ROKOKO KOLO Croatian
PRONUNCIATION:	ROH-koh-koh KOH-loh
TRANSLATION:	Beautifully dressed girl
SOURCE:	Dick Crum and John Filcich have taught Rokoko Kolo to folk dancers in the United States.
BACKGROUND:	Rokoko is danced by the Bunjevač people in the neighborhood of Subotice (Subotica), a city in the western part of Vojvodina in northern Serbia, Yugoslavia. Rokoko is a Croatian dance with Hungarian influences. On their boots, the men wear spurs that jingle during the dance.
MUSIC:	Folk Dancer (45rpm) MH 1015
FORMATION:	Closed or open cir of mixed M and W with little fingers linked with neighbors and held at shldr level in "W" pos. (Other versions have hands held low in "V" pos.)
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	HOP: This is actually a low hop (or "lift") where the ball of the ft does not leave the floor. Steps are small and crisp.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION - None.
	THE DANCE
1	Step R swd (ct 1); step L next to R (ct &); step R swd (ct 2); step L next to R (ct &);
2	Step R swd (ct 1); step L next to R (ct &); step R swd (ct 2); low hop R, extending L over in front of R (ct &);
3	M: Step L to R of R ft (ct 1); low hop L, clicking heels together (ct &); step R next to L (ct 2); low hop R, clicking heels together (ct &);
4-7	Step L next to R (ct 1); low hop L, clicking heels together (ct &); and so forth for a total of ten step-hops;
3-7	W: Dance same steps as M except that they do not click heels and low hops are not as strong as M;
8	Stamp L,R,L in place, taking wt on each stamp (cts 1,&,2).
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
Copyright © 2004 by Dick Oakes