Summary: In Bulgarian folk dance, men clap their hands and their thighs. Learn the men's clapping step with tips from a professional dancer in this free dancing video.
Elissaveta Lordanova is an instructor at Lotus Music and Dance in New York City and is professionally recognized as a dancer, teacher and choreographer in her native country Bulgaria,...read more
"In male movement there is a clapping involved, again, based on the trick beat cycle, so they clap not only their hands, but they clap their thighs; one, two, three; one, two, three; one, two, three; one, two, three; one, two, three. So they can do this stationary, with a little bit of a a seated horseman seated positions and bouncing. And again, while the woman circles around, the man could do just the clapping; one, two, three; one, two, three; one, two, three; one, two, three; one, two, three, and accent a little bit with the leg. It's very improvisational. Could go cross leg. It again, it depends on the decision in the master training of the dancer."