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Steps often represent aspects of life
Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007) a pioneer in combining classical ballet with popular folk dance: Moiseyev Company (Балет Игоря Моисеева): “character dance” – a blend of folk dance with technique and theatrics
Costumes are representative of folk art:Decorative themes
Russian Folk Dance
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TroikaThree dancers (usually a man and two
women) represent the three horses pulling a “troika” (sleigh)
Тройка
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Pagan originsMokosh/Mother EarthMotifs:
FlowersBranchesTreesHorsemen/huntersAnimals/mythical creaturesDecorative patterns
Russian Folk Art
Matryoshka – lacquered nesting dolls or “babushka” dolls
Usually women in traditional dressFirst created in 1800s, presented at 1900
World Exhibition in Paris
Матрёшка
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Матрёшка?
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Afanasyev: 1st major collection and recording of folk tales
Pushkin used several as the basis for poemsGogol used several Ukrainian tales in short
storiesMuch remains unpublished – oral traditionMany are gruesome and grim –
weather/social conditions related?
Russian Folk Tales
Baba Yaga: most famous character in Russian folk tales
Witch?Eats childrenFlies through the air on a giant
mortar (or broomstick)Lives in a hut standing on
chicken legsUsually evil, but occasionally
sought out for wisdomExample:
Vassilissa the Fair and Baba Yaga
Баба Яга
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Image: “Баба Яга” Wikimedia Commons
Scorned during the 1700s and 1800s by Francophile, cultivated city-dwellers
Glinka (1804-1857): Russlan and Ludmilla opera based on a poem by Pushkin, used folk music as its basis.
1861: Emancipation of the serfsEnd of feudal RussiaRise of Slavophile feeling
Major instrument: balalaika (Russian folk guitar)
Russian Folk Music
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Shanty: sung by barge-haulers (бурлаки) on the Volga River
Inspired by Ilya Repin’s famous painting Barge Haulers on the Volga
“Song of the Volga Boatmen
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Russian barge-haulers (primarily on the Volga)
Burlaks (Wikipedia entry)
Бурлаки
Image: “Burlak Women on the Volga” Wikimedia Commons
Internet ArchiveFedora Chaliapin 1922 recording
Nikolai Massenkoff with the Russian Balalaika Orchestra
Glenn Miller band:
Back to the “Boatmen”
A more cheerful folk songMy “little snowberry” (Viburnum opulus)“Kalinka”
Калинка
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Hilton, Alison. Russian Folk Art. Indiana University Press, 1995. Web. 14 Apr. 2010 <http://books.google.com>.
“Igor Moiseyev.” Wikipedia. Web. 2010. 15 Apr. 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Moiseyev>.
Rogers, Elizabeth E., ed. Music Through the Ages. New York, Putnam, 1967.
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