Alphabetical Index of Sanna Longden’s World Dances
Dear Friends: It may be confusing to know which of the five CDs go with which of the seven DVD/videos, and which of the 85 dances are on those products. This is because the whole series began impulsively in 1990 with videos in an attempt to offer teachers a visual rendering of the written notes, and has enjoyably evolved through the next 16 years to the resources below. We hope these lists will help.
Dance Name & Culture | CD # | DVD/VIDEO # |
Ach Ja (Germany) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Agadu (Israel/Canada) | 1 | 1 (red) |
Aloha Kakahiaka (Hawai’i) | 1½ | 3 (aqua) |
Alunelul (Romania) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Ba La (Israeli cha-cha) | 1½ | None |
Barnereinlender (Norway) | 1 | 2 (purple) |
Bear Went Over the Mountain, The (USA) | Sing it | 1 (red) |
Bele Kawe (Carib/West Africa) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Bluebird (USA playparty game) | 1½ | 1 (red) |
Bongo (West Africa/Caribbean) | 1 | 1 (red) |
Boot Scootin’ Boogie (USA country-western) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Bulgar (Eastern European Jewish) | 1½ | 3 (aqua) |
Canoe Dance (Native American) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Constant Billy (ancient Morris Dance | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Cotton-Eyed Joe (USA country, Tex-Mex dance) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Debke (Arabic) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Diu Xie (Chinese-Tibetan) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Dva Pâti Nadjasno (Bulgaria) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
El Juego Chirimbolo (Ecuador) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
El Vals de los Paños (USA Spanish Colonial) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Epo i tai tai e (Hawai’i/Samoa) | 1½ | 2 (purple) |
Gathering Peascods (England, Maypole) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Goin’ Down to Cairo (USA playparty game) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Good Old Days (USA) | 1½ | 1 (red) |
Grand March (USA/ International) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Gustav’s Skøal (Sweden) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Hashual (Israel) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Here Comes Sally (African-American) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Here Comes Santa in a Red Canoe (Hawai’i) | 1½ | 1 (red) |
High Green Mountain (Taiwan) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Highlife/Pandoga (West Africa/Caribbean) | 1 | 3 (aqua) |
Hoe Ana (Tahiti/Roratanga Islands) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Hora (Israel) | 1½ | 1 (red) |
How Do You Dootee (Australia) | chant it | 2 (purple) |
Hoy Nergis/Toi Nergiz (Armenia) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Huayno (Andes Mountains) | 1 | 1 (red) |
Huitzilopochtli/Tonanzin (Mexico, Aztec) | 2 | 4 (green) |
I Let Her Go-Go (Trinidad & Tobago) | none | 7 (blue-white) |
I Love a Rainy Night (USA Tex-Mex) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Jenny Pluck Pears (17th c. English country dance) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Jingle Bells (Netherlands/USA) | 1½ | 1 (red) |
La Belle Catherine/ Muffin Man (18th–20th c. contra) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
La Boulangère (France) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
La Raspa (Mexico, novelty & traditional) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Lo Ahavti Dai (Israel) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Los Machetes (Mexico, stick & partner mixer) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Los Tachos (southern France) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Maypole Dances (England) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Mexican Clapping Game (Monterrey) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Minuet, The (17th-18th c. English/US) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Niška Banja (Serbia) | 1 | 3 (aqua) |
Oh, Hanukah (Israeli hora) | 1½ | none |
OxDansen (Sweden) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Paddle Dance, The (French Canada) | 1 | 2 (purple) |
Pata Pata (South Africa) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Penguin Dance (Antarctica) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Peopleton Stick Dance, The (ancient Morris Dance) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Pop Goes the Weasel (England/USA) | sing it | 2 (purple) |
Raj/Raas (India) | 1 | 2 (purple) |
Sasha (Russia/Denmark/etc.) | 1½ | none |
Scratch (USA) | many | 2 (purple) |
Seljančica/Cigančica (Serbian/Croatian) | 1 | 3 (aqua) |
Sellenger’s Round (England, Maypole) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Servihassapikos (Greece) | 1½ | 3 (aqua) |
Sevivon (Hanukah) | 1 | 1 (red) |
Sicilian Tarantella (Sicily) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Siege of Carrick (Ireland) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Sir Roger de Coverley, The (English/USA Colonial) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Swing Dancing (USA) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Tant’ Hessie (South Africa) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Te v’Orez (Israel) | 1 | 2 (purple) |
Thady You Gander (Australia) | 3 | 6 (white-blue) |
Tinikling (Philippines) | 1 | 3 (aqua) |
Tokyo Dontaku (Japan) | 1 | 1 (red) 3 (aqua) |
Tonanzin/Huitzilopochtli (Mexico, Aztec) | 2 | 4 (green) |
Troika (Russia) | 1½ | 2 (purple) |
Tsamikos (Greece) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Twelfth Street Rag (USA) | 1½ | 1 (red) |
Tzlil Zugim (Israel, Yemenite) | 1 | 3 (aqua) |
Virginia Reel, The (England/USA) | 2 | 5 (cinnamon) |
Waves of Tory (Ireland) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Ya’abud (Israel, Arabic) | 1½ | 3 (aqua) |
Yakima Round Dance (Native USA) | 4 | 7 (blue-white) |
Yan/Jean Petit (France) | 1 | 2 (purple) |
Yesh Lanu Taish (Israel) | 1 | 1 (red) |