DURA Romanian
PRONUNCIATION:	DOOR-ah
TRANSLATION:	Gliding or rolling along
SOURCE:	Larisa Lucaci presented this dance to folk dancers in the United States in the 1950s.
BACKGROUND:	Dura is in the horă family of Romanian dances.
MUSIC:	Folk Dancer (78rpm) MH-1121 B
FORMATION:	Open cir of mixed M and W with hands joined and held down in "V" pos.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	RUNNING TWO-STEP: Step fwd R (ct 1); short step fwd L (ct &); step fwd R (ct 2). While this step resembles three simple running steps, the second step is actually shortened to give it the character of a legitimate two-step. The repeat is with opp ftwk. SCUFF: A light stamp where the ft comes from in back and brushes the floor as it is kicked fwd slightly. STAMP: The stamp is with the full ft, without wt.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
1-4	No action.
I.	RUNNING TWO-STEPS, BALANCE
1-3	Dance three Running Two-Steps to R in LOD, beg R;
4	Step L diag into ctr (ct 1); step R back in place (ct 2);
II.	THREES WITH STAMP
1	Facing ctr and raising hands high with elbows straight, small step L swd (ct 1); step R in place next to L (ct &); step L in place next to R (ct 2); Scuff R heel in place (ct &);
2	Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1, to L with opp ftwk;
3-4	Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1-2.
III.	SWD RUN, SLOW STAMPS, QUICK STAMPS
1	Step L swd (ct 1); close L to R, taking wt (ct &); step swd L (ct 2); close L to R, taking wt (ct &);
2	Step L swd (ct 1); close L to R, taking wt (ct &); step swd L (ct 2); pause (ct &);
3	With wt on L, stamp R next to L without wt (ct 1); stamp R next to L without wt (ct 2);
4	With wt remaining on L, stamp R next to L (ct 1); stamp R next to L without wt (ct &); stamp R next to L without wt (ct 2); pause (ct &).
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
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