Moldvai

A list of many of the Csángó dances from Moldva, along with useful reference videos and notations of dance steps. A variety of wind, stringed, and percussion instruments are used for dancing in Moldva, including the hegedű (fiddle), furulya (short flute), kaval (long flute), tilinkó (overtone flute), koboz (lute), dob (drum), levél síp (leaf whistle), and doromb (mouth harp). (This page is a work in progress.)

Circle and line dances

Botosánka / Munteneászka (Munteneasca)

Teaching review video (#5 of 9 dances)

Bulgáros / Bulgárjászka (Bulgăreasca)

Táncház in a park

Táncház at Fonó - 2016 (April)

Children's group in a studio

Dance in two parts, pattern is A-A-B1-B2. Position is two facing lines with hands crossed behind backs (back basket). Sometimes, as a game, children will run through the center as the opposing lines are coming together, to see if they can race through and avoid being squashed.

PART A: Skips forward and back
Skip R fwd [1], skip L fwd [2], skip R fwd [3], small skip L fwd [&], small skip R fwd [4]; skip L bk [5], skip R bk [6], skip L bk [7], small skip R bk [&], small skip L bk [8]
PART B1: Stamps - triplets
Stamp R 3 times fwd [1&2], step R in place [&], stamp L 3 times fwd [3&4], step L in place [&]; stamp R 3 times fwd [5&6], step R in place [&], stamp L 3 times fwd [7&8], step L in place [&]
PART B2: Stamps - single, single, triplet
Stamp R fwd [1], step R in place [&], stamp L fwd [2], step L in place [&], stamp R 3 times fwd [3&4], step R in place [&]; stamp L fwd [5], step L in place [&], stamp R fwd [6], step R in place [&], stamp L 3 times fwd [7&8], step L in place [&]