IN cultural life the capital will host a grand event - concert of the Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble in Moscow. Admirers of dance art will be able to enjoy the magnificent show created by the famous team. Back in 1937, the legendary ensemble was born, which still has no analogues in the world. The talented choreographer and dancer created absolutely new genre dance art and raised it to a high professional level. The unlimited repertoire of the ensemble includes: Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, Greek, Korean, Spanish, Chinese and Mexican dances, as well as many colorful folklore sketches.
All this can be seen if you buy tickets to the Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble, which sell out almost instantly. The beauty of the choreographic productions, the refinement and coherence of the movements from the first minutes of the dancers' performance captivate the audience. One-act ballets, choreographic
Miniatures and dance pictures to the music of famous composers.
Every number concert "Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble" unique and is estimated by critics as a masterpiece of choreographic art. During his creative way"Ballet of Moiseev" is a stunning success with the audience. They tour a lot in Russia and abroad, and everywhere the artists are long-awaited guests. And this is not accidental, because they have preserved and enriched with their activities the dance folklore heritage of different peoples. Any of their performances is original, unique and a triumph of high art. Symbiosis of real folk traditions with ballet give dances a special brightness and color. Anyone who wants to touch the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Earth and see unique numbers performed by the legendary choreographic group, purchase tickets to the concert of the "Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble" in Moscow. Do not miss your chance to spend a pleasant evening and enjoy the Moiseev School of Dance.
On February 10, 1937, the State academic ensemble folk dance named after Igor Moiseev.In 1937, the outstanding Soviet choreographer Igor Alexandrovich Moiseev (1906–2007). created the Dance Ensemble of the Peoples of the USSR and led it until the end of his life. Moiseev started at the Bolshoi Theater and became one of the brightest character dancers of his time. The repertoire of the Moiseev Ensemble (this is how this group is called all over the world) includes numbers and entire programs dedicated, it seems, to all countries and peoples of the world. Moiseev artists perform Bashkir, Buryat, Vietnamese, Argentinean, Nanai and Korean dances. Not to mention Spanish, Russian and German. It is remarkable that all these nations and nationalities willingly recognized these dances as their own, despite the fact that they were all composed by Igor Moiseev. The choreographer, who lived for 101 years, saw the world as a single temperamental dance.
IGOR MOISEEV. Direct speech...
About the ensemble: “We are not dance collectors and we do not stick them like butterflies on a pin. We approach folk dance as a material for creativity, without hiding our authorship.”
On politics: “Thinking about politics convinced me that ordinary people are powerless to change anything. I remember the words of Seneca: "Accept with dignity the inevitable" - and I try to treat politics and politicians like bad weather, seeking and finding satisfaction in work.
On relations with the authorities: “The only thing I am grateful to the Soviet authorities for is that no one has ever interfered in my work. In addition, oddly enough, my work has always been party. In the sense that my searches in folk dance, in expressing folk character through plasticity, turned out to be consonant with the ideas proclaimed by the party leaders. In fact, they didn’t say anything bad.”
REPETITION. CLASS-CONCERT
The Moiseev Ensemble has visited more than sixty countries of the world. The choreographer himself joked that it is easier to make a guidebook out of his life than a biography.
After the performance in New York, Moiseev was approached by a well-dressed beautiful woman and asked permission to kiss his hand. It was Marlene Dietrich.
In the second half of the 90s, Igor Moiseev's book “I Remember. . . A tour of a lifetime."
“Moiseev came up with a new stage genre - folk stage choreography. Precisely folk-stage, not historical dance, not folk-characteristic, which was in the ballet. This is a folk stage genre. Again, this is a folk dance,” says the director of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble. I. Moiseeva, People's Artist of Russia Elena Shcherbakova.
“It means stretched feet, somewhere closer to the classical material. Because you can’t bring to the stage what is danced, for example, at weddings, at festivities, it already carries such a shade of theatricality, ”explains the director of the school-studio at GAANT them. I. Moiseeva, People's Artist of Russia Guzel Apanaeva.
ARAGONIC JOTA
Popular recognition provided the ensemble with a full house in all cities of the Soviet Union. And the love of the country's leadership helped to solve organizational issues. In the 40th, after a short dialogue with Stalin, Moiseev was given a room for rehearsals. In 1943, he opened a studio school with the ensemble. And immediately after the end of the war, the “Iron Curtain” was opened for the Moiseevites.
“We had our first trip abroad - France. it was such a success. In those days there were still many old Russian emigrants in France. And after the concert they were waiting for us, kissing, crying. And it was so touching,” recalls the widow of Igor Moiseev, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Irina Moiseeva.
Abroad opened up opportunities for the restless choreographer to expand an already rather large repertoire. Igor Moiseev, as an inquisitive ethnographer, collected more and more new material for his ensemble and brought souvenir dances from each trip.
“Usually how did we do? We met with the team. Well, for example, we went to Venezuela and met with the Venezuelan team. We arrived in Argentina, enrolled in a tango school. They showed us the movements, and on the basis of these movements, Moiseev already staged his own production, ”says Guzel Apanaeva.
The type of transmission of movements “from feet to feet” can now rightfully be called the Moiseev system. All the numbers that Igor Alexandrovich put on, he could easily perform himself. Moreover, both male and female parties. Perhaps that is why the artistic director sought the perfect performance from his dancers.
“Here sits a man who, thank God, was already many years old, and he gets up, suddenly jumps up and says, “What are you doing, stop! Here exactly! One, over here! Well, repeat! No, not that again!” He always had that ideal that he wanted others to express what he feels, what stood before him. This property is always very great artists,” says choreographer, People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Vasiliev.
The same system formed the basis of education at the school with the ensemble. True, it was not Moiseev himself who undertook to train the children, but his dancers.
With us, each teacher teaches what he himself danced, what he has already absorbed into himself, remembers all the remarks of Moiseev, remembers all his wishes, the subtext of each movement. In principle, what I danced is easy for me to convey, because I know it inside and out, I will get up at night, I will dance it, ”says Apanaeva.
But until the very end, the choreographer personally took the exams. Moreover, he was equally strict in asking both teachers and future dancers.
“He made comments not only on technique, but also on acting, because, as he himself said, we have 2 professions: ballet dancers and actors,” says artist Alsu Gayfulina.
Until now, the ensemble's repertoire has remained unchanged. For example, the Russian dance "Summer", which is invariably present in every concert. And also "Aragonese Jota", "Polovtsian Dances", "Gopak" - more than 100 numbers in total.
The last year of the life of Igor Moiseev
“There will never be a second Moiseev anywhere. Because artists can do everything, but finding a choreographer who will create a canvas, come up with a number that is interesting to the viewer, first of all, interesting to the artists, so that they dance and overcome, use their capabilities is difficult, ”says Apanaeva.
Today the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble celebrates its anniversary. Exactly 80 years ago Moiseev, soloist and choreographer Bolshoi Theater, held the first rehearsal with a small group of enthusiastic folk dance lovers. Thus began the path of the team to international recognition. On its 80th birthday, the ensemble presents its fans with great performances at the country's main concert venues, including the Historical Stage of the Bolshoi Theater and the Tchaikovsky Hall. Reported by Elena Voroshilova.
Ninety-five ballet dancers run a class-concert. Exercises at the barre are replaced by dances of the peoples of the world. In 1965, the program "The Road to Dance" brought Igor Moiseev the Lenin Prize, and the ensemble - the status of an academic.
“Moiseev is a brilliant director and philosopher. Creativity is good, that's why it is modern,” says Elena Shcherbakova, director of the Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Moiseev.
Elena Shcherbakova has been in the ensemble since 1969. Soloist, teacher-tutor, director. Conducts rehearsals in Moiseev's tough way. Beginners have long learned - went on stage - give all your best.
“The tradition before the performance is to put on a suit, check that everything is comfortable, so you have to go to full speed in order to give all your best at the concert,” says the soloist of the ensemble Ivan Makarov.
Creating a folk dance ensemble, Moiseev did not change the ballet. A student of Gorsky, he combined classical with folk stage dance and said a new word in choreography.
The ensemble's repertoire includes two hundred numbers. And all this is the legacy of Moses. The Adyghe dance on koturns, staged by Aslan Khadzhaev, is an exception. It takes skill not to fall off the wooden platform.
“The main thing is posture, keeping your back, we were told that after the rehearsal, the back should hurt. You need to wear wooden shoes, ”said the artists of the ensemble Maria Ionova and Anastasia Sorokina.
To become a Moiseevite, you need to study at a studio school for five years. It was opened in 1943. Here they teach not only dance, but also educate character.
“When we did this jump, fell, then got up, you have to complete what you want to do,” explains Irina Smirnova, a student at the studio school.
This is the first course. They are thirteen. Every day from three to seven they make a class. Nobody is in a hurry to leave. And so it has always been.
“We never looked at the clock, the rehearsal is going on, and we don’t look at the clock, we were so passionate about the process,” recalls the director of the school-studio Guzel Apanaeva.
They already understand that devotion to the profession and honesty are the main thing in the Ensemble of Igor Moiseev, and they are ready to go this way.
The team is located in the Concert Hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.
The main task set before the artists by the founder of the ensemble, Igor Moiseev (1906-2007), is the creative processing of folklore samples that existed at that time in the Soviet Union. To this end, the artists of the group went on folklore expeditions around the country. As a result, the first programs of the ensemble appeared - "Dances of the Peoples of the USSR" (1937-1938), "Dances of the Baltic Peoples" (1939).
In the repertoire of the ensemble, folklore samples have received a new stage life and have been preserved for several generations of viewers around the world. For this purpose, Igor Moiseev used almost all the means of stage culture: various types and types of dances, symphonic music, dramaturgy, scenography, acting skills.
An important step was the development and creative interpretation of European folklore. The program "Dances of the Slavic Peoples" (1945) was created in conditions when Moiseev did not have the opportunity to travel abroad. The choreographer recreated samples of dance art in consultation with musicians, folklorists, historians, and musicologists.
With the direct participation of famous choreographers Miklós Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song Hee (Korea), Igor Moiseev created the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953), which for the first time collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore from 11 countries.
Since 1938, the ensemble has been in Russia and abroad. For a record number of tours, the ensemble is listed in the Russian Guinness Book of Records. From the first foreign tour (Finland, 1945), the Igor Moiseev ensemble has been the unspoken Russian ambassador of peace.
In 1958, the ensemble was the first of the Soviet ensembles to go on tour to the USA, which marked the beginning of cultural ties between the USSR and the USA.
In 1967, the first of the professional folk dance ensembles was awarded the title of academic. In 1987, the ensemble was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples.
The hallmarks of the team were the numbers "Partisans", the naval suite "Yablochko", the old city square dance, the Moldavian zhok, the Ukrainian hopak, the Russian dance "Summer", an incendiary tarantella. One-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev with the involvement of the funds and techniques of world folk and theatrical culture, such as "Vesnyanki", "Tsam", "Sanchakou", "Polovtsian Dances" to the music of Alexander Borodin, "On the Skating Rink" to the music of Johann Strauss, "Night on Bald Mountain" to music by Modest Mussorgsky, "Spanish Ballad" to music by Pablo di Luna, "An Evening in a Tavern" to music by Argentinean composers, etc.
After death artistic director Igor Moiseev in 2007, the ensemble began to bear his name.
Today in the repertoire of the Folk Dance Ensemble, staged by Moiseev. These are dances, miniatures, choreographic paintings and suites, one-act ballets to the music of Russian symphonic composers Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky.
The ensemble includes a large group of ballet dancers and a symphony orchestra.
The artistic director - director of the group is the People's Artist of Russia Elena Shcherbakova.
Since 1943, the School-Studio has been operating at the Folk Dance Ensemble. In addition to special disciplines - classical, folk stage, historical, duet dance - the training program includes jazz dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, acting, playing the piano and folk musical instruments, History of Music and Theatre.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
The world's first professional folk dance ensemble together with Natalia Letnikova.
1. "Legs later, first carry the soul"- said Igor Moiseev at rehearsals. The troupe of the world's first folk dance ensemble traveled all over the Soviet Union. Disappearing dances and rituals were transferred to the stage directly from folklore expeditions.
2. How people dance in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania... The program "Dances of the Slavic Peoples", which still lives on the stage, is already 70 years old. Igor Moiseev put it without going abroad. And on the very first tour, specialists were struck by the accuracy of the hit.
3. The Tchaikovsky Concert Hall is the native stage of the Moiseevites. The ensemble, already known and even performing at receptions in the Kremlin, had nowhere to rehearse. Stalin personally offered to choose the building. Igor Moiseev preferred former Theater Meyerhold on Tverskaya.
4. "GANT USSR" - State Ensemble folk dance... and a tank. During the Great Patriotic War the team traveled around Siberia, Transbaikalia, the Far East. The artists earned one and a half million rubles and gave the money to build a tank for the Soviet army.
5. Creative breakthrough of the iron curtain. 60 years ago, the Moiseev Ensemble became the first Soviet ensemble to go on tour in a capitalist country. France enthusiastically received the dancers. In the press, the ensemble was dubbed the ballet, recognizing its high art.
6. And again the only one in the world. Moiseevtsy - the owners of an unprecedented dance group luxury: own symphony orchestra. 35 classical and folk musicians have been accompanying dancers since the 1940s.
7. "Whoever calls himself a soloist - immediately fired"- said the creator of the team. There are no soloists and no corps de ballet in the ensemble: "Everyone teaches everything." But it has its own school and its own style. The selection to the team is tough, all the artists dance both in solo parts and in extras.
8. The highest form of recognition for the Moiseevites is the fact that the people consider the work of the collective to be their own. Like the Bulba dance. Igor Moiseev came up with it while watching the harvest of potatoes in Belarus, and years later he saw his production as folklore.
9. The Moiseev Ensemble was met with a full house in 60 countries of the world. The dancers performed at the best concert venues on the planet, including La Scala and Opera Garnier. For his productions, Igor Moiseev received about 30 foreign awards and the UNESCO Five Continents medal.
10. Choreographic miniatures and ballets, dance pictures and suites. High style Igor Moiseev brought to the folk dance from the academic dance. Soloist and choreographer of the Bolshoi led his ensemble for 70 years, staged 300 dances, and the 110th anniversary of the birth of Igor Moiseev is celebrated on the first stage of the master.
