New Haven Community Circle Dance

Move in the footsteps of our ancestors as we enjoy traditional dances from many cultures, as well as contemporary
pieces choreographed in the spirit of ancient folk dance set within the context of
the Wheel of the Year.

Monthly Dance Lists

May 2019

Sumer is Icumen In - music: medieval English, choreography: Elise Harrison
Staten Island Hornpipe - music unknown, choreography: Elise Harrison
Elves of the Valley - music: Bob Minney, choreography: Bob Minney and Pat Botfield
Village Dance - music: Faun (Germany), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
King of the Fairies - music: traditional Irish, choreography: Bernard Wosien
Sellinger's Round - traditional English Maypole dance
Alamuhan - music: Twelve Girls Band (China), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Khwaja Mere Khwaja - music: Jodhaa Akbar soundtrack (India), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Ne Po Pogrebu Buchonochek Kataetsja - traditional Russian, performed by the Yale Women's Slavic Chorus, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Heartsong - music: Bob Minney, choreography: Pat Botfield

April 2019
Eno Sagrado - music: 13th-century Spanish troubadour music, choreography: Peter Valance
Lerikos - Greek
Waterfall - music: Ametrine, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Awakening - music: Ametrine, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Andro Retournee - music: Talitha MacKenzie, traditional Breton choreography
Wise Man and the Fool - music: Tsadik Katamar, Israeli
Soweto - music: Nomad, choreography: South African
Tibetan Sunrise - music: Tibetan Incantations (modern Tibetan), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
I'll Find My Way Home - music: Jon Anderson & Vangelis, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Elm Dance - music: Latvian, choreography: Anastasia Geng

January 2019

The Bells of Norwich - music: traditional English, music performed by Mystic Circle Band, choreography: Colin Harrison
Hashbiaca - traditional Israeli found on "Join the Dance" CD available at http://www.mandyandjudy.co.uk/mandy/recordings/index.htm, choreography: Mandy de Winter
Mori Shej - Hungarian Roma, song performed by Kalyi Jag
Shepherd's Dance - traditional Provencal
Dance of the Troll Maidens - music: Last Kingdom theme by Eivormusic: Last Kingdom theme by Eivor, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Dance of the Troll Maidens - music: Last Kingdom theme by Eivor, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Toast to Tomorrow - music: Blackmore's Night, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Touch the Light - music: Wise Maid (traditional Irish), choreography: Mandy de Winter
Holy Praise - music: Tina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, and Regula Curti, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Gula Gula - Sami of Lapland
New Moon Bride - music: Vartina (Finland), choreography: Jenny Dupree
December 2018
All I Really Need - music: Raffi, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Faith - music: Toots & the Maytalls, choreography: Bethan & Stefan Freedman
Jacob's Ladder - Israeli
Stag Dance - music: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, traditional English, choreography: Moon Raven
Dance of the Krampus - music: The Troll's March by Phil Rey, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Carol of the Bells - music: Ukrainian, performed by Mothertongue, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Miracle - music: Mediaeval Baebes, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Kling No Klokka - music: Asne Valland (Norwegian), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Seasons Green and Gold - music: Carolyn Hillyer, choreography: Bethan Freedman
White Bird - music: traditional Bolivian, choreography: June Watts
Deep Peace - music: Lisa Thiel, based on a traditional Irish blessing, choreography: Elise Harrison

November 2018

Dark Spiral - music: Bulgarian, choreography: Mandy de Winter
Valley of the Kings - music: Ametrine, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
The Happy, Strange Night of Samhain - music: Les Dernier Trouveres, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Coraline - music: End Credits of Coraline soundtrack by Bruno Coulais, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Dimna Juda - Macedonian, music performed by Bowen
This is Halloween - music: Marilyn Manson, Nightmare Revisited, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Leila, Lelia - music: traditional Israeli, choreography: Yoav Ashriel
Bablekhan - traditional Kurdish, music performed by Bob Minney
Odyssey - music: Ulysses by Dead Can Dance, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Howling of the Harpies - music: Schamana-nana by Poeta Magica (German), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Embrace the Shadow - music: Oyvind Rauset (Norwegian), choreography: Stephan Freedman

October 2018

Odeno Oro - traditional Macedonian
Harvest Queen - music: Bob Minney, choreography: Mandy de Winter
An Dro - traditional Breton
Paseyala Baba - traditional Ukrainian/Russian
Corn Song - music: Sharon Burch (Navajo), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Bari Galousti Bar - traditional Armenian
Dreams of Happiness - music: Xcultures, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Issoun Theos - music: Greek, choreography: Lesley Laslett
Maize - music: Medwyn Goodak, choreography: Bonnie Schneiders
And Aman Palikani - traditional Thracian
Kore - Greek-inspired

September 2018
Four Seasons - music: English folk song by Brian Pearson, performed by Bowen, choreography: traditional, Faroe Islands, North of Scotland
Dos Palomitos - music: Leonor Burgh (Ecuador), choreography: Stephan Freedman
The Grove - music: Woodland, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Hooghan - music: Sharon Burch (Navajo), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Chochek de Lune - music: Roma, choreography: Bethan Freeman
Battu - music: Angelique Kidjo (Benin), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Bacchanalia - music: E Stasira Caminandu by Re Niliu (Calabria, Italy), choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Buvcansko - traditional Macedonian women's dance
Witch in the Wind - choreography: Stephan Freedman
Queen of Heaven - music: Ravenna Crow, choreography: Caitlin
As One - music: Abbey Spinner, choreography: Bethan & Stefan Freedman

June 2018

Ciuleandra - gypsy woodcutter's dance from Southern Romania
Shoofly - music: Irish, choreography: Bernard Wosien, adapted by Heather Payne Savino
Victory Dance of the Pixies - music: Blue Holes by The Freestylers of Piping, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Romany Rapture - music: traditional Roma, choreography: Stefan Freedman
Green Mountain - music: Silly Wizard, choreography: based on Fall of the Tyrant by Bob Minney, adapted by Dilys Peterson
Dancing Flame - music: The Drunken Piper by Natalie MacMaster on the Putumayo CD "Women of the World Celtic II", choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Mirrors in the Sun - music: Sally Oldfield, choreography: Heather Payne Savino
Povrateno Oro - traditional Macedonian men's dance
Romanian Fantasy - Romanian music from the CD Join the Dance, choreography: Mandy de Winter
Erev Shel Shoshinim (Night of Roses) - music: traditional Israeli
Doch an Dorach - music: traditional Irish, performed by Silly Wizard choreography: unknown