Bil ya rano, bil ya pozdno was choreographed by Hennie Konings based on traditional dance material. The dance is of the type parnaya plyaska, i.e., a folkdance (plyaska) in couples (parnaya) and is set to a dance song of the Don Cossacks. The Don Cossacks live in southern Russia along the Don river that ends in the Asov Sea near the capital of the region, Rostov-na-Donu.
Translation: “Was I too early, was I too late?” from the first line of the accompanying song.
Presented in 2008 by Radboud Koop. View the pdf here.