Day 5
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.3 года назад
Today we're learning Ušest or the "kolo", a Serbian dance which is widely danced throughout the Balkans. Song used: Kozarica Kolo by Zlatne Uste Here's my Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify with plenty of kolos: open.spotify.com/playlist/5p3miyVrFENG5CsUOj35xL?si=2a761a7ee1f14714 Here's the song on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/4upYbnFRuJfu0Qr7pp5ZbL?si=ee03320720354357 #balkanfolkdance #fo...
Narodno Oro - Balkan Folkdance Challenge Day 4
Просмотров 3503 года назад
Today we're learning Narodno Oro, a Macedonian dance. Song used: Narodno Oro by Ansambl Nar. Inst. P. Atanasovski Here's my Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5p3miyVrFENG5CsUOj35xL?si=97cae89f449345cc Here's the song on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/7kXOHCpbJJHbdKcDo1jfvc?si=f3e1bbb760554478 #balkanfolkdance #folkdancelesson #balkanfolkdancelesson #easterneuropea...
Ooska Gookas
Просмотров 5333 года назад
Today we're learning Ooska Gookas which is an Armenian song and dance, which I think is appropriate to learn in a Balkan folk dance class considering their shared Ottoman history and has many overlaps in style and steps. Song used: Ooska Gookas by The Gomidas Band Here's my Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5p3miyVrFENG5CsUOj35xL?si=97cae89f449345cc Here's the song...
Šano Dušo - Balkan Folkdance Challenge Day 2
Просмотров 6203 года назад
Today we're learning Šano Dušo which shares its name with a classic Serbian song (about a lovely lady from a specific town there). Song used: Šano Dušo by Gordana Lazarevic Learn more about this song & dance on this awesome blog (not mine): folkdancefootnotes.org/music/lyrics-english-translations/sano-duso-vranjanka-english-lyrics/ Here's my Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.co...
Čoček - Balkan Folkdance Challenge Day 1
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.3 года назад
Today we're learning Čoček - one of the most danced Balkan folk dances! My Čoček playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5X6FpUP0UTMtVZ60rTVuPT?si=e931a0dc05734780 My Balkan Folkdance playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5p3miyVrFENG5CsUOj35xL?si=61bbfab8d3784d03 The songs used for today's lesson: - Lacin Čoček by Zlatne Uste - Wedding Čoček by Goran Bregovic #balkanfolkdance #...
Balkan Folkdance Challenge Announcement!!
Просмотров 1773 года назад
Hello! Join me Monday July 19 through Friday July 23rd, 2021 for a FREE and LIVE Balkan Folkdance Challenge to kick off this channel! It will be one dance per day, about 10 minutes for each lesson. The choreographies are pretty short and I will choose more interesting dances too for those of you who are more experienced, so it's perfect for everyone! The videos will be available afterwards on t...
Thank you for going SLOW and facing forward AWAY from us- the same direction we are to learn, so many just dance fast - we cant grasp it. Im 58 and have never been able to get this part of my Croatian Heritage and culture. Please take video from above your feet perhaps. More fast with music facing forward in front of us. HVALA
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Thank you for posting the video...needed a review of this lovely dance!
Nice explanation, but on last part the arms usually moves from left to right (in Armenian dances😀)
❤❤ gracias me encanta , bailar esta música me hace muy feliz, saludos desde Argentina!
I'm Bosnian and I live what you are doing, this is what the world needs more. Balkan is the hidden gem.💎🇭🇷🇧🇦🇷🇸🇲🇰🇷🇴🇧🇬🇬🇷🇦🇱
That means so much to me, Hvala lepo! That is SO true!! Let's spread the Balkan magic together ✨
Interesting. I've always thought of the cross with the left as the "1", or the start of the cycle. The dance is polymetric with the music tho, so it doesn't really matter. As long as everyone is together.
True! Some people teach it that way too! My brain is stuck on it this way, though 😅
This rules. Thank you!! Please keep posting more. :)
Aww thanks, I will! Let me know if you have any dance requests!
This one is really easy, and the head movements give it so much flare! Btw, one of my favorite songs on the folk playlist you curated is Caje Sukarije, plus the band I'm going to see soon plays it! It would be fun to learn a routine to that song sometime!
That's a Čoček - I did that one! Hope this got you in time, but let me know how it went either way! 😍
@@balkanfolkdance Cool thanks, I had no idea, I will keep practicing cocek then!
@@flapperbot have fun!! 🥳here's my cocek playlist if you use spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5X6FpUP0UTMtVZ60rTVuPT?si=df8e10d31c8148ca
I'm going to a Balkan concert in March, thanks for teaching me what to do! 📯
YAYY! That is like my dream for this channel! You're going to have so much fun!
This seems to be just a kolo really.
"kolo" means dance, but if you mean ušest then I would agree but I also think many of these dances kinda have the same steps just in different order - and the main difference is the music it's danced to & time signature.
I was looking for a Cocek tutorial! Thanks for creating this channel! You're amazing
Hi Andrea, I’m so glad you found me! Thank you for being here and dancing with me! Let me know if there are any other dances you’d like a tutorial for, it’s my happy place! 💖😊
This dance looks sooo fun!
Thank you!! It's a bit tricky, let me know how you get on with it!! 😃
Great! Are you going to show more difficult dances later? )) (Some years ago I learned circle dances, we danced Ooska Gokas, Čoček too))).
I keep this channel beginner "friendly" but I do have quite a complex Romanian one (slow, but complex) coming up soon, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching and dancing with me! 🥰
So fun/fancy!!!
I think so too!! :D (also, you are!)
Excellent job, Hanna! I’m very proud of you! Takes me back to The Saratoga Club (populated by Serbs and other Yugoslavs. Back then it was OK to use the term “Yugoslavia“, etc.). Fantastic!
Great tidbit!! Thank you for commenting and for teaching it to meeee!!
So fun Hanna! :D Thank you!
Yay! So happy you joined!!
Oohh fun one!!
isn't it??? :D
Loved this!! Excellent instruction, my dear!
SO appreciated love!!
Great dance. I have 2 left feet but this made me feel like Cyd Charisse! Awesome music - I feel so energized. Better than Red Bull!!!
hahaha thank you!!! <3