Elena Shcherbakova: the Igor Moiseev Ensemble is a unique phenomenon in the world dance culture. Life in dance Igor Moiseev dances of peoples

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 ensembles folk dance the team 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 the death of 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

Igor Alexandrovich Moiseev. GAANT named after Moiseev is the world's first professional choreographic group engaged in artistic interpretation and promotion of dance folklore of the peoples of the world, including Jewish, Mexican, Greek dances, as well as dances of the peoples of the CIS.

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Team history

GANT named after Igor Moiseev was founded on February 10, 1937, on the day when the first rehearsal of a troupe of 30 people took place in the Moscow house of the choreographer at Leontievsky lane, house 4. The task that Moiseev set for young artists was to creatively process and present on stage the samples of USSR folklore that existed at that time. To this end, the ensemble members went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they searched for, studied and recorded disappearing dances, songs and rituals. As a result, the dance troupe's first programs were Dances of the Peoples of the USSR (1937-1938) and Dances of the Baltic Peoples (1939). Since 1940, the ensemble had the opportunity to rehearse and perform on the stage of the Tchaikovsky Hall, and it was this theater that became the home for the ensemble for many years.

To achieve maximum expressiveness and expressiveness of the dance performance, Igor Moiseev used all the means of stage culture: all types and types of dances, symphonic music, dramaturgy, scenography and acting skills. In addition, Moiseev took as a basis the principle of equality of the artists of the ensemble, from the very beginning there were no soloists, leading dancers and corps de ballet in the team - any participant could play both the main and the secondary role in the production.

An important stage in the creative development of the team was the development and updated interpretation of European folklore. The program "Dances of the Slavic Peoples" (1945) was created in unique conditions: not being able to travel abroad, Igor Moiseev recreated samples of dance creativity, consulting with musicians, folklorists, historians, and musicologists. On tour in 1946 in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the audience was amazed at the accuracy of the productions and the true artistic sense of the ensemble's stage works. With the significant participation of well-known choreographers and experts in folklore Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song-hi (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev attracted to work, the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953) was created, where for the first time they were collected examples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries.

From the beginning of the Great Patriotic War The folk dance ensemble under the direction of Moiseev toured Siberia, Transbaikalia, the Far East, and Mongolia.

In 1955, the ensemble became the first Soviet group to go on foreign tours to France and Great Britain. In 1958, the ensemble was also the first of the Soviet ensembles to go on tour in the USA.

The quintessence of the creative path of the Moiseev GAANT was the class-concert "The Road to Dance" (1965), which clearly demonstrates the development of the team from the development of individual elements to the creation of full-scale stage paintings. In 1967, for the “Road to Dance” program, GAANT was the first of the folk dance ensembles to be awarded the title of academic, and Igor Moiseev was awarded the Lenin Prize.

Despite the fact that in 2007 the ensemble lost its leader and ideological inspirer, the Moiseev GAANT continued to perform and tour around the world. For its concert activity, which has been going on for more than 70 years, the ensemble was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. GAANT is the only group of its kind that has performed at the Opéra Garnier (Paris) and La Scala (Milan). In terms of the number of tours, it is listed in the Russian Guinness Book of Records as an ensemble that has visited more than 60 countries. .

For the best performance in 2011, the ensemble was awarded the Grand Prix of the Anita Bucchi choreographic award (Italy), and at the premiere program on December 20, 2011, as part of a triumphal Paris tour, UNESCO awarded the ensemble with the Five Continents Medal.

Orchestra

In the first years of the ensemble's existence, concerts were accompanied by a group of folk instruments and a group of musical national instruments conducted by E. Avksentiev. Since the late 1940s, in connection with the expansion of the ensemble's repertoire and the appearance in it of the cycle "Dances of the Peoples of the World", a small symphony orchestra was created with the involvement of a group of national instruments. The main merit in its creation belongs to the conductor Samson Galperin.

To date, the ensemble's concerts are accompanied by a small symphony orchestra consisting of 35 people. Original arrangements of folk melodies in different years were created by conductors Evgeny Avksentiev, Samson Galperin, Nikolai Nekrasov, Anatoly Gus, musician Vladimir Zhmykhov.

Orchestra artists also take part in ensemble productions. For example, in the suite of Moldovan dances “Hora” and “Chiocarlie”, a violinist in national costume plays on the stage. "Kalmyk dance" is accompanied by the sound of the Saratov harmonica, while the orchestra artist is dressed in a tuxedo. The one-act ballet "Night on Bald Mountain" begins with the performance of the stage orchestra in national Ukrainian costumes.

School-studio

"Studio School at the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Igor Moiseev" was formed in September 1943 as a study group at the ensemble. Engaged in the preparation of artists and is the main source of personnel to replenish the troupe. The training program includes special disciplines: classical dance, folk stage dance, duet dance, jazz dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, acting, playing the piano and folk musical instruments, music history, theater history, ballet history, painting history, history ensemble.

In 1988, the school received the status of a secondary specialized educational institution.

Repertoire

The Ensemble's repertoire consists of about 300 choreographic works created by Igor Moiseev since 1937. By genre, all dances are divided into choreographic miniatures, dance pictures, dance suites and one-act ballets. Thematically, the dances are combined into the cycles "Pictures of the Past", "Soviet Pictures" and "Across the Countries of the World". The list contains the most frequently performed choreographic numbers.

Choreographic miniatures

  • Fight of two kids
  • Estonian "Polka through the leg"
  • Polka labyrinth

dance pictures

  • Football (music by A. Tsfasman)
  • partisans
  • tobaccoryaska
  • Buffoons (music by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

One-act ballets

  • Polovtsian dances (music by A. Borodin)
  • On the skating rink (music by I. Strauss)
  • Night on bald mountain (music by M. Mussorgsky)
  • Spanish ballad (music by Pablo di Luna)
  • Evening in a tavern

Suite of Russian dances

  • girls exit
  • box
  • grass
  • Male dance
  • General final

The name of Igor Moiseev has long become not just a name, but a brand of outstanding achievements of our country. The legendary choreographer created an ensemble that performs folk dances, perfected by the hand of the master.

He was born on January 21, 1906. According to family legend, he began to study ballet at the insistence of his father. Once he witnessed a fight in the alley and, when he came home, he told his son that he would not fight, but would do ballet. And immediately, literally tomorrow, he will go to a ballet school.

Today, no one doubts that folk dancing is an art. This seems to be the simple truth. The paradox is that it was Moiseev who brought this truth to us. After all, before him no one had to consider folk dance on a par with classical dance.

Why this did not happen before - the maestro himself was surprised.

“Folk dances are born in every nation according to the laws by which the language of the people is born. So essentially it is a genuine phenomenon of art. Why no one could understand this before, I don't know. It so happened that I understood this before others and decided to expose it and identify folk dance as a certain national system, as a national language, ”said Moiseev.

For the anniversary of the famous choreographer, Izvestia remembered the best dances staged by Moiseev.

1. « Sirtaki

As you know, “Sirtaki” is not a Greek folk dance. But at Moiseev it was one of those numbers where they taught to dance in an ensemble. Moiseev’s statement is known: “Whoever calls himself a soloist, I will fire him from the ensemble.” The maestro had a special relationship with the soloists. He taught not to show himself, but to act as a team. There were leaders in his team who danced better than others, but the peculiarity of the ensemble was that any soloist could be replaced and any member of the team could perform a solo part.

2. "Apple"

The ensemble is confident that Moiseev's school can serve as an alternative to military service. Here they say: “Give the child to the school of Moiseev, and, God forbid, he will work for a year or two. You will get a disciplined, educated, well-mannered man.”

According to the Moiseev system, a dancer needs to develop not only his legs, but also, for example, acting skills. This is important for folk dance, and it is no coincidence that in every work, even in the smallest miniature, there are actors' images. At each rehearsal, Moiseev advised his students to "turn on their heads." Taking the team on tour, Moiseev personally led his ensemble along the best museums and art galleries.

3. "Hungarian dance"

Moiseev traveled a lot around the country and around the world, he personally searched for and found the right momentum, movements, moods. Ensemble dances are not pure folk dances. They are processed by a master, and Moiseev himself said that the ability to think out in the vein in which a piece of music was created requires a special flair. The famous choreographer considered joy to be a prerequisite for creating a folk dance. “Folk dance results when the heart is light and cheerful. Man must be an optimist, he is born to be an optimist. And the surrounding circumstances make us a pessimist.” Moiseev admitted that sometimes in order to radiate joy and optimism, he had to commit "violence on the soul." Especially when there were no prerequisites for optimism. But it was necessary, because the more pessimism in the world, the more optimism had to be given to a person in art.

4. "Tatarochka"

The dancers said that "Tatarochka" is one of the most difficult dances, in which they had to perform a huge number of small foot movements for a long time, to the point of nausea. The master was stubborn. Dancers could perfect the same movement for months. "Comrades, why are you like sleepy flies?" - the strict Moiseev kept repeating.

He rarely praised. His highest praise was the phrase: "Well, now like adults."

5. "Kalmyk dance"

Contrary to the beliefs of the Kalmyk Buddhists, Moiseev knew for sure that the soul is immortal and in every new life it incarnates into a new living being. He believed that talent is the knowledge accumulated by the soul in a previous life. “The spiritual wealth gained through art and culture is the only thing we can take away with us. This is what feeds the soul. After death, a person does not lose it, and another time is born with the acquired spiritual wealth that he acquired earlier,” said the maestro.

6. "Finnish polka"

Moiseev's colleagues were surprised when the master decided to stage a Finnish dance. It seemed to them that Finnish folk dances were boring and monotonous. But it was not there. Working on the movements, the master brought them to the point of absurdity. “Absurdity is what the public adores. See how logically and well one absurd movement flows from another!”

7. Dance of the Argentine shepherds "Gaucho"

This dance is considered Moses' masterpiece. Looking at these fellows, it is hard to believe that it was not easy for them to perform. As soloist Rudy Khojoyan recalled, the clothes of the Argentine shepherd were terribly uncomfortable, and the spurs on his boots were incredibly heavy. It would be difficult for a simple person in such an outfit to walk, let alone dance.

8. "Night on Bald Mountain"

This dance to the music of Mussorgsky is another non-random link in the work of the great Moiseev. The future choreographer was born in Kiev. His father was a nobleman, lawyer Alexander Moiseev, and his mother was a French milliner. Father and mother met in Paris, in a cafe where seamstresses ran to have a bite to eat during their lunch break. Igor Moiseev was brought up in a French boarding school for a long time, he knew French perfectly. The family lived in two countries. At some point, they decided to finally move to France, and even a ticket was bought, but the First World War began, and the Moiseevs remained in Russia.

9. "Russian dance"

In 1955, the ensemble made a splash in France. The French did not even think that such art could exist in the Soviet Union. This has not happened since Diaghilev's Russian Seasons. Queues lined up for the concerts of the group, and the group itself performed at the Grand Opera - an unheard of honor, which no folk group has ever been awarded before or since. “If the concerts do not make you go on a rampage, then you are crazy,” wrote the French newspapers.

Since then, the team has increasingly begun to release abroad. Moiseev recalled that he was envied: “Well, comrade, you are all traveling on business trips abroad!” - discontentedly pulled party bosses. However, they had nothing to complain about. From business trips, Moiseev brought checks for a million dollars to the state treasury.

10. Performance of the Moiseev Ensemble at Eurovision

In 2009, the Moiseev ensemble performed enchantingly at the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow. True, the founding father of the team was no longer in the box. The legendary choreographer died in 2007. Fate generously measured him 101 years.

It is striking that Moiseev admitted that he organized the ensemble “not because of a good life”, but because he was expelled from the Bolshoi. While still a very young man, he became a choreographer. I put "Spartacus", but the envy of my colleagues intervened. “They told me: you can dance, but we won’t let you stage. For me it was a tragedy. Creativity was more important to me than performance, ”recalled Moiseev.

The choreographer left and organized his own ensemble. There was a war, but Moiseev was given money for the ensemble. And then - the will of providence. Once Moiseev was lucky enough to meet with Stalin himself, and the leader ordered that the young teacher be given the best room in Moscow for the ensemble. What's this? Luck? Luck? Moiseev grinned and said: “You know, luck does not exist. There is spiritual work and spiritual experience, which is transmitted with each subsequent rebirth of the soul.

The State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev is the first and only professional choreographic group in the world engaged in artistic interpretation and promotion of dance folklore of the peoples of the world.

The ensemble was organized on February 10, 1937, and since then the main artistic principles of its development have been continuity and creative interaction of traditions and innovation. The main task, which was first set before the artists by the founder of the ensemble, Igor Moiseev (1906-2007), is the creative processing of folklore samples common at that time in the USSR. To this end, the artists of the ensemble went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they searched for and recorded disappearing dances, songs, rituals. 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 all the means of stage culture: all 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 unique conditions: not being able to travel abroad, Igor Moiseev recreated living examples of dance creativity, consulting with musicians, folklorists, historians, and musicologists. On tour in 1946 in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the audience was amazed at the accuracy of the productions, the true artistic meaning of the ensemble's stage works. Since that time and until now, the ensemble has been a school and a creative laboratory for choreographers. different countries, and his repertoire serves as a kind of choreographic encyclopedia of the dance culture of the peoples of the world. With the direct participation of well-known experts in folklore choreographers Miklós Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song-hi (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev attracted to work, the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953) was created, which for the first time collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore of eleven countries.

Based on the model of the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble, choreographic groups were created in all the republics of the USSR (now the CIS countries), as well as in many European countries.

The Folk Dance Ensemble is the first Soviet group to go on tour during the Iron Curtain period. In 1955, the artists of the ensemble performed for the first time in Paris and London. The triumph of the Soviet dance troupe served as the first step towards international detente. In 1958, the Igor Moiseev Ensemble was also the first of the domestic ensembles to perform in the United States. The successful tour, the American press admitted, melted the ice of mistrust towards the USSR and became the basis for establishing new, constructive relations between our countries.

Another important merit of the Folk Dance Ensemble is the creation of the unique Moiseev School of Dance (1943), the only one in the world. Its distinguishing features are high professionalism, virtuoso technical equipment, and the ability to convey the improvisational nature of folk performance. Actor-dancers, brought up by Igor Moiseev, are widely educated, universal artists who are fluent in all types of dance, capable of embodying the national character in an artistic image. The dancer of the Moiseev school is the best recommendation anywhere in the world, in a choreographic group of any direction. The artists of the ensemble were awarded the titles of Honored and People's Artists of the USSR and Russia.

A vivid expression of the creative principles of educating actors-dancers is the program "The Road to Dance" ("Class Concert"), which clearly shows creative way team from the development of individual elements to the creation of full-scale stage paintings. For the program "The Road to Dance" (1965), the group was the first of the folk dance ensembles to be awarded the title of "Academic", and Igor Moiseev - the Lenin Prize.

For their concert activity, which has been going on for more than 70 years, the team was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. The ensemble has rightfully been and remains calling card our country abroad.

On different continents, viewers of different generations fell in love with the “crown” numbers of the Ensemble, which became the “calling cards” of the group: the legendary “Partisans”, the naval suite “Yablochko”, the old urban Quadrille, the Moldavian Jock, the Ukrainian Gopak, the Russian dance “Summer”, the incendiary Tarantella. The Ensemble gained great success with bright one-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev with the involvement of the means and techniques of world folk and theatrical culture - "Vesnyanki", "Tsam", "Sanchakou", "Polovtsian Dances" to the music of A. Borodin, "At the Skating Rink" on music by I. Strauss, "Night on Bald Mountain" to music by M. Mussorgsky, "Spanish Ballad" to music by Pablo di Luna, "An Evening in a Tavern" to music by Argentinean composers, etc.

And now, after the death of the permanent leader of the ensemble, Igor Moiseev, the choreographic level of the group still serves as an unsurpassed standard, and the title of "Moiseev" is synonymous with high professionalism.

background

Formation of Moiseev

In 1920, his father brought 14-year-old Igor Moiseev to the ballet studio of Vera Masolova, a former ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater. According to the father, dancing should have a positive effect on the formation of the personality of his son, as well as give him the correct posture and demeanor. Three months later, Vera Masolova, having come with Igor Moiseev to the Choreographic College of the Bolshoi Theatre, told the director that Moiseev should learn from them. After the entrance exam, he was enrolled in courses.

At the age of 18, after graduating from a technical school, Igor Moiseev became a dancer Bolshoi Theater, and at the age of 24 - a choreographer and staged several concerts. However, after the change of leadership of the Bolshoi Theater, the situation changed. The new director Elena Malinovskaya was outraged by the fact that a 24-year-old dancer became a choreographer: they usually became after leaving the stage and at a more mature age. Malinovskaya did not remove Moiseev from his post, but she forbade him to put on new dances. Under the new chief choreographer Rostislav Zakharov, the situation in the theater became more complicated: Zakharov saw a serious competitor in Moiseev, which led to a long conflict.

Story

Creating an Ensemble

For the sake of working in the ensemble, Igor Moiseev left the academic stage and the position of soloist and choreographer of the Bolshoi Theater. The most talented participants of the festival were invited to the team. Igor Moiseev considered the main task of the ensemble to be the creative processing and popularization of the dance folklore of the peoples of the USSR, to study which the artists went on expeditions and recorded folk dances, songs and rituals throughout the country.

In order to recreate accurate examples of dance creativity, the ensemble held consultations with musicians, folklorists, historians and musicologists. To maximize the disclosure and expression of the expression of dance in the productions, classical music, acting, dramaturgy and scenography were widely used. Igor Moiseev maintained a high level of professionalism of all dancers and did not single out soloists in the group: each participant in the production could perform both main and minor roles.

February 10, 1937 is considered the founding date of the theater: on this day, the first rehearsal of the group took place. The first concert was held at the Hermitage Theater in Moscow on August 29 of the same year. Initially, the group consisted of a small orchestra of folk instruments and thirty dancers.

Since 1938, the ensemble began to perform regularly at banquets in the Kremlin. After that, Igor Moiseev was demanded 18 times to join the CPSU: it was believed that non-party people should not manage collectives. In 1940, during the next banquet, Joseph Stalin took an interest in the affairs of the team. Igor Moiseev complained about the lack of a suitable place for rehearsals, which had to be carried out even on the landings. The next day after the conversation, the team was offered any building in the capital to choose from. Igor Moiseev chose a dilapidated building that previously housed the Vsevolod Meyerhold State Theatre. Three months later the building was renovated and the group's rehearsal base received a permanent building.

Military appearances

The folk dance school was opened in 1943 after the ensemble returned to the capital. Its graduates received work both in the ensemble itself and in other dance groups.

post-war period

The band's popularity peaked in the post-war years. GANT was the hallmark of the USSR and became the first ensemble in the country that went on tour in more than 60 countries. For example, in 1945 the team visited Finland, in 1954 - China, in 1955 - France and Great Britain, in 1956 - Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. In 1958, the ensemble visited the USA, in 1963 - in the countries of South America, and in 1974 - in India. Performances contributed to the establishment of constructive interstate relations and even influenced fashion: after a performance in France in 1953, French women began to wear Cossack boots. Each year it took up to nine months to tour the country and abroad.

In 1965, for the "Road to Dance" program, the team received the title of academic ensemble, and in 1987 was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. In 1989, after a tour in Israel, diplomatic relations were established between the USSR and Israel.

Modernity

Igor Moiseev worked with the group until his death and even while in the hospital he gave recommendations to the dancers after watching videos of the ensemble's rehearsals. He died on November 2, 2007, two months before the age of 102. For more than 70 years of work, Igor Moiseev has staged about 300 works. According to him, "there was one happy circumstance in the life of the ensemble: the team quickly gained recognition and for decades did not know failures." After the death of the artistic director, the ensemble was named after him.

Since 2011, the position of artistic director-director of the ensemble has been occupied by Elena Shcherbakova. As of 2012, the seventh generation of Moiseyevites was already working in the team: 90 ballet dancers and an orchestra of 32 musicians. The ensemble's repertoire exceeded 300 original numbers. In 2015, the ensemble received the status of a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia. For the 80th anniversary of the ensemble, the team formed a jubilee program, which consisted of works staged by Igor Moiseev. Also, an exhibition was opened for the anniversary, where costumes, unpublished manuscripts, concert programs, photographs of the band members, an inventory of the ensemble's gifts for 1939-1948 and souvenir matchboxes depicting artists were presented.

In 2018 artistic director Ensemble Elena Shcherbakova was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

Repertoire

Igor Moiseev staged folk dances according to the canons of the 19th century and honed the classical technique of the artists. Since Soviet and modern authors did not have such a culture, it was extremely difficult for the ensemble to update the repertoire after the death of the founder of the ensemble. However, new numbers constantly appear in the ensemble's repertoire. For example, the Adyghe dance of Aslan Khadzhaev “Tlyapatet”, the Korean “Trio” - Kim Jong Il sent to Moscow to learn the dance National costumes and choreographer. The once-closed number of 1961 "Rock and Roll", which at one time caused a storm among the audience and set off folk dances, was also restored.

The best dances of the ensemble are Sirtaki, Apple, Hungarian dance, Tatarochka, Kalmyk dance, Finnish polka, dance of the Argentine shepherds Gaucho, Night on Bald Mountain, Russian dance.

Cycles

Cycles staged by Igor Moiseev:

  • The cycle “Pictures of the Past”: “Podmoskovskaya Lyrics” (1938), “Polka Beauty with Figures and Compliments” (1939), “Sunday” (1942), “Trepak” (1943), “Suite of Old Russian Dances” (1943) , "City factory square dance" (1945), "Around the yards" (1948), "Buffoons games" (1966), "Jewish Suite" family joys"" (1994).
  • The cycle "Soviet Pictures": "Red Army Dance" (1937), "Kolkhoznaya Street" (1940), "Naval Suite "A Day on the Ship"" (1942), "Football" (1948), "Two May Days" (1948), "Partisans" (1950), "Conscripts" (1959), "On the skating rink" (1959), "Holiday of Labor" (1976).

Programs

Under the guidance of Igor Moiseev, the following programs were prepared.

  • "Dances of the peoples of the USSR" (1937-1938)
  • "Dances of the Baltic peoples" (1939)
  • "Dances of the Slavic peoples" (1945)
  • "Peace and Friendship" (1953)
  • Class-concert "Road to dance" (1965). The program included the numbers "Machine", "Middle", "Prokhodki", "Pereplyas", "Ukrainian Dance", "Gopak-Kolo", "Polka".
  • "Away and at home" (1983)
  • "Dances of the peoples of the world"

Individual productions:

  • Winter Fantasy "Snowstorm" (1959)
  • The one-act ballet "Polovtsian Dances" (1971), including the numbers: "Entering the Khan", "Dance of the Captives", "Dance of the Boys", "Dance of the Archers", "Departure of the Riders", "General Dance", "Dance of the Shepherds", "Militant dance", "final".
  • Choreographic picture "At the skating rink" (1980), including numbers: "Waltz of skaters", "Girl and boy", "Competitions of spinners", "Parade", "Gallop and final".
  • One-act ballet "Night on Bald Mountain" (1983), including the numbers "Fair" and "Night on Bald Mountain".
  • One-act ballet "Spanish Ballad" (1983)
  • One-act ballet "An Evening in a Tavern" (1986)
  • Jewish Suite "Family Joys" (1994)
  • Azerbaijani dances: "Vozgaly" (1937), "Tarakyama" (1938), "Date" (1939, staged by T.S. Izrailov), "Gazakhi" (1939, staged by T.S. Izrailov), "Desmoly" (1941 , staged by I. I. Arbatov), ​​"Shepherds" (1959)
  • Argentinean dances: tango "In the tavern Rodriguez Peña" (1963-1965), Dance of the shepherds "Gaucho" (1967), "Malambo" (1986)
  • Armenian dance "Mirchai" (1938)
  • Armenian-Kurdish dance suite (1937): “Mainuki”, “Kertsy”, “Kryngi”, “Paylancho”, “Sheikhana”, “Yana-Yana”, “Lorka”, “Vahrami”, “Khasa-Barasi”, “ Naro", "Avue-Bashi"
  • Bashkir dance "Seven Beauties" (1953)
  • Belarusian dances: Kryzhachok (1937), Lyavonikha (1937), Bulba (1940), Yurochka (1940), Polka Yanka (1945), Polka Mama (1948)
  • Bulgarian dances: "Quick Troika" (1953), "Bulgarian Dance" (1965)
  • Buryat Dances: The Buryat-Mongolian Tale "Tsam" (1950)
  • Venezuelan dance "Joropa" (1983)
  • Hungarian dances: "Czardas", "Farewell", "Girl's dance with bottles on her head" (1951-1952), "Dance with spurs", "Pontozoo" (1953, staged by M. Rabai)
  • Vietnamese Dance: "Dance with Bamboo" (1983)
  • German Dance: "German Waltz" (1953)
  • Greek dances: suite of Greek dances "Sirtaki" ("Sirtaki", "Dance of the Girls", "General Round Dance", "Male Dance in Fours", "Common Final Dance") (1991)
  • Georgian dance: "Shalakho" (1940-1941)
  • Georgian-Adjarian dances: "Kartuli" (1937), "Khorumi" (1937)
  • Hutsul dances: "Arkan" (1948), "Dance of a girl and two guys"
  • Egyptian dance (1997)
  • Irish dance "Youth"
  • Spanish dances: "Spanish Ballad" (1983), "Aragonese Jota" (1963-1965)
  • Italian dance "Sicilian tarantella La karetta"
  • Kazakh dance "Kok-par"
  • Kalmyk dance "Chichirdyk", "Ishkymdyk"
  • Chinese Dances: Drum Dance, Ribbon Dance, San Cha Kou
  • Kyrgyz dances: "Yurt", "Kyz Kumai", "Dance of Kyrgyz girls"
  • Korean dance
  • Latvian dances
  • Lithuanian dances
  • Macedonian women's dance, "Dzyurdevka", "Selyanchitsa"
  • Mari dance
  • Mexican Suite
  • Moldovan dances: “Zhok ulmare. Suite”, “Hora”, “Chiochirlia”, “Jock”, “Moldavenyaska”, “Koasa”, “La spalat”, “Sfredelos”, “Moldavanochka”, “Cunning Makanu. Suite”, “Dance of the Guys”, “Dance of the Girls”, “Declaration of Love”, “Common Exit”, “Syrba”, “Yula”
  • Mongolian dances: "Mongolian riders", "Mongolian figurine", "Dance of Mongolian wrestlers"
  • Nanai dances: "Fencing with sticks", "Fight of two kids"
  • Ossetian dance "Simp"
  • Polish dances: Polonaise, Troyak, Oberek, Krakowiak, Mazurka, Polka Labyrinth
  • Romanian dances: "Briul", "Mushamaua", "Oash dance"
  • Russian dances: “Polyanka”, “Seasons. Suite of two dances”, “Monogram”, “Six. Ural dance", "Cocky ditties", "Russian dance", "Snowstorm"
  • Slovak dance
  • Tajik dances: "Dance of girls", "Male martial dance with a dagger", "Dance with doira"
  • Dance of the Kazan Tatars
  • Dance of the Crimean Tatars "Chernomorochka"
  • USA Dance: "Square Dance", "Back to the Monkey (Rock and Roll)"
  • Torgut dance
  • Uzbek dances: "Buttermilk", "Dance with a dish", "Uighur dance "Safaili""
  • Ukrainian dances: “Vesnyanki. Suite”, “Farewell”, “Fortune-telling”, “Big Dance”, “Heel”, “Exit of the Guys”, “Return”, “Meeting and Greatness”, “Gopak”
  • Finnish dance "Comic Polka"
  • gypsy dance
  • Czech dance "Czech polka"
  • Chuvash dance
  • Estonian dances: “Estonian polka through the leg”, “Hiu-waltz. Estonian suite of three dances»
  • Yugoslav dances: "Serbian", "Kukuneshti"
  • Yakut dance "Good hunter"

Notes

  1. Igor Moiseev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble (indefinite) (unavailable link). Culture.RF (2013). Retrieved June 6, 2018. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018.
  2. , With. 357-361.
  3. Igor Moiseev passed away (indefinite) . TV channel "Russia - Culture" (November 2, 2007). Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  4. Igor Shevelev. dancing age (indefinite) . Russian newspaper (January 20, 2006). Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  5. Oksana Polyakova. The art of dance is above politics (indefinite) . Evening Moscow (November 29, 2014). Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  6. Igor Moiseev: “You need to perfectly control your body so that it becomes obedient to every thought” (indefinite) . OrheusMusic.Ru (2013). Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  7. Evgenia Korobkova. Ten great dances of Igor Moiseev (indefinite) . Izvestia (January 11, 2016). Retrieved June 6, 2018.