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Traditional Ukrainian dance "Hopak"RUSSIAN FOLK | Russian entertainment database | Ensemble Barynya | contact/bookTraditional dance Hopak (sometimes also spelled as Gopak) originally was a dance for men only. Later it was performed by couples, male soloists, and mixed groups of dancers. In the western Ukraine it was danced in a closed circle. HOPAK is one of the key numbers from the program of the Folk dance and music ensemble Barynya from New York. Please contact Barynya Entertainment to hire professional Russian Ukrainian Cossack dancers to perform this dynamic dance at any type of event. Video from concert in New York City on January 26, 2008![]() "Hopak" - "Гопак"
Photos from John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2006
Photos from Russian Nobility Ball. New York City, 2005
The Hopak has no fixed pattern of steps. Men competitively improvise steps, high leaps, squatting kicks, and turns; women dance simple steps, sway, clap, or circle. Folk dance Hopak videoclips
"Hopak" - peasant folk dance of Ukraine performed by folk dance ensemble Barynya from Brooklyn, New York. Dancers: Vitaly Verterich, Mikhail Nesterenko, Valentina Kvasova, Andrij Cybyk, Ganna Makarova, Olga Chpitalnaia. Musicians: balalaika Alex Siniavski, contrabass balalaika Leonid Bruk, guitar Mikhail Smirnov Folk dance Hopak videoclips
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