DVD 2: More Favorite Folk Dances (Purple)

Dance along with Sanna Longden as she reviews 12 more enjoyable ethnic dances in live teaching situations with children, educators, families and folk dancers. DVD includes the following dances:

Humorous Warmup Dances:

The Bear Went Over the Mountain (U.S., others), preK-2, similar to "7 Jumps"

Yan Petit*(southern France), K-4, circle with cumulative pattern

Barnereinlender* (Norway), 2-5, circle, humor and tempo change

Scratch (U.S.), all ages, rock music, follow leader in center of circle

Three Dances for Threes:

Pop Goes the Weasel (U.S.), K-3, simple trio mixer with special handhold

Troika (Russia), 3-adult, more challenging trio mixer

Te Ve'Orez* (Israel), 3-adult, fast-moving trio mixer

Stick Dances and Other Challenges

Epo i tai tai e (Samoa/Hawai'i), 2-4, sitting dance with hands or sticks

How Do You Dootee (Australia), 2-adult, humorous and busy circle game

Raj/Raas* (India), 5-adult, basic form of traditional partner stick dance

Baztango Esku-Dantza* (Basque region), 5-adult, competitive handclapping game

Paddle Dance* (French Canada, others), humorous family party dance game

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

A syllabus of dance descriptions is included.

*Music for these dances can be found on Sanna's CD #1. Music for the other dances is on CD #1-1/2.