A Treasury of
International Folk Dances
A Step-by-Step Guide
Choreographed by Jim Gold
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This book is a product of extensive research into the languages, cultural histories, and folk dances local people have performed for centuries. Mr. Gold intends it as the first reference work of its kind—a repository of movements and dance steps, captured in his choreographies, created over many years.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A la Claire Fontaine …………………………………France
Aide, Odam, Odam ………………………………… Bulgaria
Aj Da Idem Jano………………………………………Bulgaria
Ako Oomra …………………………………………………Bulgaria
Al Alem Allah ………………………………………………Egypt
Ale Brider ………………………………………………Klezmer/Yiddish
Alla Mia Fora ………………………………………………Greece
Am O Mandra………………………………………………Romania
B Moreta Lodka ………………………………………Bulgaria
Batuta de la Saucheshti…………………………Romania
Belo Litse Lyubam……………………………………Macedonia
Boiereasca Hora………………………………………Romania
Boiereasca Jim…………………………………………Romania
Busk……………………………………………………….……Norway
Can Kiz…………………………………………………………Turkey
Cantigas Deus Madre……………………………………Spain
Cantigas de Santa Maria……………………………Spain
Casuta Noastra……………………………………….…Romania
Cija Kolo………………………………………………………Croatia
Ciko Ianiko…………………………………………………….Bosnia
Dance of the Firemen……………………………………Romania
De Boca del Dyo……………………………………………Bosnia
Djeni Me Mamo (Balance dance)…………………Bulgaria
Dola moj dola………………………………………………Albania
Donke Lesnoto…………………………………………Bulgaria
Dreidel Cocek………………………………………………Novelty
Dvashtim, Trishtim…………………………………….…Bulgaria
Easy Winners…………………………………………USA
Edelweiss……………………………………………………Austria
Egoscue Hora………………………………………………Romania (Novelty)
El Pastor…………………………………………………Argentina
Ela Apopse………………………………………………Greece
Fest Noz Quimper……………………………………France (Brittany)
Fille Delaisse…………………………………………French Canada
Fredo…………………………………………………………France
Freilach………………………………………………………Klezmer/Yiddish
Gorno Oryahovsko Pravo Horo……………………Bulgaria
Grandfather’s Clock………………………………….…USA
Grkinja………………………………………………….…Serbia
Hadi Yuru Yuru…………………………………………Turkey
Hasapico Argo (Isorropia)………………………….…Greece
Hasapico Athens…………………………………….……Greece
Hej Gorol Ci Jo Gorol……………………………………Moravia
Honga………………………………………………………….Klezmer/Yiddish
Hora lui Budisteanu……………………………………..Romania
Hora lui Grigoras …………………………………………Romania
Hora Yia Ta Matia Pou Agapo………………………Greece
Iskat Me Mamo……………………………………………Bulgaria
I’ve Been Up and Down ………………………………USA
Jaunas Bernuzelis…………………………………………Lithuania
Jerusalem Ridge……………………………………………USA
Jest Vino………………………………………………………Russia
Kamenopolsko Oro…………………………………Bulgaria
Kapura…………………………………………………….…Slovakia
Karamfilo, Fil-Filo, Mome………………………………Bulgaria
Katerina Mou…………………………………………………Greece
Komaromi……………………………………………………Klezmer/Slovakia
Kotlenska Svatbarska Ruchenitsa………………Bulgaria
Kurdish Beauty……………………………………………….Israel
La Kreasyon…………………………………………………..Bosnia
La Parida……………………………………………………….Bosnia
La Tore………………………………………………………….Bosnia
Layla, Layla……………………………………………………Israel
Lule……………………………………………………………….Albania
Madre Mija Si Mi Muero……………………………….Bosnia
Maica…………………………………………………………….Romania
Mai Neicuta Mai Gorjene ……………………………..Romania
Man of Constant Sorrow……………………………….USA
Mila Mamo Number 1…………………………………..Bulgaria
Mi se Sobrale.……………………….………….………….Macedonia
Moldavian Hora Lui Aurescu…………………………Romania
Multsu Mesc…………………………………………………Romania
Naxos Kalimera……………………………………………Greece
Ne Klepeci……………………………………………………Bosnia
Nenadova Kolo……………………………………………Serbia
O Sole Mio…………………………………………………Italy
Oildo Mi Novya…………………………………………………Bosnia
Oniro Tis Nyschtas…………………………………………Greece
Orawa………………………………………………………………Poland
Oy, Baboushka………………………………………………Russia
Oy, Pri doudzke…………………………………………………Russia
Pak Sum Piyan………………………………………………Bulgaria
Pavle Mou Pie……………………………………………………Bulgaria
Platky……………………………………………………………Russia
Pogonishte Kruja……………………………………………Albania
Polegnala e Todora……………………………………………Bulgaria
Posloushaite Patrioti…………………………………………Bulgaria
Pozdrav…………………………………………………………Bulgaria
Pravo Horo Ivan…………………………………………………Bulgaria
Prodomeni Agape………………………………………………Greece
Raiti B’Chalom………………………………………………Israel
Reel du Panier…………………………………………………Canada
Russian Round (Bielolitza Krieglolitza)………………Russia
Sbogam Mila……………………………………………………Bulgaria
Sborensko Horo………………………………………………Bulgaria
Scott’s Rag……………………………………………………USA
Sednach da Vetcheram…………………………………Bulgaria
Sendero Triste………………………………………………Cuba
Shady Grove…………………………………………………USA
Sirba de la Vadoul……………………………………………Romania
Stani Kume, Stani…………………………………………Bulgaria
Stari Zupski Ples……………………………………………Croatia
Sto Mi E Milo……………………………………………………Bulgaria
Targoviskoto…………………………………………………Bulgaria
Taya Vetcher…………………………………………………Bulgaria
Tchestata………………………………………………………Bulgaria
The Cossacks…………………………………………………Russia
Timonya Krugavaya……………………………………………Russia
Tish Kazala……………………………………………………Ukraine
To Dilino……………………………………………………………Greece
Toreador……………………………………………………………Spain/France
Tout Va Tres Bien…………………………………………….…France
U Sapcu Kraj Save………………………………………………Serbia
U Sest Number 7………………………………………………Serbia
Una Noce Al Lunar………………………………………………Bosnia
Vajzal e Permetit…………………………………………………Albania
Varka Sto Yailo…………………………………………………Greece
Vradiazi……………………………………………………………Greece
Wildwood Flower…………………………………………………USA
Yadzhiiskata…………………………………………………………Bulgaria
Yom Yom Ne Prishyal………………………………………Russia
Za Izliaz Donke…………………………………………………Bulgaria
Zashtem………………………………………………………………Bulgaria
Zelena Gora…………………………………………………………Bulgaria
About Jim Gold
Jim Gold is a writer, folk dance teacher and choreographer, classical and folk guitarist, cultural-tour organizer, and founder of Jim Gold International. For decades, he has brought people together through dance, music, travel, writing, culture, and friendship. His books explore creativity, aging, movement, humor, struggle, beauty, and the art of living fully.
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