Beriozka
Once Nadezhda saw on lithographic card roundelay-dance, where girls were holding birch twigs. In this image, she found not just an interesting idea for the dance, but also catch the “bluebird” that changed her life. First performers of round dance with birch twigs were young farmers from Kalinin region, participants of the festival of rural talent. In short time professional dancers appreciated it too. First time the dance was shown in June 1948 at the site of summer variety theater “Hermitage”.
Moscow audience and the press named this dance “Berezka”, which later gave name to the ensemble. And for more than 70 years this wonderful girl’s dance captivates audiences some inaudible, “floating” way. And it seems that the whole birch grove suddenly came to life, move, appeared in their festive attire. Each new rebuild, new drawing deservedly bestowed viewing gratitude.
This dance has not still lost its relevance, causing a lot of emotion. Floating girls on stage in the dance, as if are rounding the whole globe and talking the language of dance about Russian nature, the breadth of the Russian soul and delicate feminine beauty.
In the dance “Beriozka” twenty girls (now sixteen performers) in long sundresses quietly go on stage, “float” – say the audience. All stately, with a proud carriage, with some special aura of inner illumination. Russian melody of the song “In the field of birch was…” flows in and the audience feels exciting poetry Russia with its boundless expanses, birch groves, with its beauty.
The music will start and girls will begin to move across the stage, to build intricate shapes. But the main provision in this dance is a circle – the most common in Russia the figure dances, personifying the sun. Undoubtedly, one of the most important roles in creating the image of “Beriozka” plays the costume. Particular style of choreography created by Nadezhda Nadezhdina requires the creation of special style and costume.
The use of light fabric could prevent choreographer achieve a desired result in technical performance artistes and special step of rebuilding the change of dance figures, the effect of moving the disk scene. Under tunics worn white blouse with lace and elegant understated ornamentation on the sleeves.
Moscow audience and the press named this dance “Berezka”, which later gave name to the ensemble. And for more than 70 years this wonderful girl’s dance captivates audiences some inaudible, “floating” way. And it seems that the whole birch grove suddenly came to life, move, appeared in their festive attire. Each new rebuild, new drawing deservedly bestowed viewing gratitude.
This dance has not still lost its relevance, causing a lot of emotion. Floating girls on stage in the dance, as if are rounding the whole globe and talking the language of dance about Russian nature, the breadth of the Russian soul and delicate feminine beauty.
