Barynya - traditional Russian music and dance ensemble from New York. Artistic director Mikhail Smirnov. video

Flying Balalaika Brothers - Russian music band from Austin, Texas. video

Vasily Romany Gypsy Band - New York based Tsygansky (Russian Gypsy Roma) music and dance show. Artistic Director Vasily Romani (Yankovich). video

Miru Mir, Chervona - Russian Gypsy music band from Portland, Oregon. video

New York Jazz band led by Ruslan Khain performs over 300 popular jazz standards and program of popular music from favorite Russian movies. video

Via Romen - Russian Gypsy Roma traditional music and dance ensemble . Artistic director Vadim Kolpakov. . video

Barynya balalaika orchestra from New York plays during fundraising balls, large scale social events, and Doctor Zhivago's style corporate parties. video

Tsyganskiy Tabor - Russian Gypsy Roma dance, music, song ensemble New York City. video

The Internationals World Music Ensemble from Chicago, Illinois plays Russian, Italian, Jewish, Ukrainian, Cossack, Gypsy, American oldies, and classical music from all around the world. video

5GRAND.US - Russian American Wedding Music Band and dancers is available in New York, New Jersey, CT, PA, nationwide. video

Tum Balalaika - Russian, Jewish, Ukranian, Gypsy band from Chicago, Illinois. video

New York Russian folk music band. Instruments: balalaika, domra, garmoshka, Gypsy guitars, contrabass balalaika, cello and vocals. video

Russian traditional dance and music program NY, NJ, CT, PA, MD designed for smaller budget venues with limites space for the dancing. 3 dancers, 1 musician. video

TRIOS

Piques Dames is a group of talented, classically trained musicians that perform in the New York metropolitan area. Their repertoire includes a variety of Slavic and European Classical and Folk vocal music as well as compositions from operatic and sacred classics.

New York Russian dance and music trio - Russian, Cossacks, Ukrainian and Gypsy dances, music and songs. Authentic instruments: garmoshka, balalaika, gusli. Different set of costumes for each dance. video

Cossack Spirit - 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. video

The Kozak Family Trio - Belarusian folk song and music trio from New York. video

Balalaika Russian Dance and Music Trio - Russian Cossack dance, balalaika and garmoshka music from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. video

Brooklyn Cossacks music and dance trio from New York. video

Brooklyn Balalaikas -Russian Folk Music Trio from Brooklyn, New York. Artistic Director Leonid Bruk.

DUETS

Russian music duo from Boston - Elina Karokhina (balalaika), Boris Fogel (piano). video

Chicago Cossacks - Russian music and song ensemble from Chicago, Illinois. video

Russian Balalaika duo from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alex Siniavski - balalaika, Mikhail Smirnov - guitar, garmoshka, vocals. video

Russian Gypsy Guitar Violin Duo from New York, New York performs Russian, Gypsy, Ukrainian, Moldovian, Hungarian music and songs. Sergei Pobedinski - guitar, vocals, Valeriy Zhmud - violin. video

Gypsy Violin Duo Nina and Isaac Danchenko from Brooklyn, New York. video

Russian Dance & Music Duo from New York performs in traditional costumes. Program of Russian Cossack Ukrainian and Tsygansky (Russian Gypsy Roma) folk songs, music and dances. Affordable price. video

Kalinka Duo - Sergey Vashchenko- balalaika, Vladimir Kaliazine- bayan, Austin, TX.

Timofeyev and Kolpakov Russian Gypsy 7-string guitar duo performs traditional music, songs and dances of the Russian Roma (Gypsy) tradition, ancient Gypsy melodies, heartfelt lyrical romansy, accompanied by the Russian Gypsy 7-string guitars. Oleg Timofeyev holds an M.A. in Early Music Performance from the University of Southern California (1993), and a Ph.D. in Performance Practice from Duke University (1999). Lead guitarist and artist of the Moscow Gypsy Theater Romen, Vadim Kolpakov has been steeped in the tradition from childhood, plays the Russian 7- string guitar, sings and dances.

Russian Brides - Cossack song and dance duo from Brooklyn, New York.

New York Balalaika Duo - balalaika player Lev Zabeginsky and Mikhail Smirnov (vocals, garmoshka, guitar).

GROUPS BASED IN RUSSIA

Rostov Don Cossacks State Academic Song and Dance Ensemble, Rostov-Na-Donu, Russia. video

Svetlana Smirnova and Yury Selivanov - Honored performers of Russia - Moscow, Russia. video

Kid's parties in Moscow, Russia

Tryn-Trava - Russian Folk group from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Zabava - Russian folk ethnographic group from Saratov, Russia.

SVETOCH - Russian folk song and music ensemble.

Twix - show group from Moscow, Russia.

Yarmarka - Russian song and dance show from Saint Petersburg, Russia. video

Gravitation - all-female string quartet. video

Трио Melange - Russian show Ballet "Melange" from Moscow, Russia is performing colorful dances of many flavors: Cabaret, Vegas, Russian, R&B, Eastern, Brazil for corporate and private events. "Melange" consists of three beautiful Russian female dancers. video

Show ballet Arriva is a dance show with acrobatic elements. The program of the show is about 40 minutes long (6 dancers: 3 male and 3 female) includes African, Hip-Hop, Samba, fire dance, dance workshop "Samba de Roda". видео

Groups that are no longer available for hire

Misha and Natasha from Russia

Brighton Beach Menestrels

Russian Balalaika and Garmoshka Duo

The Balalaika Russe

Balalaika Stooges

Moscow Gypsy Army

Vadik and Anna