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2 Recordings  





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

An drooren dro (Breton: "the turn") is a Breton folk dancein4
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. It is a form of a circle dance.[1]

Technique

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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

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An dro 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 OuachebyMatmatah.

Non-Breton singers have included an dro songs on albums including ImeallbyMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Altan's vocalist).[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "An Dro Reel". The Session. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  • ^ "An Dro & An Dro Retourné, [L*] (Changerais Tu, Chañj Tu, [S**]) – Brittany". Folkdance Footnotes. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  • ^ Stivell, Alan (1972). ALAN STIVELL - An dro (A l'Olympia) (LP). Fontana. OCLC 1115371643. Available on YouTube (multiple versions there).
  • ^ Tri Yann (1995). Portraits (CD). Sony music entertainment. DL 2010. available on YouTube
  • ^ "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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