would you please tell me a bout your traditional dance ?

Question

i like dance . and i teach dance to children so i want to know a bout dance style in another country.

Answer 1

There are many traditional Ukrainian dances, some of which are described on Wikipedia (see below). My favorite dance is Hopak, the national dance of Ukraine. Hopak is loosely based on the culture of the Kozaks, but has been stylized with an admixture of ballet in modern times.

The costumes are very colorful. Women wear a richly embroidered blouses, skirts, aprons and vests topped with with a floral headpiece with long red, green, blue and yellow ribbons. Men wear and embroidered shirt, baggy velvet or silk pants (usually blue, red or green) and and a sash.

Hopak is choreographed to showcase solos which include split leaps, pikes, back breakers, barrel rolls, spinning kicks, squat kicks, figure 4's, etc from men and a variety of spins (both individually and en-mass) from women. The list of solos is much longer and has been the subject of discussion on dance.net. A traditional Hopak has a lot of emsemble parts and a few solos, whereas the North American variety puts more emphasis on flash and typically features more than 10 solos. Most of the emsemble choreography is designed to transition between solos and to build backdrop formations. Men and women generally have different choreography, but most Hopaks include some couple dancing. The women do very precise and intricate footwork (Thank God I'm a male) whereas the males do large steps like leaps and kicks.

Hopak is the last dance of any show and is performed at festivals, weddings, banquets, etc. The following is a video of Yevshan's Hopak from a typical small venue. I am not a member of Yevshan (I live 600 km away), but the video is very typical of Ukrainian dance in western Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykQb63YlCD8

Answer 2

My favorite dances are the Irish step dance and the Scottish reels and jigs. You have to be really athletic to do those dances.