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SLOVAK FOLK DANCES
This book
is in Slovak.
It
contains:
Map of folklore regions of Slovakia
Detailed choreographies and songs including music sheets from
following regions: ZEMPLIN,
GEMER, LIPTOV, GORAL,
PODPOLANIE, MYJAVA,
SARIS AND SPIS, NITRA
AND TEKOV, HONT, NOVOHRAD AND ZVOLEN,
TRENCIN AND KYSUCE, PODUNAJ
AND ZAHORIE.
The
text is supplied with 106 color photographs, 159 black and white
photographs of the folk dress, folklore groups, prominent dancers
and musicians in the authentic version; 388 black and white
photographs of the dance motives performed by the members of some
outstanding ensembles, 174 songs and folk scores, the folklore map
of the Slovakia.
The work The Slovak folk dances is the complex and systematic
publication from the sphere of the Slovak dance folklore and with it
close associated kinds of the folk art, which were developing
together with the dance, were influencing each other and formed
often one entirety.
This work is the
result of the needs and requirements of all those who are concerned
with the folk dance and the folk art. It represents the picture of
the past expressing that the Slovak folk dance and the folk art have
kept substantially the form of the classic art because their
characteristic elements can be found in all periods of the
development and are preserved until the present time.
With
the aim of saving our cultural heritage (folk dance, music, songs,
dress) for the contemporaries and the future generations in its full
beauty, the authors pass to the readers with high professionalism
their life long knowledge and experiences acquired in research and
professional work in the folk ensembles.
In the first chapters of the book the general characteristics of the
dance folklore, the musical folklore and the folk dress in the
Slovakia is presented so as their samples have been preserved for us
since the old times until those of the beginning of the 20th
century.
In
the next part twenty folklore regions are presented in detail: the
regions of Zemplin, Gemer and Horehrome, Liptov, Tatra’s
highlanders, Polana,
Myjava, Saris, Spis, Nitra, Tekov, Orava, Turiec, Hont, Novohrad,
Zvolen, Trencin, Kysuce, Danube lowlands and Zahorie. The complete
typical picture of the separate regions is offered. The location,
settlement, the survey of many known dances, descriptions of the
dances, musical folklore, folk dress. At those regions where the
most peculiar Slovak dances originated, also the detailed
descriptions of the dance motives are given.
The
work is intended for all who admire the folk dance, especially for
the dancing masters, young people who attend dancing schools, the
amateur and professional dance ensembles. It will be of good use for
the choreographers, dress designers and for all those who are
engaged in the folklore and want to acquire further professional
knowledge and experience in this sphere. But certainly it will
please everybody who is interested in the beauty of the Slovak
folklore, its richness and variety.
We
believe that the book will inspire all its readers with admiration
for the creation of unknown folk artists of the long and the recent
past. At the same time it will help all bearers of the traditions to
keep and propagate the most beautiful jewels of the Slovak national
culture.
The hard cover
book is available now
US$119.50
plus US$13.95
shipping and handling
TOTAL US$133.45
Please mail personal check
to:
Vladimir Linder
3804 Yale Street
Burnaby, BC, V5C 1P
Phone: 1-604-291-8065,
Cell:1-604-889-4616
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