Troika (Russia)

Note

This is a dance for men, and is thoroughly exhausting.

Formation:

In threes, facing anticlockwise, in a circle.

Instructions

1. Run forward, holding hands, goosestepping.
2. Centre and left men make an arch and right man runs through it and back to place.
3. Centre and right men make an arch and left man runs through it and back to place.
4. The three join hands in a circle and run as fast as they can to the left and then stamp three times.
5. They then run fast as they can to the right and stamp three times.
6. They then get back into the line of three facing anticlockwise, the centre man moves on to the next group, and the dance starts again.

Glossary