The name of this dance, “Sántanémetes,” (a.k.a. Németes) literally means “Limping German.” This is one of a group of dances from Gyimes collectively known as the “Aprók” meaning “little” dances. Some of them, such as this dance, have Saxon origins. The archival footage we used to recreate this dance was collected in 1980 in Gyimes by Gyorgy Martin and others.
Presented by Dénes Dreisziger and Gissella Santayana in 2010. View pdf here.
