| PRONUNCIATION: | VER-nee seh VER-nee |
| TRANSLATION: | Return to me, return |
| SOURCE: | Atanas Kolarovski introduced this dance to folk dancers in the United States in the late 1960s. |
| BACKGROUND: | Vrni se Vrni is from the Vardar Valley and takes its name from the song "Vrni se, vrni, libe Marice" in which a rejected lover pleads to his love to come back to him. |
| MUSIC: | Festival (45rpm) F-4005 Jugoton (LP) LPY-V-701 Voyager AK-001 (LP) VRLP-402 |
| FORMATION: | Open cir of mixed M and W with hands joined and held at shldr level with elbows bent in W pos. |
| METER/RHYTHM: | 2/4 |
| STEPS/STYLE: | Fig I is danced in a slow, deliberate manner using 2
meas for each basic motif.
SYNCOPATED TWO-STEP: Described here for meas 1-2 of Fig I. |
| 1-2 | Facing diag R and moving CCW in LOD, step R bending R knee slightly (bt 1); step on ball of L near back of R heel pressuring up onto L so that both knees are straight (bt 4); step R bending R knee slightly (bt 5); rise slightly on ball of R with straight R knee and extend toe of L in LOD to where you plan to step (bt 8); |
| 3-4 | Repeat action of first meas in same dir but with opp ftwk. |
| OFFBEAT WALK: Not "unconventional or eccentric" but meaning not on the main beat. This step is danced during the walking part in Fig I. Described here for meas 5-8, the action is similar in meas 13-24. | |
| 5-6 | Facing diag R and moving in LOD, rise slightly on ball of L with straight L knee and extend toe of R in LOD to where you plan to step (bt 1); step R bending R knee slightly (bt 2); repeat action of bts 1,2 in same dir with opp ftwk (bts 5,6); |
| 7-8 | Rise slightly on ball of L with straight L knee and extend toe of R in LOD to where you plan to step (bt 1); turning to face ctr, step R bending knee slightly (bt 2); rise on ball of R while raising bent L knee in front with L ft in front of R shin (ct 5); hold. |
| LIFT: A low hop in which the ball of ft does not leave the floor. | |
| Movements are soft, without stiffness or jerkiness. | |
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| MEAS | MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION |
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| 1-16 | INTRODUCTION (Instrumental) - No action. |
| I. | SLOW PART (Vocal) |
| 1-4 | Facing diag R and moving in LOD, dance two Syncopated Two-steps R; |
| 5-8 | Offbeat Walk R. |
| 9-12 | Facing diag L and moving in RLOD, dance two Syncopated Two-steps L; |
| 13-16 | Offbeat Walk L. |
| 17-20 | Offbeat Walk R; |
| 21-24 | Offbeat Walk L. |
| II. | FAST PART (Instrumental) |
| 1 | Bringing joined hands down to sides in "V" pos and facing and moving CCW to R in LOD, hop L as R reaches out to R (ct 1); step R (ct &); step L (ct 2); |
| 2 | Repeat action of meas 1. |
| 3 | Run RLR (cts 1&2); |
| 4 | Run LRL (cts 1&2). |
| 5 | Rise on L, pivoting to face ctr and raising bent R knee in front as joined hands are raised to ''W'' pos (ct 1); step R across L (ct 2); |
| 6 | Step L swd (ct 1); step R next to or behind L (ct 2); |
| 7 | Rise on R, raising bent L knee in front (ct 1); pause (ct 2); |
| 8 | Bringing hands down to "V" pos, step LRL in place (cts 1&2). |
| 9-16 | Repeat action of meas 1-8 except that hands ramain in ''W'' pos on meas 16 in preparation for the beg of the dance. |
| Repeat entire dance from beg. | |