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Deli Agus [Gnjilane, Kosovo]
Serbian dance from Gnjilane, Kosovo.
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Ajde Jano [Kosovo, Serbia]
Ajde Jano, Kolo Da Igramo (Come on Jana, Let's Dance the Kolo)
is traditional Serbian dance from Kosovo.
This recording is from Sasha Smerkic's
Folkolore, A Destiny series.
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Bigrenicko Kolo [Vlaske, Serbia]
Bigrenicko Kolo, a Vlaske dance from Serbia.
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Cacak [Serbia]
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Cicino Kolo [Central Serbia]
Cicino Kolo is one of the classic Serbian dances.
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Ciganski Orijent [Serbia]
Ciganski Orijent is a Serbian dance that we've kept around
for years. Great music!
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Gnjilane [Kosovo]
Gnjilane is a dance from the Gnjilane region in Kosovo.
The men and women dance separately: men in shoulder hold with big movements,
and women close together in a W hold, with small steps and a lot of hip movement.
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Gnjilanski Cacak [Gnilane, Kosovo]
Gnjilanski Cacak is from Gnjilane, Kosovo.
It's a dance for the groom before he gets married.
We knew it also as Silovacko Kolo, but the Gnjilanski Cacak that we learned
in Serbia has two additional parts.
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Gori More [Serbia]
Gori More is a Serbian dance that came out of the Serbian community in Milwaukee.
It's danced to a song by Zeljko Sasic that was very popular in the 90s.
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Hajducko Kolo [Serbia]
Hajducko Kolo is a vlasko kolo
from the eastern Serbia Zajecar - Negotin - Majdanpek area.
This kolo is fast and is more for virtuoso musicians (and dancers!).
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Jelo Jelena [Sumadija, Serbia]
Jelo Jelena is an upbeat dance from the Sumadija region in Serbia.
We learned it during one of our seminars with Vladimir Tanasijevic.
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Juta [Vlaske, Serbia]
Juta is a typical Vlach melody from Serbia.
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Kokonjeste [Serbia]
Kokonješte or Kokonješće is one of the
"classic" dances of
Yugoslavia. It was a favorite of turn-of-the-century ballrooms as well as
village churchyards; by 1900 it had attained sufficient popularity among
Serbs living in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vojvodina) that by the 1920's
it had been transplanted to the U.S. and Canada by immigrants from that area.
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Kolo (U Sest [Serbia]
Music for the Serbian kolo.
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Kolubarski Vez [Western Serbia]
Serbian folk dance from the Kolubara region in Western Serbia. Fun music!
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Kolumbarka [Serbia]
Kolumbarka, also known as Mangupsko kolo and Beogradsko Mangupsko Kolo,
is another one of those simple, upbeat Serbian dances with that "something
special" that makes them so fun to dance.
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Kopacka (Serbian)
Kopacka from Serbia, but it's really a kopanica!
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Krushevjanka Kolo [Serbia]
Live recording of Krushevjanka Kolo from our Serbian workshop last week.
It's a simple Serbian dance from Sumadia
with almost the same pattern as Pinosavka.
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Leskovacka Cetvorka [Leskovac, Serbia]
Leskovacka Cetvorka is a Serbian dance from the village
Bucumet near Lescovac.
The dance is especially interesting because of the way that
it flirts with the music, instead of being married to it.
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Ljiljanino Kolo [Serbia]
There are faster versions of this music for dancing kolo. We have a dance
to this slower music, which is one of my favorites.
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Malo Vlasko Kolo [Serbia]
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Medeno Kolo [Serbia]
Another one of our biggest hits, Medeno Kolo is an easy dance from Serbia.
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Metovincanka Kolo [East Serbia]
Great little dance from east Serbia.
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Moravsko Kolo [Serbia]
Music from the Krushevjanka Kolo / Pinosavka family.
It was taught to us as a separate dance, but the pattern is the same
and the differences are probably just variations.
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Narodna Kola [Serbia]
Narodna Kola is the music
that we use for Krushevjanka Kolo.
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Niska Banja (Duj Duj) [Vranja, Serbia]
Niska Banja is a drinking song from Serbia. One verse is about a
guy bragging that he is going to the baths in Nis to pick up a girl and
break her heart. Another verse is simply counting backwards from 10 in Serbian.
This is the version by the Pennywhistlers & Theodore Bikel.
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Opsa [Serbia]
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Poskok [Western Serbia]
Poskok is a simple Serbian dances that was introduced by
Dick Crum, John Filcich, and others. Too simple for most folk dance groups, but
we still dance it in Israel, as part of our Serbian Medley.
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Preplet [Sumadija, Serbia]
Preplet is a fixed U Sest pattern dance from Serbia with typical styling of the
Sumadija region.
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Raca [Vlaske, Serbia]
Raca is a Vlach dance that was performed by many groups at the Vidin stage in Koprivchitsa.
This is the Serbian version.
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Retko Kolo [Serbia]
Retko Kolo is another easy Serbian dance, good for starting out the
evening. Great music!
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Ripna Maca [Shope, East Serbia]
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Ripna Maca is a Shope dance with versions
from both Bulgaria and Serbia. The popular choreography, with the
"slow-quick-quick" rhythm typical to the Cetvorno family of dances,
was introduced in the 50s by Dick Crum.
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Rokoko Kolo [Vojvodina, Serbia]
Rokoko Kolo is a Croatian dance from Serbia.
It's a dance from the Croatian population of Backa, near Subotice (in Vojvodina),
who have lived in Serbia for generations.
This version by the Banat Tamburitzan Orchestra is the most well-known one
in the recreational folk dance community.
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Ropota [Vlaske, Serbia]
Ropota is a Vlach dance from Serbia.
Very similar to Sigma, it's a lot of fun to do, with
lots and lots of stamping.
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Rumenka [Studenica, Serbia]
Rumenka is a Serbian dance from Studenica.
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Ruzmarin [Serbia]
Serbian folk dance for beginners.
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Serbian Medley [Sumadija, Serbia]
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A medley of dances from Sumadia
that we learned from the Kolo dancers when they were performing in Israel.
The medley is a collection of five dances:
Poskok, Ti Momo, Djurdevka, Igrale Se Delije, and Cacak.
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Setnja (Seta) [Sumadija, Serbia]
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Seta is a classic Serbian dance. It can be danced
either as a 4-step braid or like the beginning of Setnja.
We dance it like Setnja without the fast part at the end.
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Stara Sapcanka [Macva, Serbia]
Stara Sapcanka is
an energetic dance from the Macva region in Serbia,
near the Bosnian border.
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Stara Vlajna [Vlaske, Serbia]
Music for Stara Vlajna, a Vlach dance from Serbia.
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Staro Oro [Vranje, Serbia]
Staro Oro, from Vranje in south Serbia, has strong Rom
influence in its styling - very similar to Vranjanka.
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Studenica Medley [Studenica, Serbia]
A medley of dances from Studenica in south central Serbia:
Planinka, Brzak, and Gokcansko Kolo.
It ends a bit abruptly but they are wonderful melodies
that make the dances a lot of fun to do.
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Sumadijski Cacak [Sumadija, Serbia]
A cacak from the Sumadija region in western Serbia.
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Sumadijsko Kolo [Sumadija, Serbia]
Sumadijsko Kolo is an open circle dance from
the Sumadija region in Serbia.
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Svrljig [Vranjsko Polja, Serbia]
A fast dance from the Vranjsko Polja region in Serbia.
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Takovski Prekid [Sumadija, Serbia]
A "small" dance from Takovo,near Uzice and Cacak,
in the Sumadija region of Serbia.
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Tankosava [Serbia]
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This Serbian dance is one of our current favorites.
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U Sest [Serbia]
U Sest is a "set" kolo with fixed patterns that
are called out by the leader.
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Uzicka Carlama [Serbia]
Čarlama, (to strike),
also known as Užička Čarlama
(named after the town of Užice in Western Serbia) is yet
another Balkan dance whose origins remain somewhat unclear.
The dance can be seen on film performed by an amateur
dance group from Užice in the classic 1948 Jadran film (now DVD)
made available by Dennis Boxel.
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Uzicko Kolo [Serbia]
Uzicko Kolo is one of the most popular tunes for dancing Kolo (U Sest).
Uzicko Kolo was composed by Milija Spasojevic, who was considered to be one of
the greatest accordionists in Yugoslavia in his time.
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Vlajna [Vlaske, Serbia]
Vlajna is a Vlach dance from east Serbia.
The basic steps and the many variations are typical to Vlach
dances in this region.
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Vlajnica [Serbia, Vlaske]
An advanced Vlach dance from Serbia.
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Vlasko Kolo [Vlaske, Serbia]
Vlasko Kolo is Vlach dance that was brought to Israel
by the Kolo ensemble during their visit here in the early 1990s.
The stamps in the dance are typical of Vlach dances.
One popular explanation is that the stamping is meant to expel
demons and bad spirits.
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Vranjanka (Sano Duso) [Vranja, Serbia]
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Introduced to the music of Sano Duso by Dick Crum
in the 50s, and to the music of Belo Lence by Dennis Boxell in
the 60s, Vranjanka, Sano Duso, Belo Lence, and Deli Agus are
all the same dance from South Serbia Vranje to Gnilane.
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Vranjanski Cocek [Vranja, Serbia]
Vranjanski Cocek is from the Vranja region in Serbia.
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Zikino Kolo [Serbia]
Zikino Kolo is a pan-Serbian dance, one of the oldest kolos.
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Zaplanski Cacak [Sumadija, Serbia]
A cacak introduced by Dick Crum in the 70s.
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Zavrzlama [Serbia]
Zvarzlama is one of the classic Serbian dances.
