BĂTRÎNEASCA DIN VICOV

Romanian

 
PRONUNCIATION: BUH-tru-neh-ahs-kah din vee-KOHV
 
TRANSLATION: Old person's dance from Vicov, Moldavia
 
SOURCE: Nicholaas Hilferink presented this dance at theIdyllwild Folk Dance Camp in 1987.
 
BACKGROUND: In 1944 the Red Army drove the Axis forces out and re-established Soviet control over the territory of Bucovina. Romania was forced to formally cede the northern part of Bukovina to the USSR by the 1947 Paris peace treaty. The territory became part of the Ukrainian SSR as Chernivtsi Oblast ( province ). After the war, the Soviet government deported or killed about 41,000 Romanians. As a result of killings and mass deportations, entire villages, mostly inhabited by Romanians were abandoned. Vicov was, to a large extent, destroyed.
 
MUSIC: Electrocord (LP) ST-CS 0185, Side A, Band 3
 
FORMATION: A cir (open or closed), with hands joined and extended above head height with straight elbows.
 
METER/RHYTHM: 2/4
 
STEPS/STYLE: Steps have a heay feeling. The swagger in the first figure is from upper body.
 
MEASMOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
 
 INTRODUCTION
 
  Beg with vocal.
 
I.  FIRST PART: Facing and travelling CCW
 
1 Step R diag R fwd, lean R (cts 1-2); close L to R taking wt (ct 3); step R in place (ct 4).
 
2-3 Repeat action of Fig 1, meas 1, alternating ftwk 2 more times (3 in all).
 
  NOTE: During meas 1-2, cts 3-4, you may hold or do a double bounce in place on both ft (most of wt is on stepping ft).
 
4 Step L diag L fwd with plie, lean L (cts 1-2); step R diag R fwd with plie, lean R (cts 3-4).
 
5-16 Repeat action of Fig I, meas 1-4, alternating ftwk 3 more times (4 in all).
 
II.  SECOND PART: Facing ctr, hands in ''W'' pos, travel bwd and fwd
 
1 Small bounce on L lifting R knee (ct 1); small step bwd on R (ct 2); small bounce on R lifting R knee (ct 3); small step bwd on L (ct 4).
 
  NOTE: There is a small swagger of upper body.
 
2 Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1, cts 1-3 (cts 1-3); small step fwd on L (ct 4).
 
3 Small bounce on L lifting R knee (ct 1); small step R fwd (ct 2); small bounce on R lifting L knee (ct 3); small step L fwd (ct 4).
 
4 Hold (ct 1); small leap R fwd (ct 2); step L fwd with stamp (ct 3); hold (ct 4).
 
5 Small bounce on L (ct 1); stamp R in place without wt (ct 2); stamp R in place taking wt (ct 3); hold (ct 4).
 
6 Repeat action of Fig II, meas 5, with opp ftwork.
 
7 Jump on both ft swd L (cts 1-2); jump on both ft swd R (cts 3-4).
 
8 Jump on both ft in ctr (cts 1-2); hold (cts 3-4).
 
9-16 Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1-8.
 
III.  THIRD PART: Facing ctr
 
1 Step on R heel diag R fwd extending arms fwd at shldr height (ct 1); step L in place (ct 2); close R to L returning arms to ''W'' pos (ct 3); hold (ct 4).
 
2 Repeat action of Fig III, meas 1.
 
3 Moving swd R, step R heel to R (ct 1); close L to R with accent, knee bent, taking wt (ct 2); repeat action of cts 1-2 (cts 3-4).
 
4 Step R heel to R (ct 1); close L to R with accent, knee bent, taking wt (ct 2); slight drop on R next to L with bent knee (ct 3); hold (ct 4).
 
5-8 Repeat action of Fig III, meas 1-4, with opp ftwk moving swd L.
 
  Repeat entire dance from beg to end of music.
 
Source : Dick Oakes