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| Characteristics of Russian Dance |
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| esstially divided into women's circle danes and group competitions. Womens dance preformed in closed circles and either danced to the accomplishment of their singing or to instrumental dance. Chirstian era. Womens circle dance called Horovod |
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| group comp dances consisted of both men and women performing in solo and attempting to out do or one up previes dancers . called Pereplias. Squatting steps. russians refer to these movements as presiadki and their variety seems to be endless |
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accordian
bayan
balalaika
domra
zhaleika |
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spoons
tambourine
treshchotki |
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| a russian presiadki where the leg rotates around and under the body |
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| a waddling step pattern done in a squatting position |
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| literally cabbage rolls.a complex hopping pattern |
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| a ukrainian dance the russians call it the gopak |
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| old style womens circle dances that predate the christian era. The women accompanied their dance by singing while dancing |
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| group comp dances that included men and women. During the dance dancer would dance solo and improvise their movement motifs following a culturally accepted norm |
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Presyadka
Presyadki(plural) |
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| knee bending. Mens squatting steps movements motifs. There are an almost endless variety of these. Believed to have been started by SKOMORKHI street entertainers who were barely tolerated by the church |
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| literally a period. A concluding, stamping pattern |
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| a russian two-step with a stamp |
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| Russian tap dancing movements |
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russian costume
more stamping-men and women
more clapping and slapping-men
less presyadki-men
very few couple dances
more singing during dances-men and women |
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Ukrainian costumes
Less stamping-men and women
less clapping and slapping-men
more Presyadki-men
many couple dances
less singing during dancces |
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