Balalaika Dance Trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Balalaika Dance Trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania directed by famous balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski.
Balalaika Dance Trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania performs Russian, Ukrainian, Gypsy and Cossack dances, songs and music.
Folk singing, traditional dancing, virtuoso music on Russian balalaika with accompaniment of garmoshka, Gypsy guitar and classical guitar.
Costume changes for each dance performed.
Repertoire: "Dark Eyes", "Varenichki", "Kalinka", "By The Long Road" (Dorogoi Dlinnoyu), "Pidmanula", "Two Guitars", "Lara's Theme", "Chubchik", "Katyusha", "Gori-Gori" and more. Over 90 minute long program with explanation in english.
Russian restaurant Saraij, Brooklyn, New York, 2006
The best in Party and entertainment business celebrate with "Balalaika Dance Trio: Valentina Kvasova, Alex Siniavski and Mikhail Smirnov".
Balalaika Russian Dance and Music Trio video from Discovery Channel
Famous entertaining expert David Tutera (www.davidtutera.com) whos client list includes Barbara Walters, Elton John,
the Rolling Stones, Tommy Hilfiger, celebrity parties such as the 1998 and 2003
official post-Grammy Awards parties in New York, invited "Balalaika Dance Trio" to perform at
"Dr. Zhivago-A-Go-Go" Russian Theme show for Discovery Channel (www.discovery.com).
Discovery Channel series "The Party Planner with David Tutera"
Alex Siniavski, David Tutera, Valentina Kvasova and Mikhail Smirnov.
episode :: Dr. Zhivago-A-Go-Go www.davidtutera.com www.discovery.com
American or Russian speaking audience of all ages enjoys Valentina, Alex and Mikhail performance equally.
Russian traditional folklore "BALALAIKA DANCE TRIO" (Philadelphia, PA)
Photos by Nikolai Komissarov from http://members.fotki.com/fotonews
To fulfil those requests Alex invited Russian folk singer Mikhail Smirnov who is also plays
Russian folk instruments like garmoshka, gusli and zhaleika
to start a BALALAIKA DUO. First officially recorded show of this Balalaika Duo took place on
Saturday, January 25, 2003 in Down Jersey Folklife Center at Wheaton Village, 1501 Glasstown Rd., Millville, NJ.
Russian traditional folklore "BALALAIKA DANCE TRIO" (Philadelphia, PA)
Photos by Nikolai Komissarov from http://members.fotki.com/fotonews
Russian folk dancer and singer Valentina Kvasova joined Alex and Mikhail and brought very nice touch of her wonderful dancing and colorful voice.
Russian traditional folklore "BALALAIKA DANCE TRIO" (Philadelphia, PA)
Photos by Nikolai Komissarov from http://members.fotki.com/fotonews
Subject: Thanks for a wonderful performance!
Dear Misha,
Thank you again for the great job today! Our students and faculty loved your
performance, and my Russian students enjoyed the special opportunity they had
to meet you. We got some good ideas for our performance of "Kalinka". The
dresses that Valya wore were beautiful, and we're going to try to copy some of
the things for our performance. They're going to wear large red bows in their
hair and long full skirts with Russian shawls wrapped around the waist. I have
lots of the shawls so they should look fairly authentic.
Many thanks to you, Alyosha and Valya for the interesting and enjoyable show
today. You all speak excellent English, and you know exactly how to get the
audience involved. You and Alyosha both have a great sense of humor and good
timing. As you saw the audience was very attentive and enthusiastic. You had
excellent control of the crowd, and I know they all had fun and learned
something from you. As I told you today I think there were between 700 - 750
people there. Our theater holds about 880, and it was very close to being
full.
I would definitely like to plan something for next year, but with the larger
group. I'll need to have an approximate price so I'll know what to shoot for.
There are several grants I can apply for, and I hope I'll be able to find the
money.
It was so nice to meet all of you today, and I hope to see you again soon.
Please let me know if you'll be performing in Brighton Beach. I might be able
to talk my husband into going.
Thanks again!
Marcy
P.S. -- I'll be sending you the video as soon as it's ready. Thanks for letting
us tape the show.
During our annual Celebration for Children from Eastern Europe,
our adoptive families were delighted with Barynya’s exciting and engaging performance.
Their costumes were as bright and lively as their music.
The balalaika trio, led by Mikhail Smirnov, treated us to Russian folk song and dance and entertained
children as well as their parents...
We look forward to a return engagement by Barynya that will spark their imaginations.
Sincerely, Jennifer Fuschetti
Spence-Chapin · 6 East 94th Street · New York, NY 10128
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