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Zbojnicki Dance
Posted on January 18, 2009 by oprishki
The Dances of Podhale (Poland) Joseph Needham Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Dec., 1937), pp. 117-119
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Zbójnicki- Na szkle Malowane
Posted on January 3, 2009 by oprishki
A Polish dance troupe dancing the Zbojnicki…a bandit dance.
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Vertical Figure Eights
Posted on July 30, 2008 by oprishki
Some vertical figure eights done with the mountain axe held in one hand. This comes directly from Rusyn dance but rather than jump over the axe head when it passes low I withdraw the leg back as one would do in saber fencing. I really need to retake this clip using the shorter Rusyn style [...]
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A nice description of the Tanec Sokyra
Posted on June 26, 2008 by oprishki
On the High Uplands Sagas, Songs, Tales and Legends of the Carpathians by Stanislaw Vincenz Dance description pg 43 What did they dance? The depicted their ancestors history and past adventures. They swung their axes at one another, erect and squatting, as though repulsing an enemy; they threw their axes from one to another, as [...]
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