Lad’s dances in RomaniaRomania
Representative List 2015
EN: During this dance in Bihor (Borod) and Zarand (Șicula), the men dance solo with beats on the ground, ponturi, spurs, finger snaps, hand slaps in contretemps, leaps vertically and by leaping similar to scissoring in a fast tempo
EN: The number of the dancers is odd. The group is led by a bailiff (a group leader). It has the club as an auxiliary element, with a propping role. Banu Mărăcine has a particular melody
EN: It is performed in a slow tempo and syncopated rhythm, as a kind of promenade of the lads, as their preparation for what follows. In a circle formation, free posture, the dancers perform (walking more to the right) simple steps
EN: This dance is made of complete figures (ponturi), the new material being present from pont to pont, even at conclusion. We could say that in this type of dance the harmonic moves of arms and legs are very rich
EN: This is a Romanian dance, performed also by the Hungarians from Romania, but on Romanian melodies. It is different only by style, a more interrupted style at Hungarians
EN: This is a Romanian dance, performed also by the Gypsies on Romanian melodies. The dancers use a lot of choreographic exhibitionist elements (beats on the chest, on the mouth and so on), using values of sixteenth within the choreographic elements
EN: This type of dance is the most common and it is danced also by the groups from urban areas. It is performed without the club, in a slow tempo, and the arms swing amply
EN: In this Sunday dance, the first one from the cycle is the Lads dance. A competition takes places between the dancers, cheered in rhymed shouts by the girls from aside to dance at their best
EN: The lad who leads the row of the dancers performs a pont that is retaken by the others and so on till all the lads performed their favorite pont. In the past the dancers had swords in their hands
EN: During the dance, they perform moves of virtuosity, especially: heel clicking, spectacular hopping, leaps that give a special color to the dance. The steps are going to the right, the patters being very small
