HORA BOEREASCĂ Romanian
PRONUNCIATION:	HAW-rah boh-yer-EHS-kuh
TRANSLATION:	Boyar's dance
SOURCE:	Sunni Bloland learned this dance during her 1967-68 research trip to Romania from Anca Guirchescu, dance ethnographer at the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore in Bucareşti (Bucharest). Ms. Bloland introduced the dance to folk dancers in the United States at the 1969 Balkan/Near-East Festival in Portland, Oregon.
BACKGROUND:	A boyer (boier) is a nobleman or gentleman farmer, one of a privileged class in Romania. Hora Boerească (Boiereasca) is from the small village of Răzmizeşti, about 10 miles northeast of Alexandria toward Bucareşti (Bucharest) in southeastern Romania. The music, recorded in the village of Răzmizeşti, is played by the local musicians.
MUSIC:	Naroc Records (7"EP) NA 1054-EP, side A, band 3.
FORMATION:	Closed cir of M and W with hands joined and held at shldr height, elbows bent, in "W" pos.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	The dance has a relaxed, down-to-earth feeling. All stamps are without wt.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
1-8	No action.
	THE DANCE
1	Moving R in LOD, step R (ct 1); step L across in front of R (ct 2);
2	step R diag bwd to R (ct 1); step L next to R (ct &); step R in place (ct 2); pause (ct &);
3	Step L across in front of R (ct 1); step R diag bwd to R (ct 2); step L next to R (ct &);
4	step R in place (ct 1);
	Step L swd, bending supporting knee (ct 2);
5	step R swd (ct 1); step L across in front of R (ct 2);
6	Step R diag bwd to R (ct 1); step L next to R (ct &); step R in place (ct 2); pause (ct &);
7	Moving to the L, step L (ct 1); step R across in front of L (ct 2);
8	step L diag bwd to L (ct 1); step R next to L (ct &); step L in place (ct 2); pause (ct &);
9	Step R across in front of L (ct 1); step L in place (ct 2); step R next to L (ct &);
10	step L in place (ct 1); stamp R next to L (ct &);
	Step R in place (ct 2); stamp L next to R (ct &);
11	step L in place (ct 1); stamp R next to L (ct &); stamp R next to L (ct &); stamp R next to L (ct 2); pause (ct &);
12	stamp R next to L, thrusting hands high overhead (ct 1);
	Moving bwd as hands return to shldr height in "W" pos, step R (ct 2);
13	step L bwd (ct 1); step R next to L (ct &); step L bwd (ct 2); pause (ct &).
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
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