As is mentioned in the introduction, this dance is similar to many stamping dances in the Balkans – the folk dancer’s Alunelul, obviously, but also Chukanoto, the Moldvai Csángó dance Nhyelu, and the dance the late Yves Moreau used as a warmup dance (Kukuvichka?). Despite the notes, this is very unlike any Pontic Dance, and I would like to see a video of any dance similar to it being done by Pontic Greeks who did not learn it after the great exchange of populations of 1921-22. Step patterns do get around.
Folkdance Footnotes 
As is mentioned in the introduction, this dance is similar to many stamping dances in the Balkans – the folk dancer’s Alunelul, obviously, but also Chukanoto, the Moldvai Csángó dance Nhyelu, and the dance the late Yves Moreau used as a warmup dance (Kukuvichka?). Despite the notes, this is very unlike any Pontic Dance, and I would like to see a video of any dance similar to it being done by Pontic Greeks who did not learn it after the great exchange of populations of 1921-22. Step patterns do get around.
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