Bulgarian Dancers (1955)

Holland Park, London. High angle L/S of group of musicians in a parkland setting. Beside them are a group of men without instruments. All wear traditional Bulgarian costume. A group of dancing girls enter the frame. They wear traditional costume and dance waving scarves to traditional Bulgarian music. The traditional folk dance apparently originates from the merrymaking at wedding ceremonies. Various shots of the dancing and of the musicians. The men join in the dancing. Various shots of the dance which includes lots of jumping. C/U of unusual string instrument being played. Three of the male dancers do a funny routine of shuffling along the ground on their bottoms. C/U of three men playing bagpipe style instruments. Narrator explains the history of this dancing troupe - it is their first appearance in Britain. C/Us of some of the women dancers. L/S of the dancing & C/U of two women dancing together and smiling. The dancing continues - the costumes are highly embroidered. Note: dance troupe is The Bulgarian State Song and Dance Company. FILM ID:29.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.