Kathe Reber: Dance Instructions - "Three Russian Folk Dances"
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Abbreviations: L - Left Foot R - Right Foot CW - clockwise CCW - counter clockwise fwd - forward bwd - backward ctr - center I. Korobushka -- Russia Formation: Couples in double circle, partners facing, boy with back to crt. 1. With both hands joined, boy does schottische (L-R-L-hop) fwd, bwd, and fwd again, as girl does counter part, starting bwd with R. He does the "bo-kaz-ni", hopping three times on L and at the same time, touching R toe across in front, then touching R toe out to R side, and bringing feet together. Girl does counterpart. 2. Releasing hands, do schottische (R-L-R-hop) to R away from partner and back to L (L-R-L-hop) to face partner. Join hands and balance fwd on R, bwd on L and change places with 4 walking steps, crossing over. They face and repeat action, doing schottische away to R, back to L, joining R hands, balancing fwd and bwd, and crossing over, back to place. II. Maitelitza -- Old Russia Formation: Sets of three, inside hands joined facing CCW. 1. All take eight step-hops fwd, lightly stamping on R, hopping on it and swinging L across; then stamping on L, hopping and swinging R across, etc. 2. All turn to face ctr, making quarter turn to L in place. Join hands with those at R and L sides, making three concentric circles. Inner circle takes eight slides to R and eight back to L; middle circle to L and back to R; outer circle to R and back to L, all at once. 3. All face fwd (CCW) and join inside hands again. Dancer on R runs fwd and under arch formed by other two, with eight steps, returning to place, as ctr person turns under. Dancer on L does same, running under arch formed by other two and returning to place. III. Troika -- Old Russia Formation: Sets of three face CCW with inside hands joined at shoulder height. 1. Starting R, take 4 running steps diagonally fwd to R, 4 running steps diagonally fwd to L, and 8 running steps fwd. (This is sometimes done as sixteen high kicking steps fwd.) 2. Facing fwd, person on R goes under arch formed by other two, and then person on L does the same (as in part 3 of Maitelitza). 3. Join hands in small circles on 3. Take 12 running steps to L and stamp three times (L-R-L) and pause. Take 12 running steps to R, stamp three times and pause. Open up to face fwd to begin again.
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