Our newest offering to our readers is the Dzaner Bar [“Heavy Dance”], which originated in Kharpert. The article provides step-by-step instructions for performing this dance. It also features a tutorial video.
This section of our website aims to document and share performances of various traditional Armenian dances that have been preserved by Diasporan communities in the United States. To this end, Houshamadyan is partnering and collaborating with a group of Armenian dance experts who have produced appropriate dance notations for documentation. This group consists of Carolyn Rapkievian (of Bar Harbor, Maine), Susan and Gary Lind-Sinanian (of Watertown, Massachusetts), Tom Bozigian (of Los Angeles, California), and Robert Haroutunian (Sunyside, NY).
Here is the link to the
page:
https://www.houshamadyan.org/en/mapottomanempire/vilayetofmamuratulazizharput/harputkaza/local-characteristics/dance.htmlThe article was translated into Armenian and Turkish respectively by Chaghig Chahinian-Arzrouni and Arlet İncidüzen.
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