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RUSSIAN DANCE ENSEMBLES
Cossack Dancers troupe is available in New York, New Jersey, PA, CT, VT, and Nationwide.
Rostov Don Cossacks - Rostov Don Cossack State Academic song and dance ensemble from Rostov-Na-Donu, Russia. Program of traditional Cossack dancing, music and songs.
Ensemble "Barynya" from New York - traditional Russian dance and music show. Barynya is a unique group of top soloists: musicians, singers and dancers who were trained and performed with world-known companies such as Don Cossacks of Rostov, Andreev State symphonic balalaika orchestra, Moscow State center of "Russian Song". Artistic Director Mikhail Smirnov.
New York Russian dance trio - Cossacks, Ukrainian and Russian Gypsy dances, music and songs. Different set of costumes for each dance.
"Revival" dancers from Toronto, Canada. The group is available in Canada and the United States of America to provide traditional Russian dance show for performing art centers, corporate events, parties, weddings. Artistic Director Ekaterina Kornienkova.
"Russian Dance Quartet" from Brooklyn, New York presents traditional dance and music program. Show was designed for smaller budget venues with limites space for dancing. 3 dancers, 1 musician perform Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian, Siberian folk dances, songs and music. Choreographer Valentina Kvasova.
"The Russian Collection" from San Francisco, California - thrilling and colorful Russian folk dancing, enchanting Russian folk music, and Russian magical illusions. Group was founded in 1945 and has performed in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Artistic Director Natalia Borisova.
"Kalinka" dancers from Baltimore, Maryland perform in beautifully detailed costumes and accompanied by a full orchestra, Russian Folk Instruments quartet/trio or pre-recorded music. Artistic Director Ekaterina (Katya) Denisova.
"Cossack Spirit" 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.
Tryn-Trava - Russian Folk group from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Tsygane - Russian Gypsy Roma dance, music, and song ensemble from New York City.
Russian folk dance and music duo from New York performs in traditional costumes. Program of Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian and Tsygansky folk songs, music and dances. Affordable prices. Duo is available for Arts in education programs.
SVETOCH - Russian song ensemble from Eastern Siberia.
Russian Brides - Cossack song and dance duo from Brooklyn, New York.
Russian dancers from Houston, Texas - Artistic Director Oksana Chernyuk. Program of Russian, Ukrainian, Moldavian, Gypsy, Spanish, Flamenko, Tango, Cuban, French, Cowboy, Irish, and Tango. video
Russian dance Ivan Kupala was inspired by celebration of Ivan Kupala Day in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Video was recorded during BARYNYA MIDWEST TOUR 2008. Dancers: Valentina Kvasova, Anna Brovkina, Natia Rtveliashvili.
World On Stage Dance Festival took place in Stamford, Connecticut on May 2, 2009 at the "Palace Theatre" (61 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06901). Dancers Valentina Kvasova, Olga Chpitalnaia, Ksenya Hentisz, Sophia Panych. Photos by Dalia Bagdonaite. Click thumbnails to enlarge images and view full size high-resolution pictures.
Monday, April 7, 2008, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA video
The Russian Department at Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) hosted its annual Russian dinner on Monday, April 7 2008. The dinner featured traditional Russian food and a performance by ensemble Barynya Russian folk singers and dancers: Valentina Kvasova, Mikhail Smirnov, and Alexey Maltsev. For fast price quote contact Barynya Entertainment.
RUSSIAN FOLK DANCE KADRIL (QUARDRILLE)
Russian Folk Dance Kadril also known as Quadrille, Kadril'naya, Kadrille, Rigodon is a humorous competitive couples...
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Ukrainian folk dance Hopak also spelled as Gopak originally was a dance for men only.
Later it was performed by couples, male soloists, and mixed groups of dancers.
In the western Ukraine it was danced in a closed circle.
The Hopak has no fixed pattern of steps.
Men competitively improvise steps, high leaps, squatting kicks, and turns; women dance simple steps,
sway, clap, or circle... MORE
"Snowstorm is blowing along the street" -
Russian folk song and dance. Soloists Olga Chpitalnaia and Ganna Makarova.
Originally Russian Khorovod dance has to be performed by more people (at least four or six),
but ensemble Barynya was not able to afford that many female dancers yet, sorry. more pictures
Kazaki are better known outside of Russia as Cossacks
(Turkish word meaning Outlaw, Adventurer or freebooter/freeman).
These Cossacks developed from Southern Russia and the Ukraine
from the 15th to early 20th centuries.
"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
Barynya - Russian Folk song and dance
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Drobushki, or Peresek, or Chechetka, - Russian step dance (heel work), always go together with khlapuski (slapping) and also prisyatki (squat work).
All these difficult moves used by dancers to express flirtation, challenge and competition.
Drobushki usually accompanied with acapella singing or with traditional Russian instruments including garmoshka, treshotki, lozhki (spoons) or
the balalaika, a three-stringed instrument, Russian favorite.
Korobushka or Korobeiniki or The Peddlers or Peddler Box or Korobochka
This lyric folk song and dance has been a 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. Lyrics are by the great poet N. Nekrasov
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Lezginka - Terec's Cossacks song and dance performed by Irina Zagornova
Natasha Smirnov, Misha Smirnov and Russian Folk Show Moscow, New York City
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Subboteya (Saturday affair) This is traditional Russian folk song and dance.
The young girl 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"...
Daniel Cooper dance from "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
Somebody sent me this question about a dance that appears early in the novel and movie "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy.
The question was if this dance is real, and if so, what are its origins?
The dance is called the "Daniel Cooper".
If you know anything about this dance, or do you have suggestions about who could have information about this please post your opinion to Russian dance disscussion group hosted on Google server.
"Look at Papa!" shouted Natasha to the whole company, and quite
forgetting that she was dancing with a grown-up partner she bent her
curly head to her knees and made the whole room ring with her
laughter.
And indeed everybody in the room looked with a smile of pleasure at the jovial old gentleman, who standing beside his tall and stout partner, Marya Dmitrievna, curved his arms, beat time, straightened his shoulders, turned out his toes, tapped gently with his foot, and, by a smile that broadened his round face more and more, prepared the onlookers for what was to follow. As soon as the provocatively gay strains of Daniel Cooper (somewhat resembling those of a merry peasant dance) began to sound, all the doorways of the ballroom were suddenly filled by the domestic serfs- the men on one side and the women on the other- who with beaming faces had come to see their master making merry.
"Just look at the master! A regular eagle he is!" loudly remarked the
nurse, as she stood in one of the doorways.
The count danced well and knew it. But his partner could not and did not want to dance well. Her enormous figure stood erect, her powerful arms hanging down (she had handed her reticule to the countess), and only her stern but handsome face really joined in the dance. What was expressed by the whole of the count's plump figure, in Marya Dmitrievna found expression only in her more and more beaming face and quivering nose. But if the count, getting more and more into the swing of it, charmed the spectators by the unexpectedness of his adroit maneuvers and the agility with which he capered about on his light feet, Marya Dmitrievna produced no less impression by slight exertions- the least effort to move her shoulders or bend her arms
when turning, or stamp her foot- which everyone appreciated in view of her size and habitual severity.
The dance grew livelier and livelier. The other couples could not attract a moment's attention to their own evolutions and did not even try to do so. All were watching the count and Marya Dmitrievna. Natasha kept pulling everyone by sleeve or dress, urging them to "look at Papa!" though as it was they never took their eyes off the couple. In the intervals of the dance the count, breathing deeply, waved and shouted to the musicians to play faster. Faster, faster, and faster; lightly, more lightly, and yet more lightly whirled the count, flying round Marya Dmitrievna, now on his toes, now on his heels; until, turning his partner round to her seat, he executed the final pas, raising his soft foot backwards, bowing his perspiring head, smiling and making a wide sweep with his arm, amid a thunder of applause and laughter led by Natasha. Both partners stood still, breathing heavily and wiping their faces with their cambric handkerchiefs.
"That's how we used to dance in our time, ma chere," said the count.
"That was a Daniel Cooper!" exclaimed Marya Dmitrievna, tucking up her sleeves and puffing heavily.
more about Russian dance "Daniel Cooper" (in Russian "Danila Kupor")
"Marilynnj" wrote:
I have copied and pasted a response from my dear and educated friend,
Svetlana, from Moscow:
As for your question. It seems that "Daniel Cooper" (in Russian
version, "Danilo Kupor") was an actual dance - to be more precise,
contradance (sp.?), an old English dance characterized by quick and
easy movements. F. F. Wiegel in his "Memoirs" (part 1, M., 1864, p.
62, first published in "Russky Vestnik", 1856) wrote that "one of
these contradances was named a Danilo Kupor, probably after its
composer, a certain Englishman Cooper".
I hope this of interest and help in your search for feedback to this
question.
"alex parley" wrote: Love in the Tub (per Malcolm:This is a Missouri text noted in 1910, for which no tune was recorded. There are a number of broadside examples (Love in a tub; or, the Old miser outwitted), but none of the accessible ones name a tune. However, Claude M. Simpson (The British Broadside Ballad and Its Music, 1966) mentions a broadside entitled A New Song called Love in a Tub (c. 1683), which was sung to the tune of Daniel Cooper. Now, this may be a completely different song; but it seems to be the nearest we are likely to get. Midi made from the notation given in Playford's Dancing Master (9th edition, 1695, reproduced in Simpson's book), with the caveat that this is only a guess at a tune for this particular text.)
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ARTICLE ABOUT RUSSIAN FOLK 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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