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A short attempt on demystifying

The Bulgarian National Dances. A short attempt on demystifying. So, is it just a bunch of people trying to loosen up their stiff legs or something more ?. Most movements are leg movements Simple horos have three dance steps; the elaborate ones have more than three;

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A short attempt on demystifying

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  1. The Bulgarian National Dances A short attempt on demystifying

  2. So, is it just a bunch of people trying to loosen up their stiff legs or something more ? • Most movements are leg movements • Simple horos have three dance steps; • the elaborate ones have more than three; • They can be played in a circle, in a semi-circle, • in a straight line, or in a snake-line; • Can be only male, or only female, or mixed; • With some horos there exist ‘fixed’ roles of the dancers – the lead dancer and the tail dancer.

  3. The ‘pravo’ or lined horo ‘Kruglo’ or Circular horo

  4. The ‘vitoobrazno’ or snake-line horo

  5. Just one dance for a country ? • Добруджанскаетнографскаобласт • Варненскохоро • Заруйбоб (хоро) • Лясата (хоро) • Повлекана (хоро) • Ръка (хоро) • Сборенка (хоро) • Македонскаетнографскаобласт • Арап (хоро) • Гинка (хоро) • Джангурица (хоро) • Испайче (хоро) • Кривото (хоро) • Малишевскохоро • Пущенохоро – ощеБуфско • Старобанскохоро • Ширто (хоро) • Северняшкаетнографскаобласт • Ганкинохоро • Грънчарскохоро • Дайчовохоро • Дунавскохоро • Еленинохоро • Пайдушкохоро • Ситновлашко (хоро) • Шира (хоро) • Чичовото (хоро) • Апдай • Буниколец • Бранковскаръченица • Тракийскаетнографскаобласт • Бучимиш (хоро) • Пазарджишкакопаница • Ихтиманскакопаница • Правохоро • Тракийскаръченица

  6. The horoas more than a dance. “Every national dance which has been preserved […] bears a direct relationship with certain fundamental moments of people’s lives” That is, the horo is a mix between the necessity of social interaction and the necessity of mythological practice.

  7. Moments of being - moments of dancing • Social : • Celebrations • The so-called ‘subori’ or festivals • At the village square • At home • At the fields • Mythological: • -Rites and rituals in autumn and spring • -Dancing around churches • -Firedancing

  8. Last slide The horo is the epitomy of certain cosmological myths. The national dances used to be the embodiment of ‘living in the myth’ but in time they were stripped of their ‘poetic’ power and are now cherished, nourished for purely aesthetical pleasure. They are now ‘reflection of the myth’.

  9. Today’s horo How many of you know how to dance some type of horo?

  10.  How does today’s horo differs from the horo of the past?  How does it serve as an indicator of our national identity?

  11. The national fairs in Rozhen, Zheravna, Koprivshtica

  12.  Thousands gather to show their pride and interest in our nations heritage  There seems to be this coming back to the roots in recent years? Why do you think this is happening?

  13. The Philip Kutev and the Balgare ensemble

  14. The NeshkaRobeva Dance Shows

  15. Any questions? Thank you !

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