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"The Star-Ledger", state of New Jersey largest local newspaper, USA

..."Influences from the surrounding culture also seem inescapable. Perhaps this explains why a rich-toned singer like Kvasova has an authentically flat, village twang, while Alexander Menshikov croons "Dark Eyes" and the "Song of the Volga Boatmen" in a smoother pop style. Barynya's balalaika orchestra has a wondrous assortment of authentic instruments, including the huge and impressive "balalaika-contrabass," yet the arrangement of "Lara's Theme" from "Dr. Zhivago" would not seem out-of-place at a beachside restaurant in Hawaii. Evidently Barynya is responding to the taste of a mixed American audience..." read full article in NJ's "Star Ledger"

March 5, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts

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February 2010, Russian Winter Festival in Albany, New York

Barynya, February 2010, Russian Winter Festival, Albany, New York

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Sunday, January 10, 2010, 8:40PM, 9:40PM, 10:40PM,
APAP booking conference NYC Hilton, Morgan Suite, 2 Floor
1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019

08:40PM Barynya
09:40PM Moscow Gypsy Army
10:40PM Mazal Tov

MUSICIANS/SINGERS: Yakov Yavno (vocals), Mikhail Smirnov (garmoshka, guitar, vocals), Alexander Menshikov (vocals), Leonid Bruk (bass, balalaika contrabass), Lev Zabeginsky (balalaika), Alexey Efimenko (guitar), Alexandre Tseytlin (violin), Sasha Mogilevich (drums),
DANCERS: Valentina Kvasova, Natalia Ejova, Olga Chpitalnaia, Ksenya Hentisz, Ilia Pankratov, Andrei Kisselev, Andrij Cybyk, Alexander Rudoy.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters Showcase Poster
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Article about Barynya performance in Atlanta in the BDAA newsletter

Article was printed in December 2009 in the BDAA newsletter, the official Journal of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America.

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October 28, 2009, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, Ada, Oklahoma.
Concert with a legendary Russian folk singer Nikolai Massenkoff.

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New Providence Memorial Library, New Providence, NJ, October 11th, 2009

Russian music and dance concert in New Jersey

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Van Nostrand Theatre, Suffolk College, Brentwood, New York, October 4th, 2009

Cast: Kogarov sisters (vocals), Mikhail Smirnov (vocals, garmoshka), Alexander Menshikov (vocals), Lev Zabeginsky (balalaika), Leonid Bruk (balalaika-contrabass), Roman Ivanoff (percussions), Serge Rogozin (balalaika), Yan Khmel (bayan), Irina Zagornova (vocals), Dancers: Alexey Maltsev, Danila Sherstobitov, Aliaksandr Anatska, Alexander Rudoy, Valentina Kvasova, Olga Chpitalnaia, Ksenya Hentisz, Olga Yeliseyeva.

Barynya concert on Sunday, October 4th, 2009 at Suffolk County Community College, Van Nostrand Theatre, Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, New York

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"Barynya" - Russian folk dance - «Барыня»

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Mexico, Chihuahua, 5th International Festival-2009

5th International Festival in Mexico, Chihuahua, ten days tour with Russian folk dance and music ensemble Barynya. Cast: V.Kvasova, O.Yeliseyeva, N.Rtveliashvili, A.Brovkina, A.Anatska, A.Maltsev, A.Rudoy, L.Zabeginsky, A.Menshikov, M.Smirnov.

Barynya Tour 2009 Mexico
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Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 2009

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Festival International des Rythmes du Monde, Chicoutimi (Quebec), Canada, July 2009

Over 10 thousand people attended Barynya performance during Festival in Chicoutimi. Performers: Leonid Bruk, Mikhail Smirnov, Alexander Menshikov, Yan Khmel, Lev Zabeginsky, Valentina Kvasova, Ilia Pankratov.

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"World On Stage" Dance Festival, Stamford, CT, May 2009 PHOTOS

Ensemble Barynya, photo by Dalia Bagdonaite

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"World On Stage" Dance Festival in Stamford, CT, May 2009 VIDEO

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Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, New York City, New York, May 2009

Concert of "Barynya Trio" - Mikhail Smirnov (garmoshka, balalaika, guitar, vocals), Valentina Kvasova (dancing, vocals), Alexey Maltsev (dancing, costumed characters). Sunday, May 17th, 2009, 2PM. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021.

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Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Paterson, New Jersey, April 2009

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International Folk Fair Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida, March 2009

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February 28, 2009. Russian Winter Festival in Albany, New York

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Barynya performance at the Russian Winter Festival in Albany, New York on February 28, 2009
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Concert in Morristown, New Jersey, February 22, 2009 (video)

Slavic Festival in Eugene, Oregon, February 2009

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CARNEGIE HALL, NYC, DECEMBER 2008.

Dancers Valentina Kvasova, Natalia Ejova, Olga Chpitalnaia, Natia Rtveliashvili, Dasha Paliy , Elena Yakubina performed a dance number "DEVOCHKI" in a musical "Mother Russia", Carnegie Hall, NYC. The story was about an American guy visiting Russia, Barynya dancers were in the scene where his friends are afraid that he will be seduced by Russian girls and warning him to stay away from them.

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Mikhail Gorbachev's Liberty Medal Award Gala
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA

Barynya at Mikhail Gorbachev's Liberty Medal Award Gala 2008

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ENSEMBLE BARYNYA PENN STATE UNIVERSITY TOUR 2008

Ensemble Barynya Penn State University Tour 2008 (photos)

BARYNYA MIDWEST TOUR 2008

Barynya midwest tour 2008 album 01

Barynya midwest tour 2008 album 02

Russian dance Ivan Kupala video

Russian dance Ivan Kupala choreographed by Valentina Kvasova. The dance was inspired by celebration of Ivan Kupala Day in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Video was recorded during Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya MIDWEST TOUR 2008. Dancers: Valentina Kvasova, Anna Brovkina, Natia Rtveliashvili.

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New York Russian Radio Station City Radio 540AM
Festival of Russian music, dance and culture, May 2008
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Concert at Windsor Terrace Public Library 160 East 5th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11218 on Monday May 12, 2008.

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Monday, April 7, 2008, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA video

Videos from concert in New York City on January 26, 2008

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Puerto Rico International Festival of Cultures. December 2007

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Russian Father Frosts and Snow Maidens. December 2007
Barynya gig for TV Chanel RUSSIA TODAY, New York City

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Barynya in Toronto, Canada, December 2007

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Slavic Cultural Festival Sept 29, 2007 McLean, VA

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July, 2007, performance series in Ohio communities

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2007 Ohio tour DVD

Barynya in Ohio 2007 tour DVD
June 2007. Cossack songs and dances in Brooklyn, New York

Cossack folk song and dance concert will take place in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 8pm.

Cossack folk singer Victoria Pichurova, Cossack singer and dancer Valentina Kvasova, Russian bayan virtuoso Viktor Danilochkin will perform traditional Cossack songs, harmonies and dances with accompaniment of Bayan (Russian button accordion).

Russian food and alcoholic beverages will be served.
$20 includes all you can eat and drink.

Address: 14 Verona Street, Apt. 301 Red Hook, Brooklyn

May 2007. Cossack song, music and dance trio founded

Cossack song, music and dance trio from New York founded by dancer and singer Valentina Kvasova, singer Victoria Pichurova and Russian button accordion virtuoso Victor Danilochkin in 2007. Ensemble performs Cossack folk music, songs and dances. All members of the group are highly trained in former USSR performers.

Cleveland Jewish News.com, April 2007

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Cleveland concert video, April 2007

Russian folk song and dance "Barynya" video
Maslenitsa celebration, Embassy of Russia, Washington, DC, Feb 2007

Eugene, Oregon, January, 2007

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Highland Park, New Jersey, USA, January 2007

View all videos from concert on Saturday, January 13th, 2007 at Highland Park High School, 431 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park, New Jersey, USA
University of Texas-Pan American, November 2006

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The New Rockville Library, November 2006, Rockville, MD

October 2006, John Michael Kohler Arts Center

videoclips from performance in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
PERFORMANCE AT PEPSI WORLD HEADQUAOTERS, SUMMER 2006

PICTURES FROM MAY 21, 2006 PERFORMANCE

March 5th, 2006, Norcross, Georgia, Russian Maslenitsa at Verdi's

Valentina Kvasova, Alex Siniavski, Mikhail Smirnov, 2005-2006

Discovery Channel: "Party Planner with David Tutera", 2005

Alex Siniavski, David Tutera, Valentina Kvasova and Mikhail Smirnov
"Party Planner with David Tutera", Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel. "Party Planner with David Tutera"
1 minute 30 seconds MPEG videoclip (7,86 MB)
Valentina Kvasova with famous comedian Yakov Smirnoff

Dancer Valentina Kvasova in Russian folk dress

Valentina Kvasova with the Don Cossacks

Valentina Kvasova with the Don Cossacks

Valentina Kvasova picture in Star-Telegram.com newspaper
article by Andrew Marton, Tuesday, Oct 5, 1999
Valentina Kvasova with the Don Cossacks, 1999

DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, DANCE TEACHERS

Stanislav Issaev (Russian: Станислав Исаев) ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer.

Vladimir Abramenko - choreographer and dance instructor from Jacksonville, Florida.

Youri Nelzine - choreographer from Los Angeles, California.

Valentina Kvasova - Russian Cossack dancer, choreographer, and singer from New York City.

Yuri Vodolaga - ballet dance instructor from New York City.

Grisha - Russian Gypsy Roma dancer from New York.

Aleksey Klyuchnikov- Russian dancer from Staten Island, New York.

Alexander Rudoy - dancer, dance instructor from Brooklyn, NY.

Aliaksandr Anatska from Brooklyn, New York.

Andrei Kisselev - dancer and choreographer from Queens, New York.

Anna Brovkina from Voronezh, Russia.

Olga Chpitalnaia from Brooklyn, New York.

Andrij Cybyk - dancer, teacher, choreographer from Queens, New York.

Natalia Ejova from Queens, New York.

Ilia Streltsov from New York, NY.

Lev Iwashko from Baltimore, MD.

Stefan Kuziw - dancer and choreographer from Toronto, Canada.

Roman Lewkowicz from Queens, NY.

Ganna Makarova from Brooklyn, New York.

Alexey Maltsev from Staten Island, New York.

Natia Rtveliashvili from New York.

Mikhail Nesterenko from Brooklyn, New York.

Ilia Pankratov from New York City.

Petr Tikhonov from Brooklyn, New York.

Danila Sherstobitov from Brooklyn, New York.

Alex Sizov choreographer from Brooklyn, NY.

Vasiliy Myshletsov - dancer from Brooklyn, New York.

Olga Verterich from Brooklyn, NY.

Vitaly Verterich - dancer and choreographer from New York.

Yaroslaw Dobriansky - Ukrainian folk dancer from New York.

Ksenya Hentisz - Ukrainian folk dancer (New York, NJ).

Sophia Panych - Ukrainian dancer from New York City.

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