Kerem Ejle (Serbia)

Kerem Ejle
Serbia

Music by Ayde Mori (Brenna MacCrimmon and Band)

Notes by Andrew Carnie, September 16, 2008

This is a Gypsy dance from Serbia, sung in Romani, but with a Turkish title. The dance is a variation on Jeni Jol/Yeni Yol.

W-position

Bar 1. Facing slightly LOD, touch R toe next to L while lifting right hip (1), step onto R in LOD (2), touch L toe next to R while raising L hip (3), step onto L in LOD (4). (count as 1,2,3,4)

Bar 2. Swooping R foot low to the ground forward to Center, step onto R into center (1) hold (2), lift Left foot behind R calf (3) hold (4) (count as SLOW, SLOW)

Bar 3. Step on L behind R (1), pause (2) do a lift (čukče) on L, while raising R foot up and back (bicycle) (3), step on R behind L (4). (count this as SLOW, quick quick)

Bar 4. ("serbian Yemenite"). Step L to L (1), step R slightly diagonally back behind L (2), cross L in front of R (3), hold (4). (count as quick quick slow)

Transition: There is a long taxim in this music, and there is an extra bar of music in the taxim. To get back into the right phrasing of the music, when the horns start playing the melody again after the taxim, just repeat Bar 1 over and over again (touch, step, touch step), until you hit the beginning of a phrase. In Tucson we do a total of 8 bars of touch steps then start the dance again with the singing.