{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.dance-of-osman-taka","code":"thing-q5215268","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q5215268/","name":"dance of Osman Taka","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The dance of Osman Taka is a traditional Cham Albanian men's dance named after Osman Taka, remembered for its expressive lead performance and demanding displays of balance and bodily control.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognize, document and compare performances of the dance of Osman Taka while preserving their movement, musical and community-specific identities.","scope":{"in":["Identification of performances explicitly attributed to the dance of Osman Taka","Movement phrases, lead-dancer expression and supporting-dancer relationships","Coordination between dance movements, melody and rhythmic phrasing","Community-specific names, variants and recognition criteria","Transmission, staging and narratives attached to the dance"],"out":["Osman Taka's complete biography and political activities","Cham and Epirote dance repertoires as a whole","Associated songs as independent musical works","Festival organization and individual performance-event logistics","Costumes, instruments and audiovisual recordings as independent objects"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Require an attributed identification as Osman Taka's dance; a generic Cham or Epirote repertoire label alone is insufficient.","Compare movement phrasing and accompanying music together when distinguishing it from neighboring dances such as Tsamikos; classifications vary by account. [Dance overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_Osman_Taka)","Record the lead dancer's supported backward arch where present, but do not make this reported motif a universal admission test without variant-specific evidence. [Performance account](https://dmpp.org/the-dance-of-osman-taka/)","Distinguish an enacted dance from a song, historical narrative or performance merely dedicated to Osman Taka."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"named-dance-and-variant-boundaries","name":"Named dance and variant boundaries","description":"Establishes which practices the registered name covers and how particular renditions qualify.","layers":[{"id":"community-identification","name":"Community identification","description":"Records who identifies a rendition as Osman Taka's dance and the terminology used.","findings":[{"id":"attributed-name-equivalence","name":"Attributed name equivalence","description":"Treat equivalence between local names as an evidenced relationship rather than an automatic translation.","questions":[{"text":"What name does the performer or teacher use for this version of Osman Taka's dance?","id":"attributed-name-equivalence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Who supports linking that name to this registry entry, and from which community or teaching lineage?","id":"attributed-name-equivalence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"neighboring-dance-boundaries","name":"Neighboring dance boundaries","description":"Locates the named practice within broader repertoire classifications.","findings":[{"id":"recognition-beyond-repertoire-label","name":"Recognition beyond repertoire label","description":"Specify the additional evidence needed when a performance carries only a broad regional or dance-family label.","questions":[{"text":"Which movement and musical features lead practitioners to identify this rendition specifically as Osman Taka's dance?","id":"recognition-beyond-repertoire-label-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"When an account relates it to Çamçe or Tsamikos, does it mean a parent category, a local equivalent or a distinct neighboring practice?","id":"recognition-beyond-repertoire-label-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"lead-dancer-and-supporting-formation","name":"Lead dancer and supporting formation","description":"Describes how recognizable movement emerges from the lead role and its relationships with other dancers.","layers":[{"id":"movement-phrases-and-expression","name":"Movement phrases and expression","description":"Documents phrase order and the version's criteria for expressive execution.","findings":[{"id":"recognizable-phrase-and-improvisation","name":"Recognizable phrase and improvisation","description":"Separate recurring movement material from choices attributed to a particular lead dancer.","questions":[{"text":"Which phrases recur across demonstrations of this version, and where may the lead dancer improvise?","id":"recognizable-phrase-and-improvisation-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What observable timing, posture and gesture criteria do its teachers use to judge the dance's style?","id":"recognizable-phrase-and-improvisation-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"supported-figures","name":"Supported figures","description":"Records backward-arching figures and partner dependencies wherever the documented version includes them.","findings":[{"id":"arch-configuration-and-adaptation","name":"Arch configuration and adaptation","description":"Document actual contacts, roles and modifications without inferring execution requirements from a dramatic image.","questions":[{"text":"At each stage of the supported arch, which dancers provide contact or support, and does the observed rendition involve additional loading?","id":"arch-configuration-and-adaptation-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What preparation, support arrangements and teacher-approved modifications are required before this version's figure is attempted?","id":"arch-configuration-and-adaptation-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Do practitioners still recognize this version as Osman Taka's dance when the arch is omitted or adapted?","id":"arch-configuration-and-adaptation-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"music-and-movement-coupling","name":"Music and movement coupling","description":"Connects the identifying music to the dance's timing and phrase structure.","layers":[{"id":"melody-and-accompaniment","name":"Melody and accompaniment","description":"Identifies the accompaniment used and its relationship to the named dance.","findings":[{"id":"dance-specific-musical-association","name":"Dance-specific musical association","description":"Determine whether a version depends on a particular tune, song or accepted accompaniment family.","questions":[{"text":"Which tune or song accompanies this rendition, and who identifies it as appropriate for Osman Taka's dance?","id":"dance-specific-musical-association-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Would substituting another melody preserve this version's identity according to its practitioners?","id":"dance-specific-musical-association-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"rhythm-and-phrase-alignment","name":"Rhythm and phrase alignment","description":"Links observed movement events to explicitly counted musical units.","findings":[{"id":"version-specific-timing","name":"Version-specific timing","description":"Record beat grouping, phrase length and movement alignment separately, allowing differences between renditions.","questions":[{"text":"How are beats grouped and counted by the musicians and dancers in this version?","id":"version-specific-timing-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which musical cues coordinate lead-dancer phrases, supported figures and returns to the formation?","id":"version-specific-timing-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"If the accompaniment changes into another dance rhythm, where do practitioners place the end of Osman Taka's dance?","id":"version-specific-timing-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"osman-taka-narrative-and-attribution","name":"Osman Taka narrative and attribution","description":"Tracks the stories and meanings attached to the dance without turning them into unverified historical facts.","layers":[{"id":"eponym-and-origin-accounts","name":"Eponym and origin accounts","description":"Separates naming, claimed authorship and historical attestation.","findings":[{"id":"execution-reprieve-account","name":"Execution reprieve account","description":"A published retelling connects the dance with a reprieve from execution; record it as an attributed narrative pending independent historical corroboration. [Shefki Hysa's account](https://dmpp.org/the-dance-of-osman-taka/)","questions":[{"text":"What is the earliest verifiable source connecting this dance's name with Osman Taka and the reprieve narrative?","id":"execution-reprieve-account-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which evidence distinguishes a commemorative naming from a claim that Osman Taka created the choreography?","id":"execution-reprieve-account-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"performed-meaning","name":"Performed meaning","description":"Attributes interpretations of gesture and remembered identity to their speakers and contexts.","findings":[{"id":"interpretation-of-virtuosity","name":"Interpretation of virtuosity","description":"Record what performers say the lead dancer's gestures and supported figures express.","questions":[{"text":"What meanings do practitioners attach to the lead dancer's bearing and supported arch in this rendition?","id":"interpretation-of-virtuosity-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which interpretations come from performers, and which come from program notes, researchers or later narrators?","id":"interpretation-of-virtuosity-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"transmission-and-staged-renditions","name":"Transmission and staged renditions","description":"Makes the relationship between learned practice, documented performances and subsequent adaptations inspectable.","layers":[{"id":"teacher-and-performance-lineages","name":"Teacher and performance lineages","description":"Traces how a particular rendition was learned and passed on.","findings":[{"id":"traceable-demonstration","name":"Traceable demonstration","description":"Link a teaching example to identified dancers, its acquisition history and the limits of its documentation.","questions":[{"text":"From whom did the demonstrator learn this version of Osman Taka's dance, and what evidence supports that lineage?","id":"traceable-demonstration-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the available recording show a complete rendition with its accompaniment and supporting dancers visible?","id":"traceable-demonstration-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"stage-and-teaching-adaptations","name":"Stage and teaching adaptations","description":"Records changes made when the dance is shortened, arranged or taught.","findings":[{"id":"adaptation-disclosure","name":"Adaptation disclosure","description":"Make changes to formation, phrasing, accompaniment and supported figures explicit when presenting an adaptation.","questions":[{"text":"Which elements were changed for this stage or teaching rendition, and which reference version supplied them?","id":"adaptation-disclosure-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How should the rendition be labeled so learners can distinguish its adaptations from the version it draws on?","id":"adaptation-disclosure-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of dance of Osman Taka this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of dance of Osman Taka this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of dance of Osman Taka this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of dance of Osman Taka this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the dance and its origins in Cham Albanian tradition from cited sources.","Credit performers and communities who keep it."],"mustNot":["Use the dance's history to stir ethnic hostility in the region.","Misrepresent the legend of Osman Taka as documented fact.","Record and publish performances without permission."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing performances of identifiable dancers."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["The Cham Albanian community's history includes expulsion, so its heritage carries painful memory.","Folk dance is identity for diaspora communities."],"affectedParties":["Cham Albanian communities","Dancers","Audiences"]},"owners":{"steward":"The public: held in common by the communities that dance it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q114433","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q5601924","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.dance-of-osman-taka","Wikidata: Q5215268 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5215268)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Attributed dance identity: Local dance name linked to identifying practitioner, community and evidence","Performance variant: Practitioner-described local version, staged arrangement, teaching adaptation or unresolved","Lead and support configuration: Lead dancer, supporting dancers, connection method and role changes","Movement phrase sequence: Ordered, locally named or descriptively annotated phrases with recording timestamps","Musical timing: Beats per minute with specified beat unit; meter and phrase duration recorded separately","Supported arch treatment: Present, modified, omitted or unobservable; support and loading documented if present","Transmission lineage: Teacher, performer or ensemble linked to learned version and supporting testimony","Identification confidence: Practitioner-confirmed, provisionally attributed, disputed or insufficient evidence"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["A men's dance led by a lead dancer performing slow, balanced movements, sometimes balancing objects.","Performed in traditional dress at festivals."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Assess whether a recording plausibly depicts the dance using attributed names, movement and musical evidence.","Compare local or staged versions while retaining their practitioners' terminology.","Annotate lead-dancer phrases, support changes and musical cues in a performance.","Prepare a teaching reference that identifies the version demonstrated and adaptations made.","Identify missing evidence before asserting historical continuity or choreographic equivalence.","Document decisions to retain, modify or omit supported figures in a proposed rendition."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Risk of falls or strain in demanding balance moves.","Loss of tradition as communities disperse."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003, UNESCO."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["The dance of Osman Taka is performed in Cham Albanian cultural gatherings, celebrations and staged presentations of traditional dance.","It is encountered in documentation and teaching concerned with expressive lead performance, musical accompaniment and community-specific movement traditions."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q5215268: dance of Osman Taka","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5215268","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Dance of Osman Taka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_Osman_Taka","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which primary records establish the earliest use of the dance's name, and what independently corroborates the execution reprieve narrative?","How do Cham and Epirote practitioners delimit the relationships among Osman Taka's dance, Osmantakas, Samantakas, Çamçe and Tsamikos?","Which movement motifs, especially supported arching and any additional loading, are customary, optional or specific to particular staged versions?","What meters, beat groupings and phrase lengths are demonstrated by independently documented regional performances?","How have influential stage renditions changed teaching conventions, participation and practitioners' criteria for recognizing the dance?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q5215268/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q5215268/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T09:00:45Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:31+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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