FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP

1. FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP

2. Agenda • Dance • Folk dance • Anatolian Folk Dances • classification by dance theme • classification by dance characteristics • Some examples • Practical work

3. Dance • Dance is an art form; • generally refers to movement of the body • usually rhythmic and to music • used as a form of expression and social interaction • presented in a spiritual or performance setting

4. Folk dances • Folk dances (authentic ) • Are performed by non-professional dancers • Are performed with traditional music • Not for public performance • Are inherited from tradition

5. Anatolian folk dances • Anatolian folk dances can be classified in two different ways • classification by dance characteristics • classification by dance theme

6. Classification by dance characteristics

7. BAR: • their formation is that they are performed side-by-side, hand, shoulder and arm-in-arm • woman and man bars are different from one another • mostly performed with davul and zurna • HALAY • mostly performed shoulder to shoulder • has a rich figure structure • rhythmic elements of halay dances are very rich; generally faster than bar dances • mostly performed with davul and zurna

8. HORON: • different from other forms in tempo, rhythm and measure; they are performed very fast • in general performed by groups • Principle instruments are “kemençe” and “tulum”; also performed with cura zurna and davul • ZEYBEK: • different forms of zeybeks can be observed in different regions • generally performed by one person or two • have various tempos: very slow, slow, fast, very fast; but generally slower than other forms • instruments changes with zeybek characteristics; main instruments are kaba zurna, baglama, clarinet and davul.

9. HORA: • is a form of circle dance common in Balkans (“xopo” in Bulgarian) • performed in groups • genrally performed with two zurnas and davul; common measure is 9/8 • KAŞIK OYUNLARI: • always performed with wooden-spoons; has a rythmic characteristic • generally performed with baglama, clarinet and violin; and mostly accompanied by folk song

10. Classification by dance themes • Fight and struggle • Bıçak Horonu (Trabzon), Harkuşta (Bitlis) • Named after a well known person • Kerimoğlu (Muğla), Sülüman Ağa (Edirne), Kezban Yenge (Burdur) • Ceremonial dances • Çayda Çıra (Elazığ), Seğmen (Ankara) • Religious and spritual dances • Semah, Sin sin (Adıyaman) • Dances inspired by nature • Coşkun Çoruh (Artvin), Portakal Zeybeği (Silifke), Horon Kurma (Trabzon) • Dances originated from production and agricultural relationships • Teşi (Antep, Artvin), Galuç (Adıyaman), Kımıl (Urfa), Türkmen Kızı (Mersin) • Dances originated from animal imitations • Kartal Halayı (Bingöl, Tokat), Kurt-Kuzu (Diyarbakır), Ördek (Bolu)

11. Examples • atolye_ornekler.wmv