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Many Bulgarian dances are line dances, with the dancers holding hands in a straight or curved line, facing in toward the center of the dance space.Originally men and women danced in separate lines, or in a gender-segregated line in which the last woman and first man held opposite ends of a handkerchief, to avoid gender contact but today men and women often dance in mixed lines.
Dajchovo horo (Bulgarian: Дайчово хopo) is a Bulgarian folk dance done to a nine-beat meter. It is unique in two ways: it is a circle dance (most Bulgarian dances are either line or couple dances), and yet it has a leader (most circle dances have no leader). [1]
Pajdushko horo; [1] is a folk dance from Bulgaria [2] and North Macedonia. It features a 5-beat meter divided into "quick" (2-beat) and "slow" (3-beat) units, abbreviated quick-slow or 2+3.time 5 8 ⓘ. Like many other Balkan folk dances, each region or village has its own version of the dance. It is traditionally a men's dance, but in modern ...
Some dancers count it as 3-2-2, 2-2-3-2-2 or SQQ-QQSQQ, "S" meaning "slow", and "Q" meaning "quick". It originates from the traditional dance Jove from the Shopluk region of Bulgaria . Yove male mome is a complicated line dance performed in a curved line or open circle, with each dancer holding their neighbours by the belt.
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Kopanitsa or kopanica (called in some regions Gankino) is the name for a family of lively folk dances from western Bulgaria done to music in 11 8 meter, and also sometimes for the accompanying music.
Tropanka (Bulgarian: Тропанка) is a folk dance from the region of Dobrudzha in northeastern Bulgaria. It's known for its heavy earthy styling, pumping arm motions and foot stamps. [1] It is a line dance, done with the dancers in a line or arc, holding hands, facing in, to 2 4 meter music. It was originally a men's dance, but is now ...
Pravo is a line dance, with men and women dancers in one or more concentric curving lines, facing in toward the center, holding hands.One of two handholds is used, either simply holding hands down at the sides with right palm facing forward, left facing back, or the "belt hold" (na lesa), with each dancer holding the front of his two neighboring dancers' belt or sash, left arm over right. [2]