Russian Folk Dance - This Time it was Cool!!

So, we had an excursion not too long ago to see a performance of traditional Russian dances. I wasn't too excited, because the last Russian folk dance-type-thing performance we saw was pretty boring. However, Nathan got me to go and I have to say that I am pleased that I went.

I'm not sure if you're allowed to photograph, let alone video tape the performances, but let's just say that...I...did anyway. The dances were very varied, ranging from very slow, beautiful fairy-type stuff to the extremely active and exciting closing dance.

I don't think that I would be able to explain to you what was going on, and I think that the videos and pictures will be able to convey the experience better than any words would.

The closing dance

The conclusion

And here are the various dances I got on tape.

Russians like to stomp.

This was creepy, because it looked like they weren't touching the ground.

Part of the closing number. Male dancers are pretty dang incredible athletes.

In all, it was very entertaining. That's far more than I can say for the ballet we went to a few days later.