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"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
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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
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"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
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"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".
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"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
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