Haskovsko (hahs-KOHV-skoh) (Indze Prez Gora Varvese)
The name translates as “line dance from the region of the town of Haskovo” in Iztocna Trakia or Eastern Thrace, Bulgaria. Haskovsko, like many other slow Pravo type of dances from Trakia, is done to the accompaniment of a song. Characteristic for the performance of the ‘Pravo Horo from the Haskovo region are the smooth, bouncy steps followed by short, abrupt stamps at the closure of the dance pattern. Another dance with this feature is Haskovska Lesa. Learned and notated in the spring of 1992 from Maria Eftimova, dance researcher and instructor at the State Choreographer’s School in Sofia, Bulgaria. Dance notes…
