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.''Petrunino Horo dance notes''
Dunav.org website. Accessed 7 September 2015.

Overview

The tunes that Petrunino horo is danced to are commonly found in compilations of Bulgarian dance music. The dance is part of the repertoire of nearly every professional Bulgarian folk troupe. The Petrunino horo is one of the two main examples of Bulgarian dances in meter.

Meter

Petrunino horo is commonly played and danced in a meter. The meter is similar to that of the Eleno Mome tune in that the major groupings are counted as ''slow, slow, quick, medium''. The main difference between Petrunino horo and Eleno Mome is that in Petrunino horo, the second ''slow'' is divided into two, yielding a ''slow, quick, quick, quick, medium''. This rhythm is used in almost every measure of most versions of the dance.

Folk dance teachers

Teachers of Petrunino horo include David Vinski, Dick Crum, Jaap Leegwater, and Daniella Ivanova-Nyberg.''Dick Oakes master teacher biographies.''
Phantom Ranch website.

References

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External links

Petrunino danced in street clothes
Bulgarian dances