{{Italics title}} thumb|Dancers dance in a line or circle, swinging their arms with little fingers linked. '''{{lang|br|An dro}}''', or '''''{{lang|br|en dro}}''''' (Breton: "the turn"), is a Breton folk dance in {{music|time|4|4}}. It is a form of a circle dance.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Dro Reel |url=https://thesession.org/tunes/8289 |website=The Session |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
== Technique ==
The dance is performed in a line, with the dancers joined by hooking their little fingers. They swing their arms, and take a short step to the right, a longer step to the left, so they drift steadily leftwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Dro & An Dro Retourné, [L*] (Changerais Tu, Chañj Tu, [S**]) – Brittany |url=https://folkdancefootnotes.org/dance/a-real-folk-dance-what-is-it/about/an-dro-an-dro-retournee-l-changerais-tu-chanj-tu-s-brittany/ |website=Folkdance Footnotes |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>
== Recordings ==
{{lang|br|An dro}} songs are part of the repertoire of almost any Breton singer or group, from traditional music such as that of Alan Stivell<ref>{{cite AV media |last1=Stivell |first1=Alan |title=ALAN STIVELL - An dro (A l'Olympia) |year=1972 |publisher=Fontana |type=LP |oclc=1115371643}} Available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p-wGUaQAYk on YouTube] (multiple versions there).</ref> and Tri Yann's ''Portraits'',<ref>{{cite AV media |author=Tri Yann |title=Portraits |year=1995 |type=CD |id=DL 2010 |publisher=Sony music entertainment}} available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3IoXnlCJU4 on YouTube]</ref> to rock music such as the 1998 album ''La Ouache'' by Matmatah.
Non-Breton singers have included {{lang|br|an dro}} songs on albums including ''Imeall'' by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Altan's vocalist).<ref name="irishecho.com Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh Imeall">{{cite web |url=http://irishecho.com/2011/02/mairead-ni-mhaonaigh-displays-her-edge-2/ |title=Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh displays her "edge" |date=10 June 2009 |website=The Irish Echo (Oldest Irish American Newspaper in USA, established in 1928) |accessdate=2 March 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * {{lang|br|Fest noz}} * List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6SnY6G0N5Q A YouTube video of the dance—which begins at 1:18]
{{Circle dance}}
Category:Breton dances Category:Circle dances