An dro

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Dancers dance in a line or circle, swinging their arms with little fingers linked.

Script error: No such module "Lang"., or Script error: No such module "Lang". (Breton: "the turn"), is a Breton folk dance in 4
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. It is a form of a circle dance.[1]

Technique

The dance is performed in a line, with the dancers joined by hooking their little fingers. They swing their arms, and take a short step to the right, a longer step to the left, so they drift steadily leftwards.[2]

Recordings

Script error: No such module "Lang". songs are part of the repertoire of almost any Breton singer or group, from traditional music such as that of Alan Stivell[3] and Tri Yann's Portraits,[4] to rock music such as the 1998 album La Ouache by Matmatah.

Non-Breton singers have included Script error: No such module "Lang". songs on albums including Imeall by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Altan's vocalist).[5]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Dro Reel". The Session. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Dro & An Dro Retourné, [L*] (Changerais Tu, Chañj Tu, [S**]) – Brittany". Folkdance Footnotes. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stivell, Alan (1972). ALAN STIVELL - An dro (A l'Olympia) (LP). Fontana. OCLC 1115371643. Available on YouTube (multiple versions there).
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tri Yann (1995). Portraits (CD). Sony music entertainment. DL 2010. available on YouTube
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh displays her "edge"". The Irish Echo (Oldest Irish American Newspaper in USA, established in 1928). 10 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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