DOI: 10.3986/Traditio2015440204
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Naslov/Title Slovenian dances and their sources in California

Avtorica/Author Elsie Ivancich Dunin
 
Izvleček
Slovenski plesni repertoar v Kaliforniji živi v dveh družbenih kontekstih: ob mednarodnih rekreacijskih ljudskih plesnih dogodkih in ob dogodkih slovensko-ameriške skupnosti. V klubih kalifornijskega Združenja za ljudske plese plesalci plešejo ob posnetkih glasbe, medtem ko ob slovensko- ameriških dogodkih gostijo lokalne harmonikarske zasedbe. Posneta glasba v klubih ponuja plesalcem nespremenljivo zvočno podobo: plesalci se poenotijo in uskladijo z naučeno plesno sekvenco, ustrezno glasbenemu posnetku, kar je v nasprotju z veliko plesno variantnostjo v slovensko-ameriških plesnih dogodkih.

Abstract 
Slovenian dance repertoire in California is traced in two social contexts: international recreational folk dancing events and Slovene/American community events. Dancers in California Folk Dance Federation clubs dance to recorded music, while Slovene/American events feature local accordion-based bands. Recorded music in the clubs offers a non-changing soundscape for the dancers, who conform uniformly to a taught sequence of a dance that fits the recording in contrast to greater dancing variance at Slovene/ American dance events.

Ključne besede: Kalifornija, Združenje za ljudske plese, Slovenci/Američani, harmonikarski orkestri, polka.

Keywords: California; Folk Dance Federation; Slovene/ Americans; accordion bands; polka.

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