Tropanka
Encyclopedia
Tropanka is a folk dance
from the region of Dobrudzha in northeastern Bulgaria
, distinctive for its heavy earthy styling, pumping arm motions and foot stamps.
It is a line dance
, done with the dancers in a line or arc, holding hands, facing in, to 2/4 meter
music. It was originally a men's dance, but is now often done in mixed lines. As with other Balkan
folk dances there are many different variations originating in different villages. It is also performed outside Bulgaria in international folk dance
groups and children's physical education
classes.
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....
from the region of Dobrudzha in northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, distinctive for its heavy earthy styling, pumping arm motions and foot stamps.
It is a line dance
Line dance
A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact...
, done with the dancers in a line or arc, holding hands, facing in, to 2/4 meter
Meter (music)
Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of syllables in each line and the arrangement of those syllables as long or short, accented or unaccented...
music. It was originally a men's dance, but is now often done in mixed lines. As with other Balkan
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
folk dances there are many different variations originating in different villages. It is also performed outside Bulgaria in international folk dance
International folk dance
International folk dance is a genre of dance wherein selected folk dances from multiple ethnic groups are done by the same dancers, typically as part of a regular recreational dance club, for performances or at other events. The dances are typically considered the products of national or cultural...
groups and children's physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
classes.