Bil ya rano, bil ya pozdno

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.