Nearly every region in Macedonia has own characteristic for costumes and folk dances . Luxuriance from the same gives an opportunity to specialists to made the next choreographies , which are a part from repertoire that we perform.
| Osogovka
Location – Kocani , Dance composition – man
Character of the folk dance : Typical man expansive folk dance with expressive balances of hops and strong move with the both legs. This is playing with big extravagance and audacity in particular moments with loud shouts by the dancers.
Downland video: Osogovka (1.54 MB)
| | | | TresenicaLocation – Mariovo, Dance Composition – women
Character of the folk dance- Typical women dance with abstinent and dignified moves, with expressive balance on body. That include dramatic parts, like a beating of the tatter and looking in the mirror, with which it’s presented woman’s preparing who wants to show her beauty and gracefulness.
Downland video: Tresenica (439 КB)
| Staro TikveshkoLocation – Tikvesh Dance composition – man
Character of the folk dance : Typical man dance composed from five parts in which have gradation in the tempo from leisurely to hastily. The first and the second one are slower, and they are dancing simply with expressive balances and genuflections, and the other three parts are really hastily with hops , spinning round the body , genuflections on the both legs, and lying down on foots and hands.
| Vodarki
Location – Macedonia , Dance Composition – women
Character of the folk dance - Typical women choreography , in which is presented the old tradition, when girls go to village’s fountains to fill water in the jugs. The choreography abound with mimicking, dramatic parts and vocal performance. On the beginning is being demonstrated the way of carrying the jugs, which is slower , than the next parts.
Downland video: Vodarka (939 КB)
| | | | Kalajdjisko
Location – Veles , Dance composition – man and women.
Temperate-hastily dance in which the end is the fastest part. It’s decorated with leisurely moves and balanced steps, then hops with low genuflections , it abounds with mime, dramatic elements characteristic for tinker - like a tinning of the plates, cleaning the same, and wiping the tinker’s sweat. The old trade is presenting with solo appearance and song of the tinker , and it is along with songs and dances from the other dancers , like his own assistants .
| Biljana
Location - Ohrid, Dance Composition – women
Very attractive choreography with moderate –agility , which gives special effect from women’s steps like they are connected each other. The choreography showed the traditional way of whitening the linen on the banks on Ohrid’s lake, and trough the performance, with linens are making figures which offers to the choreography special attraction and visual accomplishment .
Downland video: Biljana (592КB)
| Prespa Dances
Location – Prespa , Dance Composition - women and men.
Character of the folk dance: In the choreography can be noticed different movements and quickness, this is one in which the women haul up hers leg more than usual in Macedonian folk. The performance is in some way a love competition between men and women in which the love story is lead across dance. This choreography end, is in compact with specific steps which made attractive end.
Downland video: PrespanskiIgri (3.43 MB)
| | | | Zetvarka
Location – Kocani, Dance composition – men and women.
Character of the folk dance: Musician stage performance for centuries traditional harvesting. Temperaments folk dances offers cheerfully overtone of really hard activities while harvest time , which are presented. While you watch the choreography , you will notice that it’s about original chose and presenting of all ornaments which are part from the wonderful totality.
Downland video: Zetvarki (1.98 MB)
| Kopachija
Location – Kicevo , Dance Composition – men and women.
Character of the folk dance : This choreography synthesize: Svekrvino , Cetvorka , Malesora, Krstacko folk dance. In all of them , with different tempo, are performed many elements with gracefully in moving , dignity and pride. There is emphasized the strong Macedonian woman , dignified , wise, diligent and at the same time, the Macedonian man like a strong , unbeaten , haughty , warlike, diligent, but and really talented for dance and song. All of that, fascinate the viewers , and also the dance competition made for they to stay without a breath.
Downland video: Kopacija (1.74 MB)
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Komitsko
Location – Krushevo, Dance composition- men and women.
Character of the folk dance: Komitsko like a choreographies totality it’s a kind of music play . With a lot of mimic and dramatic elements is presented the fight between the Macedonian nation and the ottoman Turks on melancholic way , so the viewers gets a sense for preparing , fighting , and perishing of the heroes from the bloody battle. The leisurely tempo is characteristic for the beginning , but it increases , while is performing the fight. At the end in a whole darkness is appearing Macedonian woman with candle in her arms , showing sadness for losing her dearest. Musician basic in that moments is fluttering emotions , with having the shivers.
Downland video: Komitsko (2.51 MB)
| Egejska
Location – Macedonia (Greece), Dance Composition – men and women.
Character of the folk dance : The choreography is combination from dancing and flirting between men and women. It started with leisurely rhythm with women’s dance folk and tenderly moves , and it continues with men’s dance folk in which abundant steps with specific balanced on the weight and blowing on heel. The choreography ends up in really brisk rhythm, in couples are performing attractive elements in accordance with musician brisk.
| | | | Istochna
Location – Shtip, Dance Composition - men and women
Character of the folk dance : Very dynamic choreography in quick rhythm and quick steps. That’s a joint of many original folks like a Krstachko , The Eleventh and The Quintuplets with which the folk dance ends. The permeating of the glee gives a special characteristic in the moments of trashing and abusing between men and women, but the expletives are frequent ant the showed the pride, self respect, and firmness of the Macedonian nation.
Downland video: Istocna (1.29 MB)
| Resen Dances
Location – Resen , Dance Composition - men and women.
Character of the folk dance – Synthesis of the original dances, specific for Prespa. The steps and elements which are met trough the glees in the past for holidays and wedding. Cohesion of the quickly women’s and slowly men’s tempo, in many different rhythms of the folk. As individual , in assembly of the totality , which is performed like a result of the cooperation between KUD Tashe Miloshevski and our colleagues from Greece and Albania in the frames of the project “Together for better Prespa” . The costume is really rare and it replenish the expression of pride , audacity and intangibility.
Downland video: Resensko (888КB)
| | | | Cvekebracki Downland video: Cvekeberackite (1.64 MB)
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