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catbyte

(34,390 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2024, 11:52 PM Mar 28

Ukrainian Hopak, One of the Most Difficult Dances in the World. Virsky 2023.

Famous Virsky National Dance Ensemble of Ukraine.

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Really impressive, but my legs hurt just watching this, lol. They're amazing.

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Ukrainian Hopak, One of the Most Difficult Dances in the World. Virsky 2023. (Original Post) catbyte Mar 28 OP

Excellent excellent! Drum Mar 28 #1

Gravity doesn't seem to have much pull on those folks Easterncedar Mar 29 #2

My Dad was Ukrainian AuntyGravity Mar 29 #4

My Mother's family was Ukrainian debm55 Apr 1 #13

Much of that reminds me sdfernando Mar 29 #3

Fiddler on the Roof was originally set in Anatekva, a town in Ukraine. Liberty Belle Mar 29 #8

I always thought the Fiddler of the Roof took place in the Ukraine. My mothers family was Ukrainian As Ukrainian Jews debm55 Apr 1 #12

Wow, just wow. grumpyduck Mar 29 #5

Fun to watch !!! The guys in red need to change to yellow !! Karadeniz Mar 29 #6

Not the Nichols Brothers, but quite good nontheless. n/t malthaussen Mar 29 #7

Ty. Half 2nd Gen Ukrainian-American. I saw some dancing... electric_blue68 Mar 30 #9

Thats great! But William769 Mar 30 #10

My quads and glutes hurt just watching that. n/t Hela Apr 1 #11

When they're training and they get tired,... LudwigPastorius Apr 2 #14

Drum

(9,161 posts)

1. Excellent excellent!

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Thu Mar 28, 2024, 11:57 PM

Mar 28

Easterncedar

(2,298 posts)

2. Gravity doesn't seem to have much pull on those folks

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 12:03 AM

Mar 29

Amazing. Fun to see! Thanks

AuntyGravity

(174 posts)

4. My Dad was Ukrainian

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 12:33 AM

Mar 29

Also the finest Dad in the history of Dads.....Joe Biden reminds me of him.

debm55

(25,213 posts)

13. My Mother's family was Ukrainian

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Mon Apr 1, 2024, 05:03 PM

Apr 1

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)

3. Much of that reminds me

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 12:21 AM

Mar 29

of the Bottle Dance from Fiddler on the Roof. I’m sure the choreographer got some inspiration from these dances.

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)

8. Fiddler on the Roof was originally set in Anatekva, a town in Ukraine.

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 10:00 PM

Mar 29

debm55

(25,213 posts)

12. I always thought the Fiddler of the Roof took place in the Ukraine. My mothers family was Ukrainian As Ukrainian Jews

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Mon Apr 1, 2024, 05:02 PM

Apr 1

The lost their land and homes due to the Russian pogroms. We tried to to the dance as youngsters.

grumpyduck

(6,235 posts)

5. Wow, just wow.

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 12:33 AM

Mar 29

And yeah, my legs hurt too from just watching.

Karadeniz

(22,516 posts)

6. Fun to watch !!! The guys in red need to change to yellow !!

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 03:38 AM

Mar 29

malthaussen

(17,195 posts)

7. Not the Nichols Brothers, but quite good nontheless. n/t

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 12:20 PM

Mar 29

electric_blue68

(14,903 posts)

9. Ty. Half 2nd Gen Ukrainian-American. I saw some dancing...

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Sat Mar 30, 2024, 01:33 AM

Mar 30

at a festival in Little Ukraine - part of The East Village that my dad took us too ?58 ys ago.
Always loved the red boots, the athleticism of the men.
(you could say the original "break dancers" 🙂 )

William769

(55,147 posts)

10. Thats great! But

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Sat Mar 30, 2024, 02:30 AM

Mar 30

Try doing the Chicken Dance in unison when we're all drunk!

Hela

(440 posts)

11. My quads and glutes hurt just watching that. n/t

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Mon Apr 1, 2024, 04:53 PM

Apr 1

LudwigPastorius

(9,145 posts)

14. When they're training and they get tired,...

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Tue Apr 2, 2024, 12:22 AM

Apr 2

the instructor just tells them to imagine kicking Putin in the balls.

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