Lezginka

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Variety of North Caucasian dances

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::summary Variety of North Caucasian dances ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/VereshchaginVasilyVasilyevich-Lezginka(1867)higher_resolution.jpg" caption="Drawing by famous Russian artist [[Vasily Vereshchagin]] "Lezginka" which after visiting southern [[Dagestan]] and [[Elisabethpol Governorate]] wrote the scene, observing the customs and traditions of the [[Lezgins]]. (1867)"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Танец_"лезгинка",_лезгины,_Дагестанская_обл,_с._Ахты,_начало_XX_века.jpg" caption="[[Lezgins]] dancing the "lezginka" in the village of [[Akhty]], [[Dagestan]] region (1900)"] ::

The Lezginka () is a folk dance of the Lezgin people, common throughout the North Caucasus. It uses a fast rhythm, and can be either a solo male or a pair dance.Умаханова, Алла Мусаевна. Хореография народов Южного Дагестана. Russian Academy of Science, Scientific Centre of Dagestan, Makhachkala, 1993

According to Encyclopædia Britannica: ::quote[attribution="Lezgin people]] of the [[North Caucasus]]. It is a male solo dance (often with a sword) and also a couple dance. The man, imitating the eagle, falls to his knees, leaps up, and dances with concise steps and strong, sharp arm and body movements. When the dance is performed in pairs, couples do not touch; the woman dances quietly as she regards the man’s display."] Lezginka, also spelled Lezghinka, folk dance originating among the [[Lezgins ::

The dance has also been adapted into classical music in Aram Khachaturian's 1942 ballet Gayane.

References

References

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  3. ''Т. Н. Третьякова''. Основы эстетики и художественно деятельности; музыка еародоы мира. 2000. — С. 122. {{ISBN. 978-5-696-01461-6
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