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When Cecil Sharp, Britain`s most celebrated collector of folk songs and dances, sent his disciples into the Appalachians in the 1920s, they discovered dances that had long disappeared from the Brit… ...
This footage of floating Russian traditional folk dancers is mesmerising and beautiful The piece itself is called ‘Northern Lights’ according to its caption on YouTube . It’s folk in style, but some ...
Some Russian folk dances include dancing on their knees, as well as Georgian staged folk dances, as they share the same sources. This practice, along with dancing on the toes with soft shoes, is ...
Most specifically, you will most likely recognise the tune Trepak, as among other things, it features heavily in modern-day Christmas movie trailers.. Trepak is a dance from the second act of ...
The Kostroma Russian National Ballet Company has launched a cultural exchange programme in Egypt to strengthen artistic ties between the two countries before its upcoming cultural tour, which begins ...
Instrumental folk music is used to accompany traditional dances such as a céil ... Tchaikovsky took great inspiration from Russian folk music. Image caption, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.