| VRNI SE VRNI
Macedonian
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| PRONUNCIATION: |
VER-nee seh
VER-nee |
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| TRANSLATION: |
Return to me,
return |
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| SOURCE: |
Dick Oakes learned this dance
from Atanas Kolarovski who taught it at the Stockton Folk Dance Camp in
1968 and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1978. |
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| BACKGROUND: |
Vrni se Vrni is from the Vardar
Valley and takes its name from the song "Vrni se, vrni, libe Marice" in
which a rejected lover pleads to his love to come back to him. The
Vardar basin includes two-thirds of the territory of the Republic of
Macedonia, which some have also called "Vardar Macedonia" after the
river. The valley comprises fertile lands in Polog and Thessaloniki
prefectures and Gevgelija and other parts. The river is surrounded by
mountains elsewhere. The superhighways Greece Interstate 1 in Greece and
M1 and E75 run within the valley along the river's entire length to near
Skopje. |
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| MUSIC: |
Festival (45rpm)
F-4005
Jugoton (LP) LPY-V-701
Voyager AK-001 (LP)
VRLP-402 |
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| FORMATION: |
Open cir of mixed M and W with
hands joined and held at shldr level with elbows bent in "W"
pos. |
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| METER/RHYTHM: |
2/4 |
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| STEPS/STYLE: |
Fig I is danced in a slow,
deliberate manner using 2 meas for each basic motif.
SYNCOPATED TWO-STEP: Described here for meas 1-2 of Fig I.
Rise
slightly on ball of L with straight L knee and extend toe of R in LOD to
where you plan to step (bt 8 of previous motif);
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| 1-2 |
Facing diag R and moving CCW in
LOD, step R bending R knee slightly (bt 1); step on ball of L near back
of R heel pressuring up onto L so that both knees are straight (bt 4);
step R bending R knee slightly (bt 5); rise slightly on ball of R with
straight R knee and extend toe of L in LOD to where you plan to step (bt
8); |
| 3-4 |
Repeat action of first meas in
same dir but with opp ftwk. |
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OFFBEAT WALK: Not
"unconventional or eccentric" but meaning not on the main beat. This
step is danced during the walking part in Fig I. Described here for meas
5-8, the action is similar in meas 13-24.
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| 5-6 |
Facing diag R and moving in
LOD, rise slightly on ball of L with straight L knee and extend toe of R
in LOD to where you plan to step (bt 1); step R bending R knee slightly
(bt 2); repeat action of bts 1,2 in same dir with opp ftwk (bts 5,6);
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| 7-8 |
Rise slightly on ball of L with
straight L knee and extend toe of R in LOD to where you plan to step (bt
1); turning to face ctr, step R bending knee slightly (bt 2); rise on
ball of R while raising bent L knee in front with L ft in front of R
shin (ct 5); hold. |
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LIFT: A low hop in which the
ball of ft does not leave the floor. |
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Movements are soft, without
stiffness or jerkiness. |
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| MEAS |
MOVEMENT
DESCRIPTION |
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| 1-16 |
INTRODUCTION (Instrumental) -
No action. |
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| I. |
SLOW PART (Vocal) |
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| 1-4 |
Facing diag R and moving in
LOD, dance two Syncopated Two-steps R; |
| 5-8 |
Offbeat Walk R. |
| 9-12 |
Facing diag L and moving in
RLOD, dance two Syncopated Two-steps L; |
| 13-16 |
Offbeat Walk L. |
| 17-20 |
Offbeat Walk R; |
| 21-24 |
Offbeat Walk L. |
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| II. |
FAST PART (Instrumental)
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| 1 |
Bringing joined hands down to
sides in "V" pos and facing and moving CCW to R in LOD, hop L as R
reaches out to R (ct 1); step R (ct &); step L (ct 2); |
| 2 |
Repeat action of meas
1. |
| 3 |
Run RLR (cts
1&2); |
| 4 |
Run LRL (cts
1&2). |
| 5 |
Rise on L, pivoting to face ctr
and raising bent R knee in front as joined hands are raised to "W" pos
(ct 1); step R across L (ct 2); |
| 6 |
Step L swd (ct 1); step R next
to or behind L (ct 2); |
| 7 |
Rise on R, raising bent L knee
in front (ct 1); pause (ct 2); |
| 8 |
Bringing hands down to "V" pos,
step LRL in place (cts 1&2). |
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| 9-16 |
Repeat action of meas 1-8
except that hands ramain in "W" pos on meas 16 in preparation for the
beg of the dance. |
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Repeat entire dance from
beg. |