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Traditional village folk dance Khorovod, 1900s. Russian folk dance concert performed by the dance ensemble Gzhel. Russian folk dance (Russian: Русский народный танец) is an important part of Russian culture. Some of the unique characteristics suggest that many elements were developed by the early Russian population.
The troupe combines traditional folk dance and classical ballet techniques to create their style of character dance. [4] It was established in 1937 by Igor Moiseyev. The company has toured in over a hundred countries [5] and is one of the most influential [6] and acclaimed dance troupes of both Soviet and modern Russia. [3] [7] [8] [9]
The khorovod dance has own characteristics in the different regions of Old Russia. In the northern Russian regions, the round dance was known for its gentle and subtle manner, while in the central Russian regions, the dance was more cheerful and lighthearted. Russian folk songs accompanied the dance.
Pages in category "Russian folk dances" ... Troika (dance) Tsyganochka; Y. Yablochko This page was last edited on 28 December 2022, at 22:48 ...
Barynya. Lubok.. Barynya is a fast Russian folk dance and music.The origins of the Barynya dance developed in the Eurasian region of the Central Russian Upland. [1] The word barynya (Russian: Барыня, landlady) was used in Old Russian or Rus' lands as a form of addressing to a woman of higher class, literally when translated means “landlady”, a feminine form for the word "barin ...
Smolensky gusaczok is an archaic [1] [2] Russian folk dance, khorovod. [3] [4] The largest number of versions were recorded in most of the Smolensk Governorate, [5] as well as in parts of the Mogilev Governorate [6] (in the Gomelsky and Brestsky uezds [7]).
Kamarinskaya (Russian: камаринская) is a traditional Russian folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's composition of the same name. Glinka's Kamarinskaya , written in 1848, was the first orchestral work based entirely on Russian folk song and to use the compositional principles of that genre to ...
Trepak (Russian: Трепак; Ukrainian: Трoпак or Трiпак), [1] also referred to as the Russian dance, is one of the character dances from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's famous 1892 ballet The Nutcracker. It is based on the traditional Russian [2] and Ukrainian folk dance also called the trepak.