» Home 
»
News

» About Us
» Statute
» Programme
» MK Folklore
» Support Sonce

» Contact
 

 
 
»Macedonians in UK  
»Germany  
»Czech Rep.  
»Australia  
»Sweden(Goteborg)  
»Canada (Toronto)  
 


» Guest book

 

Supported by:

Macedonian property portal

 

 
 
 
 



 

                       "SEDENKA"
These are the dances from Eastern Macedonia. The choreography is one of the most joyful and dynamic game that was settled. The dancers are mixed (boys and girls) an there are solo parts played by two boys symbolizes duel between them for a girl's affection. This game is playing at spring usually. The costumes are original from Eastern Macedonia basically in white shirts and brown trousers for the boys and white shirts and red dresses for the girls with folk motives hand made. The dance is performing with orchestra suite component of classical instruments like guitar,  accordion, drum ("tapan") etc. and at least 24 dancers.





 

              "POVARDARIE"
The choreography is mixed with the dances from surroundings of Skopje and the area down the river Vardar. The dances were made of unknown popular author aimed for the afternoon's resting of young field-workers after a hard working time. They show strong spirit of an ordinary peasants with their energy and creativity to make their own life's much easier. The performance contains several different solo - parts of the dancers and the other group - parts of the games. During the game the dancers sing songs, as well. The choreography is typically fast, strong and effective. The costumes are ones of the most beautiful and richest in Macedonian folk treasure. They are hand made - not stylized, made in red colour mainly and scenic very effective. The choreography performance is massive with at least 24 dancers. The dancers are wearing special leather footwear called "opinci".  The dance is performing with orchestra suite of classical instruments like: guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan") etc.
 




                           "EGEJSKO"
This choreography is made mixing the games and songs from the part of Macedonia called "Egej".
This part were Macedonian minority lives until today belongs to Greece almost one century. The choreography contain games and songs from urban part of the population. The choreography is mainly with slow rhythm which is growing in fastest at the end, changing alternate solo and collective parts. The dances are mixed, the costumes are stylized for the scene performing - the girls are wearing urban dresses in many different colours with typical hand-made details from that part of the country and the boys are wearing white-black costumes with few hand-made details, usually. The dancers are wearing shoes (untypical for Macedonians dances - used in a several ways only).
     The dances are with orchestra suite component of classical instruments like guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan") etc.
 

"NEVESTINSKO"

The choreography "NEVESTINSKO" descents from the west side of Macedonia. The name of the game tells that it's the game that the bride is dancing for the last time as a girl with her friends, before she is going to leave her parent's house and change it with her future husband's house. This should be her last goodbye to her parents, relatives and friends.The costumes that are used in this choreography are not stylized, with natural materials made and they are the top of the quality and skill of the folks hand made dresses. Extremely rich and unique. Most specifically for the dancer's costume is that they are about 19-21kg weight.
     This choreography should be performed only in case of experienced dancers because of very difficult steps during the dancing. The dancers must run staying on the foot-fingers all of the time. They are not wearing shoes but the specifically leathery footwear called in original "opinci".
     The dance is performing with orchestra suite component of traditional specifically domicile instruments called: "kaval", "gajda", "prim" and drum ("tapan").
     Because of the fast rhythm and many different steps the game is performing by the best dancers of the Ensemble usually.

 

"OSOGOVKA"

The choreography is from Eastern Macedonia descent. The game is performing with two groups of dancers with two different rhythms and the "tapan" suite. Typical for this game is that the drummer is dancing also while he plays. The steps are characteristic with many scene's effects.
The costumes are in white colour and the dancers are wearing kerchiefs.
The dance is performing with orchestra suite component of classical instruments like guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan"),
"gajda" (bagpipe) etc.

 

 

 

"TESKOTO"

The choreography "TESKOTO" descents from the west side of  Macedonia - from the part of the country which was settled with very poor population at the end of the 19th and at the beginning of  20th century. Because of the configuration of the area (stone mountains), the male population couldn't be farmers and the unique way to ensure the existence of their families was to leave their own homes and to go to foreign countries for work.This choreography symbolically presents the hard way of their living. This choreography is extremely difficult. Should be performed by experienced dancers only. The dance is accompanied by orchestra suite of traditional specifically domicile instruments called: "zurla" and "tapan" (drum). The dancer's costumes are hand - made by natural materials (wool and cotton) and not stylized. Typical and extremely difficult part of the dance is the solo part of a dancer on the top of the instrument called "tapan" staying on one leg. This dance is unusual and very attractive for the foreign spectators.

 

"ZETVARKA"

The choreography is based on the dances from surroundings area of the  towns Stip and Kocani situated in the east part of Macedonia. This is typically traditional-established by usage dance. It shows traditional ritual of the harvestable field workings, mixed with many songs that the reapers are singing during their work. The second part of the dance simulates the afternoon rest-time of the workers after a well done work accompanying with the songs for fun. The costumes are more simply and comfortable than the others used in the other choreography as a meter of fact that this kind of the field-work is usually located in the summer time when the weather is to hot. Usually they are in white colour with few hand-made details. The dancers are using typical Macedonian's requisites during the dance like sickles, "sofra" and "bardak". The choreography is performing massive with at least 24 dancers. The dancers are wearing the specifically leathery footwear called in original "opinci". The dance is performing with orchestra suite component of classical instruments like guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan") etc

 

 

"TRESENICA"

This is a dance from Mariovo - the area nearby town Prilep - Central Macedonia.
It express the women's main role at the traditional Macedonian family. The steps are very strong, balanced and graceful.
The costumes are exclusively rich and beautiful - mostly in red colour with many patterns and details. This dance has characteristic steps with alternate changing of foot-fingers and foot-back. The dancers must be conditionally very well prepared because of exhausting strong and hard steps full of energy. They have to have natural sense of rhythm and orientation. The dancers are wearing shoes. The dance is performed with orchestra suite of classical instruments like guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan") etc

 

"KALAJDZISKO"

The choreography is from central part of the Macedonia, exactly from the surrounding area of town Veles. Blacksmith's handicraft is the one of the oldest for hand made home used vessels in Macedonia. The final stratum of the vessels was made by tin and the craftsman was called "tiner" (original - "kalajdzija").
That's how this dance was called "Kalajdzisko". The choreography simulates the process of producing the vessels with the support of the dancers which are simulating the assistants.
Typically for the dance is the solo part of the dancer simulating the main "tiner" who is singing very loudly song which should invite the people to tin their used vessels on the main square at the village.
The dance is mixed, the costumes are stylized for the scene performing and with orchestra suite of classical instruments like guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan") etc. At the final part the orchestra is full fill with "zurla" and "tapan".

 

"PIRIN"

The dances from the eastern side of Macedonia. Specifically for the choreography is that it's very dynamically attractive, most of the time it's with strong and fast steps. The choreography symbolizes the spring time full fill with flowers and the happiness of the girls and boys about the filling that goes with. The most expressive solo-part of the game is the playing of a male and a female pair of dancers symbolizing enamoured pair, surrounded by other dancers. The costumes are simply and comfortable, the girls are wearing red costumes with typical hand-made details from that part of the country and the boys are wearing white costumes with few hand-made details. The choreography is massive with at least 24 dancers. The dancers are wearing the specifically leathery footwear called "opinci", with orchestra suite of classical instruments like guitar, accordion, drum ("tapan") etc
 

 

 

 

 

 
     
 
 
 

Buy or rent property in Macedonia

Your add here for £10 a year!  
 
Your add here for £10 a year!  

 

Your add here for £10 a year!  

 

Your add here for £10 a year!  
 
Your add here for £10 a year!  
 
Your add here for £10 a year!  


 


 

 

 Copyright © 2004 www.sonce.co.uk