SrpkinjaСрпкињаSerbia
These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. The dance was widely taught in the US by Dick Crum, Cheryl Spasojević, John Filcich, Martin Koenig, and Michael and Mary Ann Herman. The name translates as "Serbian Girl"
Dick Crum's dance notes say that the dance was a choreography from the earliest part of the 20th century and was composed and choregraphed by Isidor Bajić. He sought to combine traditional Serbian Dance with some of the more popular ball room formations of the time. Bajic incorporated the dance and music into his opera Prince Ivo of Semberia using lyrics composed by Jovan Zivojnovic.
Music: Folkdancer MH1008; Dances from Serbia, NFO 2001
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Couples in a circle, facing center, M on W's R (although it may have originally been danced in squares of 4 couples like a quadrille) Hands down in V position or up in W position.
Introduction: None, start right as the music starts
Part 1: Vizit
Bar 1: Walk R (1), L (2) in LODBar 2: Walk R (1) in LOD, touch L next to R, turning to face slightly RLOD
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork and direction.
Bar 5: Facing center, step R (1), L (2) into the middle
Bar 6: Step R into the center (1), Touch L next to R (2)
Bars 7-8: Repeat bars 5-6 with opposite footwork, backing away from center
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8
(Crum's original notes had bars 5-8 as bars 1-4, and Bar 1-4 as 5-8)
Part 2: Balans
Bar 1: Facing center step on R to R (1), close L next to R no weight (2)Bar 2: Repeat bar 1, opposite footwork and direction
Bar 3: Walk R (1), L (2) in LOD
Bar 4: Walk R (1) in LOD, touch L next to R, turning to face slightly RLOD
Bars 5-8: Repeat bars 1-4 with opposite footwork and direction
Bars 9-16: Repeat bars 1-8
Part 3: Reverans i Koket
Bar 1: Drop hands with neighbor, Woman rolls in front of M with two steps R (1), L (2), to face him.Bar 2: She curtseys and he bows (1,2)
Bars 3-4: Woman continues roll across stepping to end on M's right, M shifting slightly to the L, everyone steps R (1), L (2), R (1), L (2)
Bars 5-8: Repeat bars 1-4, but with M rolling across W.
Bar 9: Step R to R (1), Close L to L with weight (2)
Bar 10: Step R to R(1) touch L next to R, turning to face slightly RLOD
Bars 11-12: Repeat bars 9-10 with opposite footwork and direction
Bars 13-16: Repeat bars 9-12
Bars 17-32: Repeat bars 1-16
[In the Noa-am video below they do hop-step-steps in bars 9-10, etc. but this is in none of the notes I can find]
repeat dance from the beginning until the end of the music
Other videos on the web
Other instructions on the web
Other Sources
- Houston, Ron (2013) Folk Dance Problem Solver 2013. Society of Folk Dance Historians
Also spelled: Srpkina
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