The dance in which old religion customs are presented. The dance in original Lazaropolska Galicka folk dress, starts the bride, her moves are gentle, elegant and humble. In a very majestic and dignified way she say good – buy to her previous way of life and her friends.

2. TESKOTO
Choreographer: Dojcin Matevski

Music: authentic

The dance that remains in it self the most beautiful kinds of tradition from the life and folks customs. The dance is a marvelous creation of the people from western part of Macedoinia. The main characteristics of the dance are the sounds of the drums and trumpets. The dance contains deep creative impulses and very subtle and magic movements.

3. TRESENICA
Choreographer: Jonce Hristovski

Music: Jonce Hristovski

This choreography contains number of dances and songs from part of Macedonia, called Mariovo. This dance and songs are presented in subtler stile that shows their richness.

4. OSOGOVKA
Choreographer: Mitko Aleksov

Music: Gorgi Dimcevski

One part of the most popular and best men’s dance in Macedonia. This dance was created in the Eastern part of Macedonia, near the mountain Osogovo. The dancer’s movements are sharp and strict, they head up and their looks are forward the beautiful landscape of mountain. The rhythm is made by the sounds of the big – pipe

6. SRED SELO
Choreographer: Todor Jovanov

Music: Todor Jovanov

The beauty of the village girls who after the hard work at the fields with wavel – jugs are around the village fountain inspires the dance. With songs and dances with melorithmical structure they try to persuade young boys to join them.

8. SOLO SEDENKA
Choreographer: Gligor Vasilev

Music: Trajko Prokopiev

The dances SOLO SEDENKA is a dance genre as well as name of particular dance.

9. SONGS

10. DRACHEVKA
Choreographer: Atanas Kolarovski

Music: Trajko Prokopiev

Drachevo is 10 km far from Skopje. This place is also well known by the name “Skopska blatija “. The dances and songs from this part show the most authentic dances and songs and struggle for girl. The folk uniform from this part is called “Rashtak”. This dance is another proof that nobody can surpass the generosity of people.

12. KALAJDJISKO
Choreographer: Atanas Kolarovski

Music: Trajko Prokopiev

The dance is based upon the rituals that are in connection with the old handcraft of repairing broken and damaged coopery plates in the villages. This dynamic dance shows attitudes of people involved in that hand handcraft and the people from the villages that claims their favor.

13. PRESPA DANCES
choreography for folk ensemble

The Ensemble for national dances and songs of Macedonia ”Tanec” represents the sole professional folklore ensemble in Republic of Macedonia. The principal activity the ensemble is to promote, process and present the folklore creative work by means of scene performances on concerts and festivals at home and outside in the world.

Since its foundation In 1949 until now-a-days, the ensemble participated in 30000 concerts in all continents of the world. It is a winner of the world. It is a winner of the greatest world and domestic awards: Langolen, England 1950, World's Folklore Festival i prize, Republic of Macedonia 11 Oklomvri, Kliment Ohridski, 13 Noemvri of the town Skopje etc.

The repertoire of the Ensemble.Tanec" comprises over 50 choreographic performances of national dances and songs from various regions of Macedonia and different contents.

The Ensemble,,Tanec" has published long-pay record, audio and video cassettes and other kind of printed literature.

By its cultural mission it represents an Ambassador of Macedonian culture and art in the world,

The choreographic work ”Prespa dances" is a medley of about ten dances from the Aegean and Prespa region, significantly enriched and adjusted to scene presentation by^ authors Stojce Karanfilov and Kiro Zifovski.

Even at the very beginning of the choreography, at the first dance, aiming to proceed the others to the last one, there is an obvious mutual influence in sublimating elements of several foik dance traditions (Macedonian, Albanian, Greek and Viach).
This is not about incidental event from most recent past of these areas or some kind of artificial creation; we would say personal creation of the author Karanfilov. It Is about folk - dance, musical creations reflecting and picturing one long centuries mutual life which, similarly was reflected in spiritual, national culture, and most beautifully reflected upon esthetic formations of folk-dances and musical creations. One should not be surprised hearing three - voices songs from these regions, which, on the same melody have been sung in three different languages - Macedonian (..greteni", ,,vozeni" songs), Albanian (nfoska" songs), and Vlach one (Jngrnjare" songs). There is a large number of folk -dances and music created in such a way that the base of Macedonian element has been more or less influenced by one of folk dance traditions of other nationalities. That is the case with majority of folk-dances consisted in the choreography, Prespa dances". No, doubt, it concerns about part of folk-dance and musical tradition shaped in a chorography form, characterizing the symbiosis of one typical lymltorphic zone, or as the famous Czech L. Kuba would say the “Individualism of the majority". Observing anthropologically, it concerns one collective consciousness unloaded from non-artistic prejudices and occupied by the spiritual beauty, not depending on its root and affiliation,

Being led by such a premises the authors of the choreography, S. Karanfilov and Kiro Zifovski, having great sense for plastic joining of dance and music tissue, in their masters way formed the ,,Prespa dances", which as we sincerely hope will be most frequently implemented in presenting the elaborated folklore of Macedonia.

July 27, 2000 Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Gjorgjiev
The Macedonian climate being famous all over the world as inexhaustible sea of folklore wealth is a challenge to Macedonian processors of national dance and song.

The choreography,Prespa dances" by the authors: choreography Stojce Karanfilov and music elaboration Kiril Zrfovski makes a connection among several original dances like IB'temale keep off hands dance, Potskohano, Arnautsko, Mesano and the dance Kalamatija.
These dances have been pretty by the way of dancing and musical rate being characterized for Prespa region located among the mountain Baba, Galicica and the iake of Gorna and Doha Prespa comprising 52 villages. This region Is also characterized by the fact that it has been located on three - border area among Macedonia, Albania and Greece. All these geographical characteristics give also contribution to specific character of folklore works and/or one to another attention,
The authors of this category successfully elaborate the elements of dances and music taking care not to lose the authentic character of dances and they make this choreographic work from several dances. The dance is rich with coreological elements and wealth musical elaboration as well as presence of original national costumes mainly made of black wool decorated with embroideries and jewelry. In the dance itself overwhelms an outplay between male and female group.
The great virtuosity the dancers accompanied by the great national orchestra make this music choreographic work closer to the time it was originated from.

The choreography: Prespa dances" becomes a part of the wide repertoire of the Ensemble Janec".
Ensemble "Tanec" General manager Bosko Treneski

StoJce Karanfilovski - Dojcin was' born in 1942 in village Medovo, Lerin, an Aegean part of Macedo-' nian. He completed the school for' physical education in Skopje.
In 1964 he was employed as a professional dancer in the Ensemble for folk' dances and songs of Macedonia,,Tanec Skopje", where he was promoted to Assistant. During his work career he actively lakes part in making programs of cultural and artistic groups in our country and all over the world where the Macedonian people live. His choreographs have been a part of the repertoire of many folk ensembles out of Republic of Macedonia,Stojce Karanfilovski is a lecturer on many seminars from the field of folklore where foreign visitors take participation.