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I HAVE BEEN CUTTING HAY
Pjoviau ðienà
This dance is danced all over Lithuania differently. Hereby we provide
the variant, which has beens recorded in the East of Lithuania.
audio/iv_11.mp3
The sequence of the dance
Dancers in a pair stand one in front of another, join hands in a simple
way, a little lower than at a height of shoulders (man’s right, woman’s left). Other
hands are free (1 figure).
| 1. Swinging and turning round under the arm (8
bars) |
1 bar |
To dance the swinging step with outside
feet, waving joined hands in the direction of movement. |
1 figure |
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2 bar |
To dance the movements of 1 bar in a
different direction. |
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3-4 bar |
In two waltz steps a woman turns around
her right shoulder under a man’s right arm. A man leads a woman, stepping two additive
steps (2 figure). |
2 figure |
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5-8 bar |
To repeat the movements of 1-4 bar,
starting to dance to a different direction. |
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2. Going and waltz
(8 bars) |
1-2 bar |
Dancers, still joining hands in the same
way, dance two additive steps according to a woman (3 figure). |
3 figure |
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3-4 bar |
To dance two additive steps to a different
direction (4 figure) |
4 figure |
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5-8 bar |
Dancers join hands for a waltz and dance
waltz during the remaining four bars. |
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Further the dance is repeated from the beginning.
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