Demonstration of Joc de Leagane as Originally Taught by Theodor Vasilescu, and the Story Behind It

Theodor and Lia Vasilescu demonstrate the beautiful Romanian dance, Joc de Leagane. In the second part of this video, Theodor explains the background and meaning of the dance. Susan Hatlevig provided the video, and these comments: This dance was acquired by Theodor Vasilescu from a woman’s performance group in Dragomeresti. I first learned this from him in August 1993 during videotaping at Stockton Folkdance Camp. He taught this dance to Nico Hilferink and Tineke van Geel at a master class in the Netherlands. Theodor and Lia released several videos and Joc de Leagane is on the video ‘19 Romanian Dances.’ Theodor gave permission to copy and distribute the dance, these videos, and the music. This video was edited and uploaded by Mary Marshall.