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KAFKAZ FOLK SONG & DANCE ENSEMBLE
(Circassian/Daghestani (Georgia) Artistic Director- Gurbuz Aktas
Appearing with the Ensemble today are three top professional dancers of Tbilisi: Ketevan Dumbadse, a female soloist formerly with the National Song and Dance Ensemble, and Badri Esatia and Teimuraz Koridze, both male soloists with the Georgian State Dance Company. We honor them and welcome them to America!
Georgian Suite: "The men are eagles, the women, like doves..." according to an old saying in the Caucasus (known to the natives as "Kafkazia"), and the difference between the two can be no more clearly seen than in this suite of dances. The noble grace of the women contrasts vividly with the fiery leaps and dazzling spins of the men, who also dance on the knuckles of their toes. The women's dancing features the renowned gliding dances from the north; the small steps and smooth carriage combine to produce an ethereal, flowing effect, further enhanced by the long skirts and chiffon sleeves of the costumes. Men's dances include the rigorous and extremely demanding Kazbek style, named for the mountain where it originated, and the famous Lezginka competition dance which serves as the group's finale.
STANFORD VINTAGE DANCE ENSEMBLE
(United States/Europe) Artistic Director- Richard Powers
The Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble presents a sampling from their repertoire of historic dances from many nations. The Six-Hand Reel (ca. 1800) was as popular in England and America as it was in its native Scotland. the unique Congo Minuet (1805) combined old minuet figures with the latest American country dance steps. The original CanCan Quadrille (1830-70) was choreographic anarchy instigated by Parisian students. The earliest surviving description of a South American Tango was published in an 1856 dance manual. And the Polish Mazurka was considered by many to be the grandest of all nineteenth century dances.
TANZA- 32ND ST./USC MAGNET SCHOOL (Bulgaria)
Artistic Director- William C. Burke
Ladies' Rucenitsa Sopsko
TANGO/ARGENTINA FOLK BALLET (Argentina)
Artistic Director &Choreographer- Nora Dinzelbacher
Tango y Milongas: We present a very brief history of the tango, from the 1900's "Milonga", with its traditional steps and costumes, to the 1940's "Tango" with its fast footwork and "ganchos" (kicks or hooks), to the modern music of Astor Piazzolla:
Taquito Militar (Milonga)- by M. Mores Hotel Victoria (Tango)- by Salgan-Delio Versano Porteno (Tango)- by Astor Piazzolla
FILIPINIANA DANCE TROUPE (Philippine Islands)
Artistic Director - Bernardo T. Pedere Assistant Director - Larry Abacan
Rural lowland Christian dances of the Philippines:
Tapis is the loose overskirt worn by women. This dance shows the many uses of this garment, such as
protection from the sun, carrying harvest from the fields, cradling a baby, and also in courtship and flirtation. Binasuan • balancing wine-filled glasses perched on the head and hands, a dancer executes spins, rolling on
the floor, all the while doing intricate hand movements.
Sayaw sa Payong means "Dance with Umbrella". It is performed to the tune of a
popular folk music from the llocos region on the Island of Luzon.
Subli- a very happy dance that takes its name from two Tagalog words, "subsub", meaning stooped, and "bali", meaning broken. Male dancers assume a bent-
forward position, simultaneously clicking bamboo castanets.
Tinikling, the most famous of all Philippine folk dances originated from the Island
of Leyte. The dancers hop in and out between rapidly beating bamboo poles in imitation of the a rice paddy bird..
Suite of Bulgarian Dances:
Little Sop (young men's dance) Daicovo (calls in Bulgarian)