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Russian Folk Culture

Russian Folk Culture. Tales, Dance, Art & Songs. Russian Folk Dance. Steps often represent aspects of life

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Russian Folk Culture

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  1. Russian Folk Culture Tales, Dance, Art & Songs

  2. Russian Folk Dance • Steps often represent aspects of life • Igor Moiseyev(1906-2007) a pioneer in combining classical ballet with popular folk dance: MoiseyevCompany (Балет Игоря Моисеева): “character dance” – a blend of folk dance with technique and theatrics • Costumes are representative of folk art: • Decorative themes Image: Wikimedia Commons

  3. Тройка • Troika • Three dancers (usually a man and two women) represent the three horses pulling a “troika” (sleigh) Image: Wikimedia Commons

  4. Moiseyev • Exemplar of Russian “folk” dance

  5. Russian Folk Art • Pagan origins • Mokosh/Mother Earth • Motifs: • Flowers • Branches • Trees • Horsemen/hunters • Animals/mythical creatures • Decorative patterns

  6. Матрёшка • Matryoshka – lacquered nesting dolls or “babushka” dolls • Usually women in traditional dress • First created in 1800s, presented at 1900 World Exhibition in Paris Image:Wikimedia Commons

  7. Матрёшка? Image: Wikimedia Commons

  8. Russian Folk Tales • Afanasyev: 1st major collection and recording of folk tales • Pushkin used several as the basis for poems • Gogol used several Ukrainian tales in short stories • Much remains unpublished – oral tradition • Many are gruesome and grim – weather/social conditions related?

  9. Баба Яга • Baba Yaga: most famous character in Russian folk tales • Witch? • Eats children • Flies through the air on a giant mortar (or broomstick) • Lives in a hut standing on chicken legs • Usually evil, but occasionally sought out for wisdom • Example: • Vassilissa the Fair and Baba Yaga Image: Wikimedia Commons

  10. Image: “Баба Яга” Wikimedia Commons

  11. Russian Folk Music • Scorned during the 1700s and 1800s by Francophile, cultivated city-dwellers • Glinka (1804-1857): Russlan and Ludmillaopera based on a poem by Pushkin, used folk music as its basis. • 1861: Emancipation of the serfs • End of feudal Russia • Rise of Slavophile feeling • Major instrument: balalaika (Russian folk guitar) Image:Wikimedia Commons

  12. “Song of the Volga Boatmen • Shanty: sung by barge-haulers (бурлаки) on the Volga River • Inspired by IlyaRepin’s famous painting Barge Haulers on the Volga Image: Wikimedia Commons

  13. Бурлаки • Russian barge-haulers (primarily on the Volga) • Burlaks (Wikipedia entry) Image: “Burlak Women on the Volga” Wikimedia Commons

  14. Back to the “Boatmen” • Internet Archive • Fedora Chaliapin 1922 recording • Nikolai Massenkoffwith the Russian Balalaika Orchestra • Glenn Miller band:

  15. Калинка • A more cheerful folk song • My “little snowberry” (Viburnumopulus) • “Kalinka” Image:Wikimedia Commons

  16. Works Cited Abbott, Alana Joli. "Moiseyev, Igor (1906-2007)." Newsmakers. Ed. Laura Avery. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Discovering Collection. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. “Baba Yaga.” Wikipedia. Web. 2010. 14 Apr. 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga>. 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. Russian Folk Tales. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. “The Song of the Volga Boatmen.” Wikipedia. Web. 2010. 14 Apr. 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The_Song_of_the_Volga_Boatmen>.

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