Petrunino horo explained

Petrunino horo is a Bulgarian dance from the Shopluk region in middle-west Bulgaria.^[1]

Overview

The tunes that Petrunino horo is danced to are commonly found in compilations of Bulgarian dance music. The dance is part of the repertoire of nearly every professional Bulgarian folk troupe. The Petrunino horo is one of the two main examples of Bulgarian dances in meter.^[2]

Meter

Petrunino horo is commonly played and danced in a meter. The meter is similar to that of the Eleno Mome tune in that the major groupings are counted as slow, slow, quick, medium. The main difference between Petrunino horo and Eleno Mome is that in Petrunino horo, the second slow is divided into two, yielding a slow, quick, quick, quick, medium. This rhythm is used in almost every measure of most versions of the dance.^[3]

Folk dance teachers

Teachers of Petrunino horo include David Vinski, Dick Crum, Jaap Leegwater, and Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg.^[4]

External links

• Petrunino danced in street clothes

Notes and References

1. http://dunav.org.il/dance_notes/petrunino_horo_dance_notes_crum.pdf Petrunino Horo dance notes
2. Barber E. W. The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance. W. W. Norton & Company, 2013., 9780393089219 Accessed at Google Books 27 September 2015.
3. Antokoletz A. E. et al. (ed.)Bartok Perspectives : Man, Composer, and Ethnomusicologist. Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 p. 205, 9780199771127.
4. http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/folktchr.htm Dick Oakes master teacher biographies.