SONATA

CHOREOGRAPHER: Ira Weisburd
COUNT: Phrased
TYPE: Circle Dance (facing center)
MUSIC: Sonata by Eli Fara (Albanian Pop Singer)
	Tango To Evora by Loreena McKennitt

Meter: 4/4

PART I FACE CENTER OF CIRCLE.

1-4	Sway Right, Left, Right, hold with Left lifted slightly to left
5-6	Step with Left behind Right, Right to Right
7-8	Step Left forward raising arms, rock back on Right lowering arms
9-11	Sway onto Left to left, 1/2 turn Right with Right, Left to face out of circle
12	Hold with Right lifted slightly to Right
13-14	Step with Right behind Left, Left to Left
15-16	Step Right forward raising arms, rock back on Left lowering arms
17-20	Sway onto Right to Right, 1/2 turn left with Left, Right to face center
21-22	Step with Left behind Right, Right to Right
23-24	Step Left forward raising arms, rock back on Right lowering arms
25-26	Step Left to left, step Right across Left
27-28	Step Left to left with Right lifted slightly to Right opening arms slightly to sides, hold
29-30	Step Right behind Left, step Left to left
31-32	Right across Left, back on Left
33-34	Step Right to Right, Cross-step Left over Right
35-36	Step Right to Right, Step back with Left
37-40	Full turn Right with Right, Left, Right and face center, step Left across Right
41-76	Repeat 1-36
77-78	3/4 turn Right with Right, Left to face CW
79-80	Step Right backward, Left forward in place

PART II FACE CLOCKWISE ON THE CIRCLE

1-3	Move into center: 1/2 turn Right with two steps Right, Left to face CCW,
	cross Right behind Left
4-6	Continue moving into center: 1/2 turn left with two steps Left, Right to face CW,
	cross Left behind Right
7-8	Sway Right,Left
9-12	Move out of center: Weave 4 steps to left (begin Right across Left),
	end facing out with back to center
13	Step Right forward raising arms and bending knees slightly
14	Step back on Left and lower arms
15-16	1/2 turn Right with Right, Left and face center
17-18	Right backward, Left to left
19-20	Right across Left, Left in place
21-24	Open Grapevine: Right to Right, Left across Right, Right to Right, Left behind Right
25-26	Right, Left forward bending
27-28	Step back on Right and lift Left, hold
29-31	Left backward, Right to Right, Left across Right
32	Turn 1/4 to face CW
33-64	Repeat 1-32 but end facing center

Repeat Dance 2x
Repeat Part I, once
Repeat Part II, counts 1-19 and raise arms

Instructions notated by Honey Goldfein-Perry
By any other name ... The song began as a haunting melody called "Tango to Evora" written by
Canadian composer/singer Loreena McKennitt for the National Film Board of Canada documentary,
"The Burning Times." Popular Greek singer Haris Alexiou wrote Greek lyrics to this music,
called "Tango tis Nefelis" (Nefeli's Tango) and sings it beautifully. (In Greek, nefeli means
cloud; it is both the name of a cloud nymph and it is also a woman's name.) The Hebrew song
title is Nefeli. It has also been sung in Turkish, Hungarian, Gypsy Guitar. There is also the
Albanian version which is used for the dance. "Sonata" is the dance title.

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