| SEDI DONKA
Bulgarian | ||
| PRONUNCIATION: | SEH-dee DOHN-kah | |
| TRANSLATION: | ||
| SOURCE: | Dick Crum originally taught Fig I and Fig II (Fig IV is a repeat of Fig II) of this dance to folk dancers in the United States. Fig III was added later and is as danced in southern California. | |
| BACKGROUND: | Sedi Donka originates in the area of Thrace around the towns of Pazardzik and Plovdiv in south-central Bulgaria. Some twenty variations of the dance exist in this region. Three are described below. | |
| MUSIC: | Xopo (LP) X-LP-4, side 1, band 3 Bruno (LP) BR 50163, side A, band 6 "Horo" Monitor (LP) MF 384, side 2, band 3 "Horo of Sofia" Bay Records (LP) 205, side 2, band 4 Du-Tam (45rpm) 1001 B | |
| FORMATION: | Short lines (5-6 dancers) of mixed M and W holding belts ("na lesa") in "X" pos, R arm under. | |
| METER/RHYTHM: | 7/16 + 11/16. The music is written in a combination of two meas of 7/16 and one meas of 11/16 meter. The rhythm is SLOW-quick-quick, SLOW-quick-quick, quick-quick-SLOW-quick-quick (3-2- 2 = 7, 3-2-2 = 7, 2-2-3-2-2 = 11) for a total of 11 accented beats and will be counted below as 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4-5. | |
| STEPS/STYLE: | CHUG: Sharp low scooting jump.
The dance has a moderately heavy quality with the upper body straight and proud. | |
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| MEAS | MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION |
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| INTRODUCTION - None. | ||
| I. | TO SIDE WITH BOUNCES | |
| 1 | Step R swd (ct 1); hop R (ct 2); step L across in front of R (ct 3); | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1; | |
| 1 | Step R swd (ct 1); step L across in back of R (ct 2); step R swd (ct 3); closing L to R, bounce twice on both with wt predominantly on R (cts 4,5). | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1-3 to L with opp ftwk. | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1-6. | |
| II. | TO CTR WITH TAPS | |
| 1 | Step R fwd (ct 1); hop R (ct 2); step L fwd (ct 3); | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1; | |
| 1 | Step R fwd (ct 1); small step L fwd (ct 2); tap R heel lightly next to L (ct 3); small leap R in place (ct 4); tap L heel lightly next to R (ct 5); | |
| 1 | Reverse action of meas 1-3 bwd with opp ftwk. | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1-6. | |
| III. | TO R WITH TAPS AND TO L WITH SCISSORS | |
| 1 | With ft parallel and wt evenly distributed, "chug" fwd with both ft (ct 1); hop R (ct 2); step L across in front of R (ct 3); | |
| 1 | Step R swd (ct 1); hop R (ct 2); step L across in front of R (ct 3); | |
| 1 | Step R swd (ct 1); step L in back of R (ct 2); tap R heel lightly next to L (ct 3); small leap R in place (ct 4); tap L heel lightly next to R (ct 5); | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 4-5, Fig I; | |
| 1 | Step L swd (ct 1); step R across in back of L (ct 2); step L swd, extending R ft low fwd (ct 3); step R in place, extending L ft low fwd (ct 4); step L in place, extending R low fwd (ct 5). | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1-6. | |
| IV. | TO CTR WITH TAPS | |
| 1 | Repeat action of meas 1-12, Fig II. | |
| Repeat entire dance from beg. | ||
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