Ciganka Medley by Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar

Coaching Notes:

Pre-Teach: yes, introduce both moves Focus: External Purpose: To experience folklore style and increase heart rate

Pre-Teach: ’In this song we’ll play with Serbian folklore dancing. We’ll start with over the top dramatic poses, so try this with me: Open your arms and show me a proud, almost arrogant poses, now change it to a new one, use your levels and play with your facial expression. Next move is a stomp walk, so try this with me: chest high and stomp-stomp-stomp-stomp, allow lots of attitude and really get your shoulders and upper body moving as well. Then it turns into a fast crazy Folkore dance: you can turn, stomp, yell, high knees, kick your butt and partner with some one. Allow yourself to go wild and have fun with it! Let’s play!’.

First move: Is the dramatic poses: Tell people to lift their arms and move into a pose, dramatic, proud, arrogant and allow the face to be expressive. The poses keep moving all the time. Coach for levels, lots of attitude, powerful, strong poses, play with extending the spine and lifting the head to fit the style of the music.

Second move: is a stomp. Coach them into the rhythm. Then give them lots of style words. As the beat picks up inspire them to get a bit wilder, they can run if they want. As the music builds give them permission to get crazy and dance their heart out. If it doesn’t happen naturally you can invite them to swing a partner.

Transitions: 0:00 Dramatic poses 0:27 Stomp walk into crazy-folk-dancing 0:58 Dramatic poses 1:23 Stomp walk into crazy-folk-dancing 1:54 Dramatic poses 2:18 Stomp walk into crazy-folk-dancing