Largo, FL. Russian Cossack dance, song, music, balalaika, bayan, garmoshka, folk dancers, Central Park Performing Arts Center in Florida
Russian folk singer Nikolai Massenkoff, Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival, dancers and musicians of Barynya ensemble provided performance at the Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Dr, Largo, FL 33771. The performance took place on Friday, January 19th, 2018 at 8pm.
Cast of performers included: Nikolai Massenkoff (singer), Elina Karokhina (balalaika), Mikhail Smirnov (garmoshka, guitar, vocals), Andrei Cheine (bayan), Valentina Kvasova (dancer, vocals), Dinara Subaeva (dancer), Konstantin Tulinov (dancer), Vladimir Nikitin (dancer).
Program of performance included:
Russian folk song and dance "Kalinka", solo on Russian string instrument balalaika "The Moon is Shining", Russian song "Russkoye Polye", Russian folk song "KOROBUSHKA", Russian folk dance "The Snowstorm" (METELITSA), TATAR DANCE MALE, Bayan Solo – Ural Mountain Dance, TYOMNAIYA NOCH', KATYUSHA, Tatar dance from Kazan', KAMARINSKAIA
(balalaika solo), ALONG THE PITERSKAIA, RUSSIAN language LESSON
, Cossack village folk song, COSSACK DANCE, Felt Boots (ВАЛЕНКИ), Gypsy dance (ЦЫГАНСКИЙ ТАНЕЦ), Moscow Nights, Ochee Chorniye, Dorogoi Dlinnoyou, HOPAK, IF I WERE A RICH MAN, BARYNYA dance, SOMEWHERE MY LOVE.
Contact info: email: msmirnov@yahoo.com, Phone/Text: (201) 981-2497.
PHOTOS
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Green Cove Springs Branch Clay County Library, Green Cove Springs, Florida, December 12, 2019
On Thursday, December 12th, 2019 two members of Russian song, dance, and music ensemble Barynya provided one hour performance at the Green Cove Springs Branch of Clay County Library system. Exact address: 403 Ferris St, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043. Program started at 6:30pm. Artistic director, singer, garmoshka, and guitar player Mikhail Smirnov announced every number of the show in English. The performance was titled "From Russia With Love - Songs, Music, and Dances Of Old Russia" and included Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian, Russian Jewish, and Russian Roma Gypsy songs, music, and dances. All instrumental numbers were performed on the traditional Russian instruments balalaika and garmoshka. Music selections included Russian folk song and dance "The Snowstorm" (Вдоль по улице метелица метёт), "Kalinka" (Калинка-малинка моя), "Long Road" (Дорогой длинною), "Two Guitars", "Meadowlands", Andreev's Waltz "Daydreams", Russian folk song and dance "Kamarinskaya" (Камаринская), "Somewhere My Love" from "Dr. Zhivago" movie (Тема Лары из фильма Доктор Живаго), "The Moon Is Shining Brightly" (Светит месяц), "The Peddlers" (Коробейники), "Ural Mountains Dance", "Angry Husband", Russian Jewish Wedding Dance (Еврейский свадебный танец со свечкой), "Dark Eyes" (Очи чёрные), "Gypsy Roma Medley", Shostakovich's Waltz #2, "Valenki" (Felt Boots), Ukrainian folk song and dance "You Tricked Me" (Пiдманула), Russian Tongue Twister song «Шёл я яром, шёл я низом», "Sabre Dance" from "Gayane" by Aram Khachaturian (Танец с саблями Хачатуряна), "Csardas" by Vittorio Monti (Чардаш Монти), ВАЛЬС ДЮРАН (solo by balalaika virtuoso Elina Karokhina), Russian folk dance Barynya (Барыня), Russian table song "Maroz" (Ой, мороз, мороз), and other selections. After the show Mikhail and Elina took some photos with kids and adults who attended the program.
All photos from the Green Cove Springs Branch in Green Cove Springs, FL
Balalaika Duo performance at the public library in Punta Gorda, Florida
Two members of Barynya ensemble performed one hour show at the Punta Gorda Library, 401 Shreve Street, Punta Gorda, FL 33950. Performers: Mikhail Smirnov (garmoshka, vocals, guitar), Elina Karokhina (balalaika, dancer, vocals). The program took place on Saturday, December 14th, 2019 at 1pm.
All photos from concert at the Punta Gorda Library
Contact info: email: msmirnov@yahoo.com, Phone/Text: (201) 981-2497.
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Contact info: email: msmirnov@yahoo.com, Phone/Text: (201) 981-2497.
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