NORIU MIEGO Lithuanian
PRONUNCIATION:	NOH-rew MYEH-goh
TRANSLATION:	I'm sleepy
SOURCE:	Dick Oakes learned this dance from Vyts Beliajus, a Lithuanian immigrant who has been called the "Father of Folk Dancing in the United States," and who introduced this dance in America.
BACKGROUND:	Noriu Miego is widespread in Lithuania and is danced in different ways in various villages. It is one of the oldest known Lithuanian dance / games for adults as well as children, the musicians playing one part slowly and accelerating the other part. A song that may accompany the dance tells of a young man who wants to sleep but is kept awake by the sweet voice of a maiden in the flower garden.
MUSIC:	Folkraft (LP) LP-35, "Viltis Lithuanian Folk Dances," side B, band 8.
FORMATION:	Groups of four dancers scattered anywhere on the floor, hands on own hips, facing the group's ctr.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	SKIP: Step L (ct 1); low, scooting hop L (ct &); repeat action of cts 1& with opp ftwk (cts 2&).
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
1-2	No action.
	THE DANCE
1	Leap onto R in place, touching L heel fwd (ct 1); pause (ct 2);
2	Leap onto L in place, touching R heel fwd (ct 1); pause (ct 2);
3	Leap onto R in place, touching L heel fwd (ct 1); leap onto L in place, touching R heel fwd (ct 2);
4	Leap onto R in place, touching L heel fwd (ct 1); leap onto L in place, touching R heel fwd (ct 2);
5	Clap own hands twice (cts 1,2);
6	Stamp R,L,R, taking wt on each stamp (cts 1,&,2);
7-8	Making a R-hand star with other dancers in group, Skip 4 times CW to L;
9-10	Repeat action of meas 5-6;
11-12	Making a L-hand star with other dancers in group, Skip 4 times CCW to R.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
Copyright © 2012 by Dick Oakes