Tuman Yarom - Туман яром (Russia/Ukraine)

Tuman Yarom

Туман яром 

Russia/Ukraine

These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Choreographed by Hennie Konings based on traditional khorovod steps. Widely taught by Radboud Koop. The dance is in the Russian Khorovod tradition, but is done to music from Eastern Ukraine.

Music:
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Closed circle, holding hands down in V position. Start facing LOD (CCW).
Introduction: 12 bars no action, start with singing.

Bar 1: Step R (1), L (2) in LOD
Bar 2: Take a slow step R in LOD (1,2)
Bar 3: Take a slow step L in LOD (1,2)
Bars 4-12: repeat bars 1-3, three more times.
Bars 13-15: turn to face center and use the footwork of bars 1-3 to travel into the center. Arms come up parallel to the floor
Bars 16-18: repeat bars 13-15 but backing up and lowering arms back down. Drop hands towards the end of bar 18 and put them on your hips
Bars 19-21: repeat footwork of Bars 13-15, but making a CW turn in place, you don't have to turn all the way around.
Bar 22: Step on R to R (1), stamp L gently next to R (2) (completing turn during bars 22-24 if necessary).
Bar 23: Repeat bar 22 with opposite footwork and direction
Bar 24: Repeat bar 22
Bars 25-48: repeat bars 1-24 with opposite footwork and direction.

Repeat the entire dance.
Then repeat bars 1-24
When music slows and stops, pause, then repeat bars 13-24
End with a bow.

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Lyrics

From Radbook Koop's Russian Folk Dances syllabus

уман яром при долине
да широкoй лист на калине 
Да ещё ширше на дубочку 
да понял голубь голубочку

Понял свою, не чужуя 
паняночку молодуя
Да паняночка муку сея 
да на пылочку набивая

Да калачики натирая
да на реченьку отсылая 
Да за речкою за речкою 
живёт Ваня – ковалёчек

Да ты скуй же мне топорочек 
да пойди, Ваня, во лесочек 
Да сруби, Ваня, тополёчек 
сделай Насте холодочек

Да чтоб Настя да не горела 
животом сердцем да не болела 
Да была б Настя веселая
Да была б Настя веселая 

Tuman yarom pri doline
Da shirokoy list na kaline
Da esho shirshe na dubochku 
Da ponyal golub’ golubochku

Ponyal svoyu, ne chuzhuya 
Panyanochku moloduya
Da panyanochka muku seya 
Da na pylochku nabivaya

Da kalachiki natiraya
Da na rechen’ku otsylaya
Da za rechkoyu za rechkoyu 
Zhivyot Vanya – kovalyochek

Da ty skuy zhe mne toporochek 
Da poydi, Vanya, vo lesochek 
Da srubi, Vanya, topolyochek 
Sdelay Naste kholodochek

Da chtob Nastya da ne gorela 
Zhivotom serdtsem da ne bolela 
Da byla b Nastya veselaya
Da byla b Nastya veselaya 

Valley mist at the steep shore 
Broad leave of the guelder rose 
The oak leaves are even broader 
A dove couple in love

You know, it’s not strange 
The young girl
The girl sieves flour
And raises the dust

She bakes kalachiki
And sends it to the river
At the river
Lives Vanya, the blacksmith

Forge me an axe
Go, Vanya, in the forest 
Chop down, Vanya, a poplar 
Provide Nastya a shadow

So that Nastya doesn’t get hot 
So that she has no heartache 
So that Natya will be happy 
So that Natya will be happy 

Other sources: 

• Koop, Radboud (2012) Russian Folk Dances. PDF syllabus. Page 28.