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The Tropak (Ukrainian: Трoпак; known in Russian as Трeпак or Trepak or Trepaka) is the National Folk dance of Russia and was danced by Russian Cossacks originally. It's known as a lively Russian popular dance in 2/4 time, introduced by some Russian composers, e.g. Mussorgsky, into their works. Famous example is in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.
The tropak differs from the better known Hopak in chordal use and also in that the tempo gradually speeds up throughout the dance.
The Trepak is performed by men only but may have females dancing in the background. The Trepaka dance consists of a series of turns, leaps, Jumps, Lunges, Leg Extensions, squats, splits, and Kicks. The video on the right shows the main components of this dance.
Websters dictionary describes it as thus: a fiery Ukrainian folk dance performed by men and featuring the leg-flinging prisiadka. Wikipedia states: The Tropak shares many musical and choreographic characteristics with the Hopak. Both developed as Kozak social dances, performed at celebratory occasions.
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| Traditional Tropak choreography did not survive except a simple walk with a syncopated stamp, often done to a quick duple meter rhythm. The tropak went out of fashion in the 1930s during the major transformations in Ukrainian village society and culture that happened in Soviet Ukraine at that time but is still performed today on the stage, Television and Movies.
On U.S.A. Television's "So You Think You Can Dance" (Season 4), Joshua Allen and Stephen "Twitch" Boss performed a Trepak routine, interpreted as a dance duel, in Week 9 (August 6, 2008).... Page_UNDER_Construction. |
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| Slobozhan region of Ukraine |
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| Ukrainian Folk Dances (Українські Hароднi Танцi) |
Humeniuk, Andriy |
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| November 29, 2012 |
http://www.Streetswing.com/histmain/index.htm |
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