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Prisiadki (singular: Russian: присядка, romanized: prisiadka, plural присядки; Ukrainian: присідання, romanized: prysidannia, присядки, prysiadky) or vprisiadku dancing (Russian: вприсядку) is a type of male dance move in East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian) dances. The dancer squats and thrusts one foot ...
[9] [10] Russian squat work and knee bending movements are usually carried out by the male dancers. [11] In Russian dance it is also common for male dancers to stomp, clap and strike the sole, front of the foot, thighs, knees and the chest with their hands held flat, similar to the German Schuhplattler, but in a much faster tempo. [12] [13]
Hopak (Ukrainian: гопа́к, IPA:) is a Ukrainian folk dance originating as a male dance among the Zaporozhian Cossacks, but later danced by couples, male soloists, and mixed groups of dancers. It is performed most often as a solitary concert dance by amateur and professional Ukrainian dance ensembles, as well as other performers of folk ...
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Buza is a traditional Russian mixed martial art and self-defence system. Its roots lies in the indigenous people of Northwest Russia. [6] Buza is native to the region where the tribes of the Novgorod Slavs, also called Slovens or Illmen Slavs, settled. [7]
It is based on the traditional Russian [2] and Ukrainian folk dance also called the trepak. The piece is part of the Divertissement in Act II, Tableau III. [citation needed] The other character dances in this divertissement are: Chocolate (Spanish dance), Coffee (Arabian dance) and Tea (Chinese dance). Tchaikovsky's Trepak is written in AABA form.
The most significant features of the khorovod dance is to hold hands or the little finger of the partners while dancing in a circle. The circle dance symbolised in ancient Russian culture "moving around the sun" and was a pagan rite with the meaning of unity and friendship. The female organizer or leader of the dance was called khorovodnitsa.
Russian folk dances (9 P) G. Russian dance groups (1 C, 3 P) R. ... Pages in category "Dance in Russia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.