Kriči Kriči Tiček I

KRIČI KRIČI TIČEK I
Croatian

PRONUNCIATION: KREE-chee KREE-chee TEE-chehk

TRANSLATION: Chirp, chirp, little bird

SOURCE: Dick Oakes learned this dance from Dick Crum who collected this version of Kriči Krič Tiček in Croatia, north of Zagreb, in 1954 and presented to folk dancers in the United States in 1955. Mr. Crum taught the dance at the 1976 Idyllwild Weekend. Anthony Shay taught a variant at the 1970 California Kolo Festival. Zvonimir Ljevaković, Lado's choreographer, collected this dance and exhibited it for decades. It has also been taught by John Filcich.

BACKGROUND: Kriči Kriči Tiček is from the Prigorje district just north of the Croatian capital of Zagreb. Dick Crum says that the drmeš (pronounced DRR-mesh), or shaking dance, is the most typical dance form in the northwestern part of Croatia. Drmeši are rarely danced today, except at weddings or other celebrations, and usually only by older dancers, dancing as couples or in small circles of three or four. Otherwise, the drmeš is usually only seen when performed by amateur dance groups who may select a tune and some movements culled from the older dancers for presentation to audiences as living museum pieces. Sometimes, groups from adjacent villages will select different movements and sequences for a particular melody common to both, giving rise to what puzzled American folk dancers sometimes think of as conflicting versions of the same dance. Kriči Kriči Tiček is one such dance that has undergone this preservative process.
This circle version of the dance is that taught by Dick Crum. Another version, taught by Dr. Athony Shay in 1970, is danced with joined hands held down at sides in "V" pos, has an additional side-stepping figure, and has arm movements.

MUSIC: NAMA 1 (LP) 1001, Side A, Band 4, "Nama Drmeš Medley" (second dance);
Festival Records (45rpm) FM-4002-a;
Folk Dancer (78rpm) MH 3021-A.
Crum, Dick. "Kriči Kriči Tiček" (sheet music), Vranjanka and Other Jugoslav Songs and Dances, Hargail Music Press, New York, 1954.
Geisler, Richard. "Kriči Kriči Tiček" (sheet music), The Yugoslav Collection, The Village & Early Music Society, 15181 Ballantree Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949-7633.
Geisler, Richard. "Kriči Kriči Tiček" (sheet music), Village Dance Music from Around the World, The Village & Early Music Society, 15181 Ballantree Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949-7633.

FORMATION: Closed cir of mixed M and W with hands joined with second person on either side in a back-basket hold ("B" pos). When the cir alternates exactly M, W, M, W, etc., W hands tend to be joined over M arms to allow the M to give better support.

METER/RHYTHM: 2/4

STEPS/STYLE: During the hop-step-steps, the free leg is stiff and extended. During the walking steps, the cir does not dip (the supporting knee does not bend), but remains completely level throughout.

MEAS MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION

INTRODUCTION - none

I. HOP-STEP-STEPS CW

1 Facing slightly diag L and moving in RLOD (CW), hop R, extending L leg stiffly out to L about three inches off floor (ct 1); step L directly below its extend pos (ct &); step R across in front of L (ct 2); hold (ct &).

2-8 Repeat action of meas 1 seven more times.

II. WALKING CW, CCW

1 Continuing in RLOD (CW), step L (ct 1); step R across in front of L (ct &); step L (ct 2); step R across in front of L (ct &);

2-3 Continuing in RLOD (CW), repeat action of meas 1 two more times.

4 Continuing in RLOD (CW), step L (ct 1); step R across in front of L (ct &); step L (ct 2); pivot on L, turning to face slightly diag R in LOD, with R extended in LOD in preparation to step in LOD.

5-8 Repeat action of meas 1 to R in LOD (CCW) four times with opp ftwk.

NOTE: There is no pivot at the end of meas 8. Wt is taken on L on final ct (ct &) and dancers remain facing slightly diag R.

III. HOP-STEP-STEPS CCW

1-8 Repeat action of Fig I to R in LOD (CW) with opp ftwk.

IV. WALKING CCW, CW

1-8 Repeat action of Fig II in opp dir with opp ftwk.

Repeat entire dance from beg.

Copyright © 2011 by Dick Oakes

KRIČI KRIČI TIČEK I Croatian

PRONUNCIATION:	KREE-chee KREE-chee TEE-chehk

TRANSLATION:	Chirp, chirp, little bird

SOURCE:	Dick Oakes learned this dance from Dick Crum who collected this version of Kriči Krič Tiček in Croatia, north of Zagreb, in 1954 and presented to folk dancers in the United States in 1955. Mr. Crum taught the dance at the 1976 Idyllwild Weekend. Anthony Shay taught a variant at the 1970 California Kolo Festival. Zvonimir Ljevaković, Lado's choreographer, collected this dance and exhibited it for decades. It has also been taught by John Filcich.

BACKGROUND:	Kriči Kriči Tiček is from the Prigorje district just north of the Croatian capital of Zagreb. Dick Crum says that the drmeš (pronounced DRR-mesh), or shaking dance, is the most typical dance form in the northwestern part of Croatia. Drmeši are rarely danced today, except at weddings or other celebrations, and usually only by older dancers, dancing as couples or in small circles of three or four. Otherwise, the drmeš is usually only seen when performed by amateur dance groups who may select a tune and some movements culled from the older dancers for presentation to audiences as living museum pieces. Sometimes, groups from adjacent villages will select different movements and sequences for a particular melody common to both, giving rise to what puzzled American folk dancers sometimes think of as conflicting versions of the same dance. Kriči Kriči Tiček is one such dance that has undergone this preservative process. This circle version of the dance is that taught by Dick Crum. Another version, taught by Dr. Athony Shay in 1970, is danced with joined hands held down at sides in "V" pos, has an additional side-stepping figure, and has arm movements.

MUSIC:	NAMA 1 (LP) 1001, Side A, Band 4, "Nama Drmeš Medley" (second dance); Festival Records (45rpm) FM-4002-a; Folk Dancer (78rpm) MH 3021-A. Crum, Dick. "Kriči Kriči Tiček" (sheet music), Vranjanka and Other Jugoslav Songs and Dances, Hargail Music Press, New York, 1954. Geisler, Richard. "Kriči Kriči Tiček" (sheet music), The Yugoslav Collection, The Village & Early Music Society, 15181 Ballantree Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949-7633. Geisler, Richard. "Kriči Kriči Tiček" (sheet music), Village Dance Music from Around the World, The Village & Early Music Society, 15181 Ballantree Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949-7633.

FORMATION:	Closed cir of mixed M and W with hands joined with second person on either side in a back-basket hold ("B" pos). When the cir alternates exactly M, W, M, W, etc., W hands tend to be joined over M arms to allow the M to give better support.

METER/RHYTHM:	2/4

STEPS/STYLE:	During the hop-step-steps, the free leg is stiff and extended. During the walking steps, the cir does not dip (the supporting knee does not bend), but remains completely level throughout.


MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION


	INTRODUCTION - none

I.	HOP-STEP-STEPS CW

1	Facing slightly diag L and moving in RLOD (CW), hop R, extending L leg stiffly out to L about three inches off floor (ct 1); step L directly below its extend pos (ct &); step R across in front of L (ct 2); hold (ct &).
2-8	Repeat action of meas 1 seven more times.

II.	WALKING CW, CCW

1	Continuing in RLOD (CW), step L (ct 1); step R across in front of L (ct &); step L (ct 2); step R across in front of L (ct &);
2-3	Continuing in RLOD (CW), repeat action of meas 1 two more times.
4	Continuing in RLOD (CW), step L (ct 1); step R across in front of L (ct &); step L (ct 2); pivot on L, turning to face slightly diag R in LOD, with R extended in LOD in preparation to step in LOD.
5-8	Repeat action of meas 1 to R in LOD (CCW) four times with opp ftwk.

	NOTE: There is no pivot at the end of meas 8. Wt is taken on L on final ct (ct &) and dancers remain facing slightly diag R.

III.	HOP-STEP-STEPS CCW

1-8	Repeat action of Fig I to R in LOD (CW) with opp ftwk.

IV.	WALKING CCW, CW

1-8	Repeat action of Fig II in opp dir with opp ftwk.

	Repeat entire dance from beg.

Copyright © 2011 by Dick Oakes