Papakhnerov Par - Պապախներով Պար (Armenia)

Papakhnerov Par
 Պապախներով Պար

Armenia

These notes ©2016, Andrew Carnie. Dance originally taught in the US by Tom Bozigian, who learned it in Yerevan in 1973 from Vanoush Khanamiryan, who was the director of Armenian State Dance Ensemble.

Music: GT2002; Composed by Khachatur Avetisyan.
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Closed circle, shoulder hold
Introduction: 6 bars + pause, no action

Part 1: Travel

Bar 1: Moving in LOD, Hop on L (ah) Step on R (1), hop on R (ah), Step on L (2)
Bars 2-4: repeat bar 1, three more times.
Bar 5: Moving in LOD, Leap onto R, kicking L back (1), Hop on R, kicking L forward low (2)
Bar 6: Repeat bar 5 with opposite footwork
Bar 7: Run forward R (1), L (2), kicking free foot up behind on each step
Bar 8: repeat bar 7
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8

Part 2: Facing center

Bar 1: Facing center, hop on L foot, swinging R around to front (1), Step on R across in front of L (&), pause (2), Chug back on R (&)
Bar 2: Leap backwards onto L, (1), Leap on R to R, lifting L in front and shout "hey" (2)
Bar 3: Step on L to L (1), cross R over L (&), Step on L in place (2)
Bar 4: Jump on both feet together, knees bent (1), Leap onto L, kicking R foot back (bent at the knee)  (2)
Bars 5-16: repeat bars 1-4, three more times.

Part 3: Travel

Repeat part 1

Part 4: facing center

Repeat part 2

Part 5 - Transition

Women:
Bar 1: Facing center, drop hands and step R to R (1), close L to L with weight (2), hands roll inwards leading with the fingers.
Bar 2: Step R to R (1), pause (2), hands continue circle inward and then out to present palms to the R
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork, traveling to the L. Hands present to the L.

Men:
Bars 1-4: Men take 8 walking steps forward into the center, up on the balls of the feet. Clap on first beat, then put arms up as if in a shoulder hold. End the walking in a closed circle in the center in shoulder hold

Part 6: men in the center

Women:
Bars 1-16: women continue doing the footwork and arm work of the transition figure above.

Men:
Bar 1: Squat on both feet (1), land on L foot, kicking R forward (2)
Bar 2: Step on R to R (1). Cross L over R (2)
Bar 3: Jump on both feet together with a slight bend of the knees (1), Jump up kicking both legs back, bent at the knee (2), land on both with bent knees (&)
Bar 4: Pause (1),  Jump up kicking both legs back, bent at the knee (&), Land on both, with bent knees (2), pause (&)
Bar 5: Leap on L to L, kicking R forward (1), Cross R over L (2)
Bars 6-8: repeat bar 5, three more times.
Bars 9-12: repeat bars 1-4
Bar 13: Leap on L foot forward, leaving R foot back, clap hands (1). Pause (2)
Bar 14: Pivot CW to face out, with weight on R foot (1), Step on L (2)
Bars 15-16: take 4 walking steps R (1), L (2), R (1), L (2) to rejoin the women in the outer circle, curve CCW to face LOD in shoulder hold with women.

Part 7: Travel

Repeat part 1

Part 8: Facing center

Repeat part 2

Part 9: Travel 

Repeat part 1

Part 10: Facing center

Repeat part 2

Other Notes on the Web

• Page 163 of Stockton Folk Dance Camp Syllabus (1974)
• http://wikiwiki.jp/tofdc/?Armenia%2FPapakhneroo%20Par (in Japanese)

Bill and Karen Faust's Fayetteville Video

Other sources

• Fitz, John (1974) Stepnotes. Volume 1: Line Circle and Couple Dances. Self published.

Also spelled: Bar, Babaghnerov