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01. BARYNYA DANCE
It was the first number in the program that was presented by ensemble back in 1991.
The Barynya dance is an alternation of limericks and frenetic dancing. The content is always humoristic. The dancing consists mainly of fancy stomping and traditional Russian squat work. In old times in Russia the word "Barynya" (Landlady) was used
by simple folks as a form of addressing to a woman of higher class. Wardrobe change # 1: Russian traditional “Rubashki” and “Sarafany”.
02. DR. ZHIVAGO (balalaika solo)
Balalaika was first mentioned in a document which dates back to XVII century (1688). From this document we learn that Savka Fedotov, a citizen of the city of Arzamas, and Ivashka Fedorov, a peasant, while passing through the Yauza Gates played the balalaika. For such an imprudent behaviour they were flogged and exiled. It would never occur to a civilized person living nowadays that a severe punishment awaited anybody who gave himself to such an innocent occupation as playing the balalaika.
03. KOROBUSHKA ("The Peddler")
Lyrics are by the great Russian poet Nekrasov. Russian favorite for 150 years. A countryside peddler has a basket filled with attractive prints and brocades. At first-sight he falls in love with a pleasant girl. He is ready to lay at her feet all his worldly goods for a glance from her dark eyes and a kiss from her ruby-red-lips.
04. DOROGOY DLINNOYU ("By The Long Road")
Music B. Fomin (~1800), Lyrics K. Podrevsky, English text by Gene Raskin
Once upon a time there was a tavern,
Where we used to raise a glass or two.
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
And dreamed of all the great things we would do.
Those were the days my friend,
We'd thought they'd never end,
We'd sing and dance for-ever and a day,
We'd live the life we choose,
We'd fight and never lose,
For we were young and sure to have our way.
05. RUSSIAN QUADRILLE
Russian Folk Dance Kadril also known as Quadrille, Kadrille and Rigodon is a humorous competitive couples dance. Traditional Russian Kadril is a dance which involves four (or more) couples arranged in the shape of square with each couple facing the center of the
square. In old Russia Quadrille use to be know as the dance of Moscow suburbs.
Wardrobe change # 2: “Old Moscow” Russian outfits
06. NE BUDITE ("Do Not Wake Me Up")
Russian Gypsy romance song of 20th century. "Do not wake my, the young one, untill the sun will rize).
Îé äà íå áóäèòå òó ìý ìàæ ìàëîäîâà
Îé äà ïîêà ñîëíûøêî, ðîìàëý, íå âçîéäåò
Î-î-î ëþáà äà ëþëè ÷à ÷î äà íý...
Îé ïîêà ñîëíûøêî, ðîìàëý, íå âçîéäåò
Îé, äýíòè äýíòè ñûâî íýñêå âîëÿ
åîâûëûâ äæÿààÿëà Êýáàõ êý äîëÿ
Î-î-î ëþáà äà ëþëè ÷à ÷î äà íý...
åîâûëûâ äæÿààÿëà Êýáàõ êý äîëÿ
Àé çà õà÷êè äýíòè þ ñêðèåÿãàëî ÿãà
Ñî âýíèöà ïà÷êà ÷àâýñ äýòý ðàíãà
Î-î-î ëþáà äà ëþëè ÷à ÷î äà íý...
Ñî âýíèöà ïà÷êà ÷àâýñ äýòý ðàíãà
Îé, äà ìû êàòàëèñü ñ òîáîþ íà ïðîë¸òêå
Îé, Àëåøà ñ êðàþ, à ÿ â ñåð¸äêå
Î-î-î ëþáà äà ëþëè ÷à ÷î äà íý...
Îé, Àëåøà ñ êðàþ, à ÿ â ñåð¸äêå
Îé äà íå áóäèòå òó ìý ìàæ ìàëîäîâà
Îé äà ïîêà ñîëíûøêî, ðîìàëý, íå âçîéäåò
Î-î-î ëþáà äà ëþëè ÷à ÷î äà íý...
Îé ïîêà ñîëíûøêî, ðîìàëý, íå âçîéäåò
07. OCHI CHORNYE ("Dark Eyes")
American figure skater Sasha Cohen used this Russian song for her short program at the 2006 Winter Olympics:
Dark eyes, burning eyes
Frightful and beautiful eyes
I love you so, I fear you so
For sure I've seen you at a sinister hour
Dark eyes, flaming eyes
They implore me into faraway lands
Where love reigns, where peace reigns
Where there is no suffering, where war is forbidden
08. V. MONTI "CHARDASH" (balalaika solo)
Chardash is original Hungarian Dance also popular in Russia. Vittorio Monti (6 January 1868 - 20 June 1922) was an Italian composer. He was born in Naples where he studied violin and composition at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella. Around 1900 he got an assignment as the conductor for the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris where he wrote several ballets and operettas. Monti scored the most important success of his professional life with the Hungarian-style Czardas, which was originally composed for either violin or mandolin and piano. It was soon arranged for all kinds of ensembles, for it epitomises for many people the essence of the old Hungarian dance, with its juxtaposition of fast and slow music.
09. "TWO GUITARS" - RUSSIAN GYPSY DANCE
This is a famous Russian tune and dance of Russian Gypsies that usually brings to mind tambourines, guitars and skirt-swirling.
Wardrobe change # 3: Russian Gypsy Yubki and “Tuzhurki”.
10. “SERGEY GUSAROV”
This Russian Chanson piece is dealing with Russian live style
11. “BILA MENE MATY”
Traditional Ukrainian song
13. HOPAK
This is a traditional peasant dance of Ukraine.
Wardrobe change # 4: Ukrainian “Kosovorotki”, “Venki S Lentami”.
INTERMISSION
14. "VECHER, MATUSHKA" - COSSACK DANCE
legendary horsemen and warriors the Cossacks were famous for their freedom-loving character. The Tsar freed them from the bond of serfdom, and in return, the Cossacks guarded the Russian borders from unfriendly neighbors. Through their music and dance
Cossacks unleashed their relentless energy and passion for life and freedom. Wardrobe change # 5: Cossack’s “gimnastyorki”, “shtany s lampasami”
15. TONGUE TWISTER "NATALIA"
Playful tongue twister song. A young man falls in love with so awesome a beauty Natalia. Heartbroken, he pretends to kill himself, then he jokingly decides to get rid of the girl instead. Moral is the knife is broken, the pitchfork is bent and Natalia is still alive.
16. YAMCHSHIK ("Steppe All Around")
Traditional, lyrics by E. Surikov
"Steppe, endless steppe, the way lies far before us,
and in that dense steppe a coachman lay dying.
He summoned up all his strength, as he felt death approaching,
and he gave an order to his comrade:
"My dear friend, do not think of the bad times,
but bury me here in this dense steppe..."
17. RASKINULOS' MORE... ("Wide Sea")
The gray sea's so wide and so heavy
High waves are around us my friend
And on the instructions of navy
We go far away of the land
Oh, comrade I cannot keep watch anymore
One stoker has said to his fellow
You see there's no flame in my chamber at all
I can't do a steam boiler well, oh
19. BALALAIKA LESSON ("The Moon Is Shining")
Using Russian folk tune "The Moon Is Shining Brightly" virtuoso musician will share his techniques of playing the balalaika.
20. FROM PETERSBURG TO MOSCOW (Russian food song)
This song is about traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow and eating favorite Russian food:
pelmeni, borshch, vareniki, khleb, kartoshka, kolbasa and kvas.
21. KATYUSHA
Popular Song from the period of W.W.II
Apples and pears were blossomin
Mist on the river floating
On the bank katyusha stepped out
On the high steep bank.
Stepped out, started a song
About one grey steppe eagle
About her loved one
Whose letters she cherished.
22. METELITSA "WINTER STORM" - KHOROVOD DANCE
Wardrobe change # 7: Russian women traditional “Sarafans”
23. AI-NE-NE ("Propil Mishka")
Russian Gypsies folk song about traveling musicians:
"..There is no money
But the fame is good.."
24. MARUSYA 1,2,3!
An old Ukrainian military formation song
25. MOSCOW NIGHTS
Not even a whisper is to be heard in the garden,
Everything has calmed down until dawn.
If you only knew how dear they are to me,
The evenings near Moscow!
26. KALINKA
Russian folk song and dance. Finale.
Wardrobe change # 7: Russian women traditional “Sarafans”, “Sapogi”, “Kushaki” and “Platiya” and “Rubakhi”
Juniper, juniper, juniper, my juniper,
In the garden there's the berry, my raspberry.
Under the pine, under the green pine,
Lay me down to sleep
Oh you dear pine, oh you green pine,
Don't you rustle so loud over me
Beautiful maid, dear maid,
Please fall in love with me!
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VALENKI (FELT BOOTS)
Valenki are traditional Russian winter footwear. Valenki literally means, "made of felt". Valenki are still a part of the Russian army uniform.
WaltZ "Daydreams" (Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev)
This waltz composed by "father" of Russian balalaika Vassily Vassilievich Andreev (born 186l), a well-known musician and musicologist of the time.
In 1911, The Great Russian Orchestra of Andreev made its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and played the same Waltz.
Kayone
Russian Gypsy folk song
KLEZMER DANCE
klezmer dance suite inspired by Eastern European Jewish village of the 18th and 19th centuries
Russian folk song and dance "Saturday affair" (Subboteya)
This is traditional Russian folk song and dance. The young woman
explains to her boyfriend how he should behave: "You have to bring
me gifts, take me out all the time, you should not kiss me, but only hug"...
pictures, video, lyrics
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Russian folk tune The Moon Is Shining Brightly (Svetit Mesyats)
performed on traditional instruments such as balalaika and balalaika contrabass
pictures, video, lyrics
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Barynya
Original Russian folk dance with foot stomping and knee-bending jumps.
Sometimes the dancers get so wound up they often break the heels from their boots
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Natalia
Playful tongue twister song.
A young man falls in love with so awesome a beauty Natalia.
In jest he thinks to kill himself, then he rethinks to kill her.
Moral is the knife is broken, the pitchfork is bent and Natalia is still alive.
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Monti's Chardash (Inn keeper)
Chardash is original Hungarian Dance also popular in Russia.
This dance begins slow and easy and then ends up in a fast whirling and turning.
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Korobushka (The Peddler)
Lyrics are by the great Russian poet Nekrasov. Russian favorite for 150 years.
A countryside peddler has a basket filled with attractive prints and brocades.
At first-sight he falls in love with a pleasant girl.
He is ready to lay at her feet all his worldly goods
for a glance from her dark eyes and a kiss from her ruby-red-lips.
Solo: Mikhail Smirnov
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Russian Quadrille
Russian Square Dance. Kadril or Quadrille is also known as the dance of Moscow suburbs.
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Stenka Rasin`s Dream
An ancient Cossack's ballad about the famous brigand - Russian Robin Hood -
who went to war against the Tsar. According to the legend, Stenka
had a dream in which a furious wind blew his black hat off his head.
Razin`s colonel quickly foretold the ataman-s imminent death
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Varenichki (Dumplings)
Traditional jocose song and dance.
The hungry husband begs his wife to prepare Varenichki.
The lazy wife finds every possible excuse to refuse him.
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The Don Cossacks
Don Cossack's Military formation Song. The Don Cossacks were famous for their freedom-loving character.
The Tsar freed them from the bond of serfdom, and in return, the Cossacks
guarded the Russian borders from unfriendly neighbors.
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Daydreams Waltz mpeg video file
This waltz composed by "father" of Russian balalaika Vassily Vassilievich Andreev (born 186l).
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Gypsy dance
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Along the street the snow is blowing
Russian Dance Khorovod.
Soloists Olga Chpitalnaia and Ganna Makarova.
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Bold merchant was returning from market...
This is a city romance from the 19-century.
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This is a city romance from the 19 century, one of the favorite Leo Tolstoy songs.
..."It is better to die than to live without your dear one"...
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Russian Sailors' Dance
This world famous Dance of Russian Sailors was performed by many troupes for international audiences all over the world represents genre of "Socialist Realism". Socialist Realism began as a popular movement in the Soviet Union, attracting a general audience by representing so called "real life".
In the effort to connect performing arts to the Soviet life style, artists, composers and writers looked for themes and plot lines from Soviet life and history. Stories that showed workers promoting socialism were prized by Stalin, Khrushev, Brezhnev and most of the Communists Party of USSR leaders.
Dance of Russian Sailors ("Yablochko") remained in the repertory of Soviet companies for decades. New York based Russian folk
dance ensemble "Barynya" included Russian Sailor's Dance in its program by special request of Joplin, MO Southern State University for the show.
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I met you
Popular Rusian romance, lyrics by Fedor Tyutchev, music of unknown author.
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Village, Four Yards
A cunning young woman is out all night with her lover.
At sunrise her jealous old husband asks the beauty where she was all night.
She replies: "I slept on the stove!"
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Marusya one, two, three!
Traditional Ukranian folk song
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Russkaya Plysovaya
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Shorty
Russian folk song
The parents wish to marry their daughter to a short fellow with a foul personality.
Against the will of her parents, the young maiden picks the one she loves
for a husband.
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Oh, Birch Tree
Russian folk tune.
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Do not wind the threads
This is a lyrical song of love suffering in the form of
"chastushka" - a series of four line folk verses.
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Varen'ka
Cossacks traditional song
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Russian Percussions Band
Rhythmic folk instruments game
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Russian Cossack Dance
Russian Medley
"Podmoskovnye Vechera" (Moscow Nights) Popular Russian lyric.
"Katyusha" (Katiusha) Popular Song from the period of W.W.II
"Kalinka" (Juniper, My Juniper) Russian folk song and dance
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Russian Folk Dance "Kalinka-Malinka"
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Russian Folk Dance "Kalinka-Malinka"
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Russian Folk Dance "Kalinka-Malinka"
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RUSSIAN DANCE
First official record of Russian dancing is related to year 907 when Great Russian Prince Oleg (Vechshiy Oleg) celebrated his victory over Greeks in Kiev. During the Gala Dinner 16 male dancers dressed as bears and four bears dressed as Russian dancers performed for the guests. After the dinner was over Great Prince commanded to release the bears into the wild and to execute all the dancers.
As it became clear later on, Vechshiy Oleg, who was purblind, has mistaken the dancers for the ambassadors from the Northern Tribes (Severyane) who owned him a few hundred skins of marten - Russian tiger-cat...
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RUSSIAN DANCE AND MUSIC VIDEO
 Legendary Russian Gypsy singer Zhenia Shevchenko and ensemble Barynya DVD. Concert was recorded in New York City on January 26, 2008. Fifteen performers: six dancers, three singers, six musicians. Performers: Sergey Ryabtsev - violin, Mikhail Smirnov - garmoshka, vocal, guitar, Alex Siniavski - Gypsy guitar, balalaika, Alexander Menshikov - Russian Gypsy singer, tambourine, Leonid Bruk - balalaika-contrabass, Gennady Gutkin - bayan, Lev Zabeginsky - balalaika, Andrij Cybyk - dancer, choreographer, Ganna Makarova - dancer, Olga Chpitalnaia - dancer, Vitaliy Verterich - dancer, choreographer, Valentina Kvasova - dancer, singer, Mikhail Nesterenko - dancer, Victoria Pichurova - singer, Gabriel Yakubov - Gypsy dancer. Musical instruments: Balalaika, garmoshka, bayan, violin, balalaika-contrabass, Gypsy guitar, Russian 7 string guitar. Program of Russian Gypsy songs, music, Russian, Gypsy, Cossack and Ukrainian folk dancing... more info, video samples, order
 This DVD was recorded at live performance of Russian music and dance ensemble Barynya (Artistic Director/Founder Mikhail Smirnov) in Lakeside, Ohio at the Hoover Auditorium in July 2007. List of performers: Mikhail Smirnov - vocal, garmoshka, guitar , Alex Siniavski - balalaika, Gypsy guitar, musical director , Andrij Cybyk - dancer, choreographer , Valentina Kvasova - dance captain, dancer , Leonid Bruk - balalaika contrabass , Alexander Menshikov - singer, tambourine , Victoria Pichurova - singer , Natalia Ejova - dancer , Natia Rtveliashvili - dancer , Stefan Kuziw - dancer , Alex Sizov - dancer.... more info, videoclips, order
 This DVD is from live performance of Russian dance, song and music ensemble Barynya from the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in October 2006. PROGRAM: Russian, Gypsy, Cossack, Ukrainian traditional dances, folk and popular songs, virtuoso performances on musical instruments with explanation of the program in English. INSTRUMENTS: balalaika, garmoshka, contrabass, buben, Gypsy and classic guitars... more info, videoclips, order
 New York based Russian folk dance and music ensemble Barynya, 2004. Russian folk dances, songs, virtuoso performances on balalaika, bass-balalaika and garmoshka. Runtime: 1 hour, cover art: Anna Nagorskaya
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 Ensemble Barynya, 1998. Live performance in cabaret "Moscow", Lexington Ave/54 street, New York City. Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian, Klezmer music and dances. Runtime: about 35 minutes.
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 Runtime: 60 minutes. On this DVD ensemble Barynya dancers are performing Russian, Cossack, Gypsy and Ukranian folk dances including "Kalinka", "Katyusha", "Barynya", "Two Guitars" and others. more info, videoclips, order
RUSSIAN COSTUMES
Russian, Russian Gypsy, Russian Cossack, Ukrainian, Russian Siberian stage costumes for professional performances made by Russian costumes designer Svetlana Gavrilova.... see pictures
RUSSIAN DANCE GROUPS FOR HIRE
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New York based Russian Wedding Band, MC and dancers 5GRAND.US
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