Special Feature - almost all segments�on this video�include an example of true styling by native peoples!!

Dances With Hand Motions

Aloha Kakahiaka (Hawai'ian hula), PreK-3rd, a hapa haole hula for boys and girls�

Highlife/Pandoga* (West African/Carib), 3rd-adult, a circle dance with movements from everyday life and possibilities for creativity

Tokyo Dontaku* (Japan), K-adult, the traditional�Bon dance shown on "Favorite Folk Dances" video/DVD, but with sit-down modification for younger children

Special Teaching Progression

Tinikling* (Philippines), 5th-adult, detailed instruction for this famous bamboo-pole dance

Dances of the Multinational Jewish People

Tzlil Zugim* (Israel), 6th-adult, a lyrical circle dance�with Yemenite styling

Ya'abud (Israel), 4th-adult, a strong line dance showing Arabic debky movements

Bulgar (Eastern European Jewish), 9th-adult, a set dance for groups of fours

The Matzorena (novelty dance), 6th-adult, an ethnic spoof on a popular dance (This dance, complete with instructions, can be ordered from the�audio tape section of this website)�

Dances from the Balkans and Greece

Niska Banja/Duj Duj*�(Serbia), 6th-adult, an intriguing�line dance in 7/8 meter�

Seljancica* (Croatia/Serbia), 3rd-adult,�line/circle dance from neighboring cultures with increasing tempo

Servihasapikos (Greece), 6th-adult, popular line dance similar to the hora

Grade levels are only suggestions; you know your students best.�

*Music for these dances�is available on Compact Disc #1�and the�blue audio tape.� Music for the other dances can be purchased from music distributors (see dance descriptions in accompanying syllabus) and will be included on Sanna's CD #1-1/2 (available in Fall 2005).