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Articles from newspapers, magazines, community news-letters about Russian dance, song and music ensemble Barynya performances, photos of Barynya musicians, dancers and singers. Ensemble Barynya artistic director and founder is Mikhail Smirnov.

The Ephrata Review. June 2008

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The Connection Newspapers. September 2007

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Southern Hills Arts Council Community Arts Newsletter. Fall 2007

 

Cleveland Jewish News.com, April 2007

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The Republican. 2005

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Russia's taste goes beyond the palate

Russia's taste goes beyond the palate
Thursday, September 15, 2005
By KEITH J. O'CONNOR
Staff writer ©2005 The Republican

When organizers said last year that the fifth annual Taste of Russia would be held rain or shine, they meant it.

"Despite the pouring rains left over from Hurricane Ivan, we saw some 3,000 Russophiles at our event," said Paul Richardson, editor of "Russian Life" magazine, organizers of the cultural festival.

"Of course, it had to be named Ivan," Richardson said about the storm's use of the popular Russian name.

But while the event may be called a "Taste of Russia," Richardson said their festival isn't a food fest like other "Taste" events held throughout the summer months.

"We do have a vendor selling authentic Russian food, but our event is focused on the broader culture," Richardson said.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., a full day of outdoor activities and entertainment will be offered on the Amherst Town Common with arts, crafts and food vendors under a massive circus tent. Also, on the Amherst College campus, there will be a free documentary film fest and a viewing of the college's Russian art collection.

It all kicks off Friday night with a special VIP Dinner and Vodka Tasting, sponsored by .RU Vodka, in the Grand Ballroom at the Hotel Northampton for $65, featuring Russian cuisine and a tasting of Russian vodkas.

"We sold out last year, but we're in a bigger room this year and expect to be able to accommodate all who want to attend," Richardson said.

The dinner menu will include a bevy of Russian appetizers including sour cabbage, barrel-style dill pickles, salted mushrooms, pink potato salad, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, cheese salad with leeks and authentic Russian black bread.

"The appetizers lead into some nice vodka and borsch, followed by a main course of pozharskiye, which is chicken cutlets served with straw potatoes," Richardson said.

"And for dessert there will be blueberry ice cream served with Suvorov cookies, named after a famous Russian general," he said.

VIP diners will have an opportunity to meet Ed McMahon, longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson, who will attend the dinner and introduce his new Russian vodka, McMahon Perfect, a smooth, rye-based vodka produced in the heart of Russia.

"It will be nice to be back in my original home state of Massachusetts, where I spent many happy years growing up in Lowell," McMahon said.

Richardson said they are happy to have the added draw of McMahon for this year's special dinner and vodka tasting.

"Ed is a great storyteller, and he's not standoffish like some celebrities. He loves to chat with folks and socialize," Richardson said.

Vendors at the Amherst Town Common Saturday will sell a variety of items, including lacquer boxes, nesting dolls, rare silk scarves, fine Russian crystal and Russian books and music and other Russian-related events will be promoted, Richardson noted.

Among the Russian foods on sale at the Town Common Saturday will be stuffed tomatoes with herbs and vegetables and pickled cabbage.

"The pickled cabbage is made of fermented cabbage with carrots and cranberries," said Anastasia Terechina of Taste of Russia Specialty Foods in Waterbury, Vt.

There will also be a traditional Russian borsch, which is a hot beet, cabbage, carrots and potato soup, as well as pirozhki, a fried dough filled with meat or potatoes.

"You'll find them on every corner of every city in Russia," Terechina said of the pirozhki, which she referred to as a fast food.

And, for dessert, there will be paklava, which is similar to baklava, and honey triangles.

Free performances noon-6 p.m. on the Town Common will include live circus entertainment by Troy Wunderle, the Wholesale Klezmer Band, Russian Amherst Club, Russian Hurricanes and a preview of the festival's Saturday night concert by Barynya.

The festival's finale concert featuring Barynya, world-acclaimed musicians, singers and dancers, will be held at 8 p.m. Their program will include Russian and Cossack dancers, folk songs and virtuoso balalaika pieces, domra and garmoshka music.

The concert will be held in Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center, at Amherst College. Tickets are $15.

For more information, or to order tickets to the dinner or concert, call (800) 639-4301 or visit www.tasteofrussia.org

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First official record of Russian dancing is related to year 907 when Great Russian Prince Oleg (Vechshiy Oleg) celebrated his victory over Greeks in Kiev. During the Gala Dinner 16 male dancers dressed as bears and four bears dressed as Russian dancers performed for the guests. After the dinner was over Great Prince commanded to release the bears into the wild and to execute all the dancers.

As it became clear later on, Vechshiy Oleg, who was purblind, has mistaken the dancers for the ambassadors from the Northern Tribes (Severyane) who owned him a few hundred skins of marten - Russian tiger-cat... read full article

"Daniel Cooper" (also sometimes spelled as "Danila Kuper" or "Daniel Kupor") is the dance of the Russian Nobility during Napoleonic wars (in Russian version, "Danilo Kupor") was an actual dance - to be more precise, contradance, an old English dance characterized by quick and easy movements. F.F. Wiegel in his "Memoirs" (part 1, M., 1864, p. 62, first published in "Russky Vestnik", 1856) wrote that "One of these contradances was named a Danilo Kupor, probably after its composer, a certain Englishman Cooper".

Daniel Cooper dance was briefly mentioned in world-known novel by Leo Tolstoy "War and Piece": The dance grew livelier and livelier. The other couples could not attract a moment's attention to their own evolutions and did not even try to do so. All were watching the count and Marya Dmitrievna. Natasha kept pulling everyone by sleeve or dress, urging them to "look at Papa!" though as it was they never took their eyes off the couple. In the intervals of the dance the count, breathing deeply, waved and shouted to the musicians to play faster. Faster, faster, and faster; lightly, more lightly, and yet more lightly whirled the count, flying round Marya Dmitrievna, now on his toes, now on his heels; until, turning his partner round to her seat, he executed the final pas, raising his soft foot backwards, bowing his perspiring head, smiling and making a wide sweep with his arm, amid a thunder of applause and laughter led by Natasha. Both partners stood still, breathing heavily and wiping their faces with their cambric handkerchiefs.
"That's how we used to dance in our time, ma chere," said the count.
"That was a Daniel Cooper!" exclaimed Marya Dmitrievna, tucking up her sleeves and puffing heavily.

In 2008 Russian dance ensemble Barynya from New York re-introduced "Danila Kooper" dance during the Russian Nobility Ball 2008 in New York City (Hotel Pierre, Grand Ball Room), May 9th, 2008... read more, view video

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RUSSIAN DANCE GROUPS FOR HIRE

Barynya - Russian music, song and dance ensemble from New York is a unique group of top soloists: musicians, singers and dancers who were trained and performed with Don Cossacks of Rostov, Andreev State symphonic balalaika orchestra, Moscow State center of "Russian Song"

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Legendary Russian Gypsy singer Zhenia Shevchenko and ensemble Barynya DVD. Concert was recorded in New York City on January 26, 2008. Fifteen performers: six dancers, three singers, six musicians. Performers: Sergey Ryabtsev - violin, Mikhail Smirnov - garmoshka, vocal, guitar, Alex Siniavski - Gypsy guitar, balalaika, Alexander Menshikov - Russian Gypsy singer, tambourine, Leonid Bruk - balalaika-contrabass, Gennady Gutkin - bayan, Lev Zabeginsky - balalaika, Andrij Cybyk - dancer, choreographer, Ganna Makarova - dancer, Olga Chpitalnaia - dancer, Vitaliy Verterich - dancer, choreographer, Valentina Kvasova - dancer, singer, Mikhail Nesterenko - dancer, Victoria Pichurova - singer, Gabriel Yakubov - Gypsy dancer. Musical instruments: Balalaika, garmoshka, bayan, violin, balalaika-contrabass, Gypsy guitar, Russian 7 string guitar. Program of Russian Gypsy songs, music, Russian, Gypsy, Cossack and Ukrainian folk dancing... more info, video samples, order

This DVD was recorded at live performance of Russian music and dance ensemble Barynya (Artistic Director/Founder Mikhail Smirnov) in Lakeside, Ohio at the Hoover Auditorium in July 2007. List of performers: Mikhail Smirnov - vocal, garmoshka, guitar , Alex Siniavski - balalaika, Gypsy guitar, musical director, Andrij Cybyk - dancer, choreographer, Valentina Kvasova - dance captain, dancer, Leonid Bruk - balalaika contrabass , Alexander Menshikov - singer, tambourine, Victoria Pichurova - singer, Natalia Ejova - dancer, Natia Rtveliashvili - dancer, Stefan Kuziw - dancer, Alex Sizov - dancer.... more info, videoclips, order

This DVD is from live performance of Russian dance, song and music ensemble Barynya from the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in October 2006. PROGRAM: Russian, Gypsy, Cossack, Ukrainian traditional dances, folk and popular songs, virtuoso performances on musical instruments with explanation of the program in English. INSTRUMENTS: balalaika, garmoshka, contrabass, buben, Gypsy and classic guitars... more info, videoclips, order

New York based Russian folk dance and music ensemble Barynya, 2004. Russian folk dances, songs, virtuoso performances on balalaika, bass-balalaika and garmoshka. Runtime: 1 hour, cover art: Anna Nagorskaya
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Ensemble Barynya, 1998. Live performance in cabaret "Moscow", Lexington Ave/54 street, New York City. Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian, Klezmer music and dances. Runtime: about 35 minutes.
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Runtime: 60 minutes. On this DVD ensemble Barynya dancers are performing Russian, Cossack, Gypsy and Ukranian folk dances including "Kalinka", "Katyusha", "Barynya", "Two Guitars" and others. more info, videoclips, order

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