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De Horit Romania These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu.  Karen Faust learned it from them at the Laguna Festival and taught it to us. The dance is from Maramureş. The title translates as "Song to dance to". Music : Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu Romanian Realm Vol 8 Meter : 2/4 Formation : Circle, start as solos, but then move into a circle in W position in part 1 Introduction : Bar 1: no action Bar 2: Clap hands, bounce with both knees straight (1), clap again, bounce with knees straight (&), bounce down with knees bent, Clap again (2) Bars 3-16: repeat bar 2, 14 more times. Part 1: Grapevine (singing) Take hands in W position. This step moves CW Bar 1: Cross on R over L (1), step on L to L (2) Bar 2: Step on R behind L (1), step on L to L (2) Bars 3-16: repeat bars 1-2, 7 more times Part 2: Scuffs (Instrumental) Facing slightly CW Bar 1: Step R in RLOD (i.e. CW) (1), step on L next to R (&), Step on R in RLOD (2), ...

Joc Din Gânţaga Romania These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu. I learned the dance from Nancy Bannister.  The dance is from Hunedoara in Transylvania. Music : Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu Romanian Realm 7 or 8 Meter : 2/4 Formation : Either of couples in a shoulder/shoulder blade hold or small circles in Shoulder hold. Introduction : 8 bars no action Part 1: Bar 1: Facing slightly R of partner/center, step R to R (1), Cross L over R (2) Bar 2: Step R in place (1), Step L next to R (&), Step R in place (2) Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork and direction Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4 Part 2: Bar 1:Facing slightly R of partner/center, step R to R (1), Cross L over R (2) Bar 2: repeat bar 1 Bar 3: repeat bar 1 Bar 4: Step R in place (1), Step L next to R (&), Step R in place (2) Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4 with opposite footwork and direction. Part 3: Bar 1: Facing partner/center Step R in place (1), Step L next to ...

Lisu Seven 傈僳 7 ม่ลีซู 7 လီဆူ 7 Lisu people of China/Burma/Thailand These notes ©2017, Ann Kyle and reproduced here with Ann's permission. Learned from Steve Kotansky at a workshop in Calgary in 2017. Steve didn't know the actual name of this dance so he gave it the nickname "Lisu-7". Lisu refers to the ethnic group of people who do this dance; seven refers to the number of beats in each bar. The Lisu people live in Southern China, Burma and Thailand. If anyone knows the actual name of this dance let me know. Music : Steve Kotansky CD, 2017 Meter : 7/4 time (seven even beats per bar) Formation : Open circle, W hand hold, leads to the R (CCW) Introduction : Start with singing Style :  Can be very bouncy, men especially can leap with each step Part 1: Singing Bar 1: Facing slightly right of centre, step R (1), step L (2), step R (3), kick L forward (4), step L in place (5), stamp R, next to L (6), kick R forward (7) Bars 2-4: repeat bar 1 three more times.  [Teaching Cu...