Romania How to dance Alunelul Traditional romanian mixt dance which is an open or a closed circle. Dancers hold each other shoulders or hands and take side steps with heels strikes. The basic step is ea...
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Iran How to dance Bandari It's a dance of south Iran (persic golf).
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Dancers stand on a circle without holding hands, sometimes encouraging one of them to go to the center for a solo. The "port" danc...
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France How to dance circassian circle Circle dances with alternation of boys and girls.
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Circassian is a couple ludic dance with a partner change at each cycle. The dance is accomplished when each boy ...
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Portugal How to dance Corridinho Traditional portugese dance of Algarve area. This couple dance is executed in a circle, women being in the middle-side and men in the external part of the circle. This dance also exists in former colonies of Portugal.
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Romania Moldavia Israel How to dance Hora Traditional Dance of Romania, Moldavia, Israel practiced in weddings and popular festivities. Dancers hold hands and form a big open circle that turns in the direction of the n...
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Bulgaria Macedonia How to dance Horo Characteristic dances of the Balkans. Horos are danced on line, open circle, or spiral.
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Dancers hold hands or belt. The open chain is lead. It's departure is called the head a...
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Israel How to dance Israeli dances FREYLEKHS also called "hopke"(jump), is a jewish circle dance, joyfull and full of spirituality, whose steps are very different from a shtetl to another, keeping fre...
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Serbia Croatia How to dance Kolo Family of open or close circle dances reminding romanian Hora or bulgarian Horo. Kolo means wheel in serbian. Performed on 2 count music , often fast, but it also can be dance...
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Portugal How to dance Malhao Folkloric circle dance of Estramadure on 2/4. Malhão de Reguenga is danced by groups of four. The folkloric song Ó Malhão Malhão had been sung on 1982 by Linda de Suza.
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Greece Israël How to dance Podaraki Folk dance of the Romilia area, Greece.
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Podaraki means little foot in greek because of the feet strikes. Mixt open-circle, convivial and trans-generational, this da...
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Portugal How to dance Rancho This north Portugal couple dance is performed in rows or in a circle, according to the choreography. Each choreography tells a story. Traditional clothes represent poor pea...
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Romania How to dance Sarba Folkloric dance of the Balkans that means "serbian". Sârba or Sîrba is mixt, generally executed on circle or half-circle. Dancers put their hands on the neighbo...
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Catalonia Spain How to dance Sardane Traditional dance of Catalonia, executed on a close circle, alterning men and women, holding hands. Music is called Cobla. Nowadays Sardane is danced with everyda...
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