Key steps from Bulgarian folklore dances: Ruchenitza

After we've made a short overview of the Bulgarian folklore dances, now we'll show you a few key steps from our traditional dances.

Let's start with Ruchenitza, which is maybe the most popular Bulgarian folk dance - you can learn more about Ruchenitza from the video below:

So, Bulgarian folklore dance Ruchenitza is a bouncing step done in many variations and you can learn the basic steps with tips from a professional dancer in this free dancing video tutorial:

Next is the Ruchenitza Scissoring - this is a step that alternately slides each foot forward with a bounce. Watch the video to learn the step:

And finally, let's see the whole dance on a traditional Bulgarian music:

Instructor: Elissaveta Iordanova