Anybody else out there a folk dancing fan?

hague1cmaeronThreads: 21 Posts: 1,654 Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 09:47 #1
I find that I am quite keen on folk dancing, watching that is since I can't dance(: A few examples that I like: Starting from my region of origin And something a little further afield and outside of Poland. I find that I do like this Hungarian dance.

DaisyThreads: 16 Posts: 2,172 Joined: Apr 28, 07 ♀	Jan 26, 11, 11:26 #2
I like English Rapper

smurfThreads: 46 Posts: 660 Joined: Sep 8, 09 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 11:30 #3
I've never seen any Polish folk dancing, looks like good craic though, wish they had something cool like that in smelly Kato, back at home we'd call that a session and many many pints of guinness would be drank :)

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Edited by: hague1cmaeron Jan 26, 11, 12:25 #4

Daisy:

I like English Rapper

I really enjoyed that, I think i have only seen this type of dance once before, is it specific to a certain part of england?

I guess I am more familiar with Morris dancing. The other day i saw a demonstration of English clog dancing, quite interesting.

And I am obviously familiar with Scottish dancing, which I really like.

smurf:

I've never seen any Polish folk dancing, looks like good craic though, wish they had something cool like that in smelly Kato, back at home we'd call that a session and many many pints of guinness would be drank :)

Yea no chance of that, its all Silesians there(:

hague1cmaeronThreads: 21 Posts: 1,654 Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 12:45 #5
A demonstration of English clog dancing

DaisyThreads: 16 Posts: 2,172 Joined: Apr 28, 07 ♀	Jan 26, 11, 14:20 #6
Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance, it takes place in September and goes on all day, visiting every farm and village in the area. Carbon dating on the antlers show them to be at least 1,000 years old, the dance is mentioned in 12th century writings, so it's very old note the horse in the line-up, here's another one that takes place on Mayday where only the horse dances

OlafThreads: 8 Posts: 1,369 Joined: Oct 29, 09 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 14:29 #7
This is nice, but nothing can be compared to Stavros .

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,228 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 15:13 #8
"Zulu's Sah,10 of em!" Trying to find clips without excesive boobage is a nightmare :)

smurfThreads: 46 Posts: 660 Joined: Sep 8, 09 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 15:21 #9
hague1cmaeron: its all Silesians there yea everyone's too busy mining coal to keep Warsaw in the green :)

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,228 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jan 26, 11, 15:25 #10
Am I imagining things or did The Fonz do a Polish folk dance on Happy Days once??

hague1cmaeronThreads: 21 Posts: 1,654 Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂	Edited by: hague1cmaeron Jan 26, 11, 23:08 #11
Olaf: This is nice, but nothing can be compared to Stavros Yes it very hard to compete against Stavros, really great stuff. lol. isthatu2: Trying to find clips without excesive boobage is a nightmare :) Yes I've seen a few those. And with plenty of 'boobage', it brings back memories(:

beno1234Threads: - Posts: 2 Joined: Jan 27, 11 ♂	Jan 27, 11, 00:10 #12
not really myself

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,228 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jan 27, 11, 00:17 #13
Thats good to know beno,thanks for sharing. suppose this is more Volks dancing but,still funny

dtaylor5632Threads: 49 Posts: 4,459 Joined: May 2, 09 ♂	Jan 27, 11, 00:35 #14
Wheres your Scottish Celtic dancing istha?

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,228 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jan 27, 11, 01:02 #15
dtaylor5632: Wheres your Scottish Celtic dancing istha? Me? Only folk dancing Ive ever done was "Cossak" and hopefully there isnt any footage on you tube ;) Its probably treason to say it,but Ive never been impressed with Scottish dancing TBH,Oh,Im sure there is an "art" to it but its a bit fluffy and twee for me. Saw these guys live when I was a Kid, so @ 2.15 is my idea of "Sword Dancing" ! :)

hague1cmaeronThreads: 21 Posts: 1,654 Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂	Edited by: hague1cmaeron Jan 27, 11, 09:01 #16
isthatu2: Saw these guys live when I was a Kid Impressive, and it looks quite complicated. This also looks quite complicated.

hague1cmaeronThreads: 21 Posts: 1,654 Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂	Jan 27, 11, 09:28 #17
back to my Poland and my former province, though not region. The Krakowiak Not the best version though.

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Jan 27, 11, 20:12 #18

isthatu2:

Ive never been impressed with Scottish dancing TBH,Oh,Im sure there is an "art" to it but its a bit fluffy and twee for me.

You've obviously never done the end-of-the-night Strip the Willow on the Renfrew Ferry's Friday night ceilidh. Rollerball without the wheeels!

I've done a fair bit of Polish dancing in villages and barns. My wife plays trad music and I worked with a theatre group who went into the dark areas off the map. Oberek's at midnight around a candle... Polka's where people fell through the floor of the farmhouse... playing drums until the skin left my knuckles and the blood flowed... all good fun.

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,228 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jan 27, 11, 22:34 #19
Trevek: Renfrew Ferry's Friday night ceilidh. Rollerball without the wheeels! Couldnt resist it Play this with the sound up...but watch the lower one with the sound down at the same time (cheap ,quick remix lol)..:)

AlbanaichThreads: 4 Posts: 45 Joined: Nov 6, 09 ♂	Feb 20, 11, 00:18 #20
Yeah, my Polish friends were impressed with Scottish Ceildh dancing to. . . . . if you haven't got bruises at the end of the night you've been doing it wrong! Up in Inverness they mix Ceildh with Techno - wierd. . . . . . .

hague1cmaeronThreads: 21 Posts: 1,654 Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂	Edited by: hague1cmaeron Jul 31, 11, 06:48 #21
Some more Polish folk that I came across: Some high tempo music: a slower tempo:

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