An dro

An Dro is a french dance, from Morbihan. The name An dro means circle. The An dro is dance in a circle, as a chain or in couples.
Generally the dancers make an open circle, holding by little fingers. The palm of the right hand of each dancer is turned up, while the palm of the left hand is turned down. The structure of the step is:
1. left, close, left (right foot up);
2. right, close, right (left foot up), holding the place.
In this way, the circle moves slowly and constantly leftward. While doing the step leftward the dancers move their arms upward, making a sort of loop. While standing on the place the arms move downward in the same manner.





There are many version of this dance
Kas a barh is danced two by two



In the An Dro retourné o chench'tu, the dancers dance the first part (16 beats) as a basic An Dro normale, then 4 beats moving their arms up and down. In the second part the dancers go towards the centre of the circle, clap their hands, turn and go outwards, clap their hands again, turn and repeat three times.



Hanter Dro (half a circle): the step 1 is the same of the basic An dro, while rightward the dancers make just a step and close. The arms don’t move: each dancer ciascun ballerino appoggia lean the right forearm on the left forearm of his meighbour, making a chain.
Danse Trikot is a mix of An dro and Hanter dro. Dancers hold each other by the little fingers, also when the arms don’t move.