Slovak national dance
Slovak national dance is called Čardáš. It is very easy dance influenced by Hungarian culture and it comes from 18 century. Our girls from 2.A class prepared this dance for you. The instruction how to dance it very easy: dance in pairs, once step on the left, one step on the right, two steps on the left, two steps on the right, walking on the left, walking on the right and turning on the left and on the right. Our girls are dancing čardáš in folk costumes from our town Nová Baňa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBL8imfnQQ&feature=youtu.be
LA JOTA MANCHEGA
Spain is something more than flamenco!!! We are from the center of Spain and flamenco comes from the South. The basis of all our traditional dances is similar and the movements of our arms will remind you of flamenco, but each area has its own typical dance.
The most extended in Spain is called ”JOTA”, and depending on the area it has different names; ours is ” LA JOTA MANCHEGA” . Yes, our area is LA MANCHA , have you ever heard of “Don Quixote of La Mancha” , well, that is where we live.
At the end of the video you will see that our costumes are very different from the ones you see in flamenco….
The order of the dance is:
CHORUS+ 1ST STEP+ CROSSING+ CHORUS LINK+2ND STEP+ CROSSING+ CHORUS+ LINK+3RD STEP
**OUR RECOMMENDATION: learn just CHORUS and FIRST STEP, otherwise it may be too challenging. Well, It’s up to you if you want to learn it all!!!
We would like to give special thanks to our Spanish Language teacher (Rocío Santos), she is a semi-professional dancer and she has been really kind to help us to do this video and teach us how to do it properly. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROCÍO!!!
KOLO
This is a traditional round dance from Dalmatian Zagora (Dalmatinska zagora) in Croatian "KOLO"
The dancers are: Josipa Katarina svalina 7th grade, Gabriela Bučić 6th grade, ante Jurić 6th grade, Ivana Svalina 5th grade, Ivan Jurić Marinić 7th grade and Mario Domazet 8th grade.
PORTUGAL
Dear partners, we regret not showing a typical dance of Portugal recreated by the students, because time was scarce due to the need to prepare for various evaluation tests (the 12th year is terminal year of non-higher education) and the difference of the students' schedules limited the possibility of creation of the dance. Alternatively, they created videos about some of Portugal's typical dances, showing them how to dance and what they mean. We hope you enjoy.
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ALWERNIA (POLAND)
The KRAKOWIACZEK Song and Dance Ensemble cultivates traditional folk dances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIV_CFxNmcs