I had the time to follow a three-day workshop on dances from Brittany. The dance instructor was Thierry Riou of the Cercle Celtique gwen ha Du from Landrévarzec. Being a properly trained instructor in dances from Brittany, he knew perfectly how to handle the attendees whose expertise in this type of dance ranged from zero to quite good.
20 different dances were covered: very easy ones (at least if one doesn't care about style) and considerably difficult ones. Most of the dancing was carried out on songs brought by Thierry himself, assisted by "the Freddy", son c(h)oeur préféré. He told me to prefer this way of teaching because it allows him to point out how the dancing and music fit harmoniously together.
I took almost everything on video, except for the suite Plinn.

1) Rond à 3 pas: an easy dance from Le Pays Vannetais, meant to practise the (a)synchronicity of arm and leg movements: the arms move constantly over 4 beats, while only 3 steps are made.

2) Hanter Dro: from the same region. Two misunderstandings were remedied:

• The right arm is not kept above the left one, but the men have both arms above the arms of the ladies.
• The first three steps are to the left. The fourth one is not really backwards but the right foot is put immediately behind the left one.

3) An Dro Mod Koh (synonyms: Drao, tour): from Le Pays Vannetais - Gallo.
The body is turned 45° towards the dancing direction, the right foot always pointing to the centre (therefore twisted to the right relative to the body). Hold arms halfway the torso, and move them gently. All steps are made left forwards in the dancing direction, hence not completely aside.

4) And Dro (synonym: an dro). This is the most popular an dro style, introduced not earlier than 1960! Another misunderstanding was solved: one does not need to take each other's little finger, but only one finger: it does not matter which one.

5) Ridée in 6 times. Arose in 1880, as a further evolution of the Hanter Dro: one added the arm movements, nothing else ! One holds one finger, upper arms closely to the body. Although the dance is in 4/4+2/4 beat, the music doesn't need to be so! Hence the arm movements must be powerful to prevend confusion.

6) Ridée-polka. This is a danse-jeu, in contrast with the danses-mères. "C'est pour s'amuser", said Thierry, as if the other dances are not. But he just wanted to stress the fact that for the traditional dances the style is important whereas for the danses-jeux that is not the case.
This dance is a mixer, where after the polka sequence that the gent danced with the lady which he picked up from the left, the gent drops the lady on his right side.

7) Laridé in 8 times (synonym: ridée in 8). As a ridée in 6, of which the 5^th and 6^th beat steps are made on beat 7 and 8, and the actual beat 5 and 6 are used to lift and put down the heels slightly.

8) Pilé menu. A simple dance in which also the steps are not fixed. The basic step is: left foot left, right foot to the center, left foot left, right foot backwards. One can make it more interesting by taking weight on the right foot, or by making quick 1-2-3 steps.

9) Rond de St-Vincent sur Oust. This is a dance which comes from the village St Vincent Sur Oust where Ti Kendalc'h is located, the Mekka for dancing in Brittany.

10) Dans Tro (syn: Gavotte divisée sur 3 et 4), danced on a ton simple. This dance is from Le Poher. For me it was a surprise to learn that there are so many different gavottes. The term divisée refers to the beats upon which the little 1-2-3 step is made. In this case the rhythm is: Tam Tam Ta-ta-tam Tam Tam Ta-ha.

11) Tamm Kreiz. Gavottes are always danced in a suite, consisting of a ton simple, a tamm kreiz (or bal) and a ton double. The tamm kreiz is to take a break.

12) Gavotte divisée sur 4 et 5. In this case, the rhythm is: Tam tam tam Ta-ta-tam tam Ta-ha.

13) Gavotte mod Gilgoden (synonym: Jilgoden). A danse-jeu which functions as a mixer.

14) Dans Tro Fisel: from Le Pays Fisel. This is based on the gavotte divisée sur 4 et 5, but on the first four beats, one doesn't step L R L R, but rather sets off on the left foot to jump on the right one. There is a competition dance called ar butun, which has the same steps but the lower legs are lifted very high backwards.

15) Bal Fisel. Functions as a Tamm Kreiz for a gavotte.

16) Dans ar podou fer: A danse-jeu in gavotte style.

17) Pach Pi. This dance combines a walking part with a jumping part; for both of them exist many variations.

18) En dro retourné (An dro chench tu). Another danse-jeu based on an dro, always danced to the song J’ai neuf à dix moutons dans mon village en haut.

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