In 1937, the outstanding Soviet choreographer Igor Alexandrovich Moiseev (1906–2007). created the Dance Ensemble of the Peoples of the USSR and led it until the end of his life. Moiseev started at the Bolshoi Theater and became one of the brightest character dancers of his time. The repertoire of the Moiseev Ensemble (this is how this group is called all over the world) includes numbers and entire programs dedicated, it seems, to all countries and peoples of the world. Moiseev artists perform Bashkir, Buryat, Vietnamese, Argentinean, Nanai and Korean dances. Not to mention Spanish, Russian and German. It is remarkable that all these nations and nationalities willingly recognized these dances as their own, despite the fact that they were all composed by Igor Moiseev. The choreographer, who lived for 101 years, saw the world as a single temperamental dance.
IGOR MOISEEV. Direct speech...
About the ensemble: “We are not dance collectors and we do not stick them like butterflies on a pin. We approach folk dance as a material for creativity, without hiding our authorship.”
On politics: “Thinking about politics convinced me that ordinary people are powerless to change anything. I remember the words of Seneca: "Accept with dignity the inevitable" - and I try to treat politics and politicians like bad weather, seeking and finding satisfaction in work.
On relations with the authorities: “The only thing I am grateful to the Soviet authorities for is that no one has ever interfered in my work. In addition, oddly enough, my work has always been party. In the sense that my searches in folk dance, in expressing folk character through plasticity, turned out to be consonant with the ideas proclaimed by the party leaders. In fact, they didn’t say anything bad.”
REHEARSAL. CLASS-CONCERT
The Moiseev Ensemble has visited more than sixty countries of the world. The choreographer himself joked that it is easier to make a guidebook out of his life than a biography.
After the performance in New York, a well-dressed beautiful woman approached Moiseev and asked permission to kiss his hand. It was Marlene Dietrich.
In the second half of the 90s, Igor Moiseev's book “I Remember. . . A tour of a lifetime."
“Moiseev came up with a new stage genre - folk stage choreography. Precisely folk-stage, not historical dance, not folk-characteristic, which was in the ballet. This is a folk stage genre. Again, this is a folk dance,” says the director of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble. I. Moiseeva, People's Artist of Russia Elena Shcherbakova.
“It means stretched feet, somewhere closer to the classical material. Because you can’t bring to the stage what is danced, for example, at weddings, at festivities, it already carries such a shade of theatricality, ”explains the director of the school-studio at the GAANT them. I. Moiseeva, People's Artist of Russia Guzel Apanaeva.
ARAGONIC JOTA
Popular recognition provided the ensemble with a full house in all cities of the Soviet Union. And the love of the country's leadership helped to solve organizational issues. In the 40th, after a short dialogue with Stalin, Moiseev was given a room for rehearsals. In 1943, he opened a studio school with the ensemble. And immediately after the end of the war, the “Iron Curtain” was opened for the Moiseevites.
“We had our first trip abroad - France. it was such a success. In those days there were still many old Russian emigrants in France. And after the concert they were waiting for us, kissing, crying. And it was so touching,” recalls the widow of Igor Moiseev, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Irina Moiseeva.
Abroad opened up opportunities for the restless choreographer to expand an already rather large repertoire. Igor Moiseev, as an inquisitive ethnographer, collected more and more new material for his ensemble and brought souvenir dances from each trip.
“Usually how did we do? We met with the team. Well, for example, we went to Venezuela and met with the Venezuelan team. We arrived in Argentina, enrolled in a tango school. They showed us the movements, and on the basis of these movements, Moiseev already staged his own production, ”says Guzel Apanaeva.
The type of transmission of movements “from feet to feet” can now rightfully be called the Moiseev system. All the numbers that Igor Alexandrovich put on, he could easily perform himself. Moreover, both male and female parties. Perhaps that is why the artistic director sought the perfect performance from his dancers.
“Here sits a man who, thank God, was already many years old, and he gets up, suddenly jumps up and says, “What are you doing, stop! Here exactly! One, over here! Well, repeat! No, not that again!” He always had that ideal that he wanted others to express what he feels, what stood before him. This property is always very great artists,” says choreographer, People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Vasiliev.
The same system formed the basis of education at the school with the ensemble. True, it was not Moiseev himself who undertook to train the children, but his dancers.
With us, each teacher teaches what he himself danced, what he has already absorbed into himself, remembers all the remarks of Moiseev, remembers all his wishes, the subtext of each movement. In principle, what I danced is easy for me to convey, because I know it inside and out, I will get up at night, I will dance it, ”says Apanaeva.
But until the very end, the choreographer personally took the exams. Moreover, he was equally strict in asking both teachers and future dancers.
“He made comments not only on technique, but also on acting, because, as he himself said, we have 2 professions: ballet dancers and actors,” says artist Alsu Gayfulina.
Until now, the ensemble's repertoire has remained unchanged. For example, the Russian dance "Summer", which is invariably present in every concert. And also "Aragonese Jota", "Polovtsian Dances", "Gopak" - more than 100 numbers in total.
The last year of the life of Igor Moiseev
“There will never be a second Moiseev anywhere. Because artists can do everything, but finding a choreographer who will create a canvas, come up with a number that is interesting to the viewer, first of all, interesting to the artists, so that they dance and overcome, use their capabilities is difficult, ”says Apanaeva.
) May 17, 2019 19:00 June 14, 2019 19:00 June 16, 2019 19:00 June 26, 2019 19:00 July 1, 2019 19:00 July 2, 2019 19:00 July 3, 2019 19:00 July 4, 2019 19:00 close in Moscow will host a show of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after. Igor Moiseev.
Dance folklore is an incendiary timeless phenomenon. The dances of the peoples of different countries are equally interesting. Because they have an incomparable identity. Folklore in each country took a very long time to develop and reflected all the worldview inherent in the representatives of this or that nation. And it is very gratifying that there is Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble, tickets which you can purchase right now. Its purpose is precisely to maintain the glorious coloring of the dances of the peoples of the world.
The talented team successfully performs Russian folk dances, as well as Jewish, Greek, Mexican and many others. Ensemble performances are organized regularly and every connoisseur of incendiary dances has the opportunity to see the power of their talent and colorful performance. Usually during the tour, artists give several concerts in one place in a row in order to perform in front of all the curious spectators. They will arrange a protracted tour on the stage of the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Don't miss the opportunity to see this unique performance.
The artists of the ensemble know how to give the listeners an unforgettable experience. And buy tickets for a concert of the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble worth it now. They will allow you to see a very temperamental and close to the original performance.
This ensemble is the first of its kind. It has been in existence since 1937. And it functions thanks to the influence of talented musicologists, musicians, and historians.
Through joint creative efforts, they manage to arrange the performance very beautifully.
Soul of peoples in dance
Thereby tickets to the concert named after Igor Moiseev never leave the viewer disappointed. On the contrary, everyone feels the emergence of the strongest emotions. Artists manage to convey the temperament of various national cultures. Moreover, the similarity is ubiquitous and it lies not only in dances and costumes, but also in music.
The ensemble is engaged in large-scale educational activities. His performances were admired by the audience in various cities. And there is no doubt that concert of the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble in Moscow will be exceptionally talented and emotional.
The ensemble's repertoire includes about three hundred works. They are all distinguished by their creative streak and logical completeness. This can be verified by doing booking tickets for the GANT named after Igor Moiseev. Artists maintain the highest level of performances. And they preserve the foundations of the artistic principle, laid down by the glorious past.
Tickets to the concert of the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble is always an opportunity to see a powerful spectacle.
You can buy tickets using the order form on the website, or by calling us by phone. Delivery of tickets for the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble. Igor Moiseev is FREE OF CHARGE within the Moscow Ring Road.
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Igor Moiseev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble- choreographic folk dance ensemble, created in 1937 by choreographer and choreographer Igor Alexandrovich Moiseev. GAANT named after Moiseev is the world's first professional choreographic group engaged in artistic interpretation and promotion of dance folklore of the peoples of the world, including Jewish, Mexican, Greek dances, as well as dances of the peoples of the CIS.
Team history
GANT named after Igor Moiseev was founded on February 10, 1937, on the day when the first rehearsal of a troupe of 30 people took place in the Moscow house of the choreographer at Leontievsky lane, house 4. The task that Moiseev set for young artists was to creatively process and present on stage the samples of USSR folklore that existed at that time. To this end, the ensemble members went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they searched for, studied and recorded disappearing dances, songs and rituals. As a result, the dance troupe's first programs were Dances of the Peoples of the USSR (1937-1938) and Dances of the Baltic Peoples (1939). Since 1940, the ensemble had the opportunity to rehearse and perform on the stage of the Tchaikovsky Hall, and it was this theater that became the home for the ensemble for many years.
To achieve maximum expressiveness and expressiveness of the dance performance, Igor Moiseev used all the means of stage culture: all types and types of dances, symphonic music, dramaturgy, scenography and acting skills. In addition, Moiseev took as a basis the principle of equality of the artists of the ensemble, from the very beginning there were no soloists, leading dancers and corps de ballet in the team - any participant could play both the main and the secondary role in the production.
An important stage in the creative development of the team was the development and updated interpretation of European folklore. The program "Dances of the Slavic Peoples" (1945) was created in unique conditions: not being able to travel abroad, Igor Moiseev recreated samples of dance creativity, consulting with musicians, folklorists, historians, and musicologists. On tour in 1946 in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the audience was amazed at the accuracy of the productions and the true artistic sense of the ensemble's stage works. With the significant participation of well-known choreographers and experts in folklore Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song-hi (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev attracted to work, the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953) was created, where for the first time they were collected examples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries.
From the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Moiseev toured Siberia, Transbaikalia, the Far East, and Mongolia.
In 1955, the ensemble became the first Soviet group to go on foreign tours to France and Great Britain.
Belarusian dance "Bulba"
In 1958, the ensemble was also the first of the Soviet ensembles to go on tour in the USA.
The quintessence of the creative path of the Moiseev GAANT was the class-concert "The Road to Dance" (1965), which clearly demonstrates the development of the team from the development of individual elements to the creation of full-scale stage paintings. In 1967, for the "Road to Dance" program, GAANT was the first of the folk dance ensembles to be awarded the title of academic, and Igor Moiseev was awarded the Lenin Prize.
Despite the fact that in 2007 the ensemble lost its leader and ideological inspirer, the Moiseev GAANT continued to perform and tour around the world. For its concert activity, which has been going on for more than 70 years, the ensemble was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. GAANT is the only group of its kind that has performed at the Opéra Garnier (Paris) and La Scala (Milan). In terms of the number of tours, it is listed in the Russian Guinness Book of Records as an ensemble that has visited more than 60 countries. .
For the best performance in 2011, the ensemble was awarded the Grand Prix of the Anita Bucchi choreographic award (Italy), and at the premiere program on December 20, 2011, as part of a triumphal Paris tour, UNESCO awarded the ensemble with the Five Continents Medal.
Orchestra
In the first years of the ensemble's existence, concerts were accompanied by a group of folk instruments and a group of musical national instruments conducted by E. Avksentiev. Since the late 1940s, in connection with the expansion of the ensemble's repertoire and the appearance in it of the cycle "Dances of the Peoples of the World", a small symphony orchestra was created with the involvement of a group of national instruments. The main merit in its creation belongs to the conductor S. Galperin.
To date, the ensemble's concerts are accompanied by a small symphony orchestra consisting of 35 people. Original arrangements of folk melodies in different years were created by conductors Evgeny Avksentiev, Sergey Galperin, Nikolai Nekrasov, Anatoly Gus, musician Vladimir Zhmykhov.
Orchestra artists also take part in ensemble productions. For example, in the suite of Moldovan dances “Hora” and “Chiocarlie”, a violinist in national costume plays on the stage. "Kalmyk dance" is accompanied by the sound of the Saratov harmonica, while the orchestra artist is dressed in a tuxedo. The one-act ballet "Night on Bald Mountain" begins with the performance of the stage orchestra in national Ukrainian costumes.
School-studio
"Studio School at the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Igor Moiseev" was formed in September 1943 as a study group at the ensemble. Engaged in the preparation of artists and is the main source of personnel to replenish the troupe. The training program includes special disciplines: classical dance, folk stage dance, duet dance, jazz dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, acting, playing the piano and folk musical instruments, music history, theater history, ballet history, painting history, history ensemble.
In 1988, the school received the status of a secondary specialized educational institution.
Repertoire
The Ensemble's repertoire consists of about 300 choreographic works created by Igor Moiseev since 1937. By genre, all dances are divided into choreographic miniatures, dance pictures, dance suites and one-act ballets. Thematically, the dances are combined into the cycles "Pictures of the Past", "Soviet Pictures" and "Across the Countries of the World". The list contains the most frequently performed choreographic numbers.
Choreographic miniatures
- Fight of two kids
- Estonian "Polka through the leg"
- Polka labyrinth
dance pictures
- Football (music by A. Tsfasman)
- partisans
- tobaccoryaska
One-act ballets
- On the skating rink (music by I. Strauss)
- Spanish ballad (music by Pablo di Luna)
- Evening in a tavern
Suite of Russian dances
- girls exit
- box
- grass
- Male dance
- General final
Jewish suite
- family joys
Suite of Moldovan dances
- Chiokyrlie
Mexican dance suite
- Zapateo
- Avalyulko
Suite of Greek dances
- Male dance "Zorba"
- Dance of the Girls (music by M. Theodorakis)
- General round dance (music by M. Theodorakis)
- Male dance in fours (music by M. Theodorakis)
- General final dance (music by M. Theodorakis)
A Day on the Ship - Naval Suite
- Avral
- Engine room
- Dance of the Chefs
- Dance of the Sailors
- labor holiday
From the series "Pictures of the Past"
- Old town square dance
From the cycle "Dances of the peoples of the world"
- Adjarian dance "Khorumi"
- Aragonese "Jota"
- Argentine dance "Gaucho"
- Argentine dance "Malambo"
- Bashkir dance "Seven Beauties"
- Belarusian dance "Bulba"
- Belarusian dance "Yurochka"
- Venezuelan dance "Horopo"
- stoneflies
- Vietnamese dance with bamboo
- Egyptian dance
- Kalmyk dance
- Chinese ribbon dance
- Korean dance "Sanchong"
- Korean dance "Trio"
- Krakowiak
- Oberek
- Romanian dance "Briul"
- Russian dance "Polyanka"
- Sicilian tarantella
- Dance of the Bessarabian gypsies
- Dance of the Kazan Tatars
- Tatarochka
- Uzbek dance with a dish
Class-concert "Road to dance"
Notes
Literature
- Shamina L.A.; Moiseeva O.I. Theater of Igor Moiseev. - Moscow: Tetralis, 2012. - ISBN 978-5-902492-24-5
- Koptelova E.D. Igor Moiseev is an academician and philosopher of dance. - St. Petersburg. : Doe, 2012. - ISBN 978-5-8114-1172-6
- Chudnovsky M.A. Ensemble of Igor Moiseev. - Moscow: Knowledge, 1959.
- Moiseev I.A. I remember… Lifelong tour. - Moscow: Consent, 1996. - ISBN 5-86884-072-0
The State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev is the first and only professional choreographic group in the world engaged in artistic interpretation and promotion of dance folklore of the peoples of the world.
The ensemble was organized on February 10, 1937, and since then the main artistic principles of its development have been continuity and creative interaction of traditions and innovation. The main task, which was first set before the artists by the founder of the ensemble, Igor Moiseev (1906-2007), is the creative processing of folklore samples common at that time in the USSR. To this end, the artists of the ensemble went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they searched for and recorded disappearing dances, songs, rituals. As a result, the first programs of the ensemble appeared: "Dances of the Peoples of the USSR" (1937-1938), "Dances of the Baltic Peoples" (1939). In the repertoire of the ensemble, folklore samples have received a new stage life and have been preserved for several generations of viewers around the world. For this purpose, Igor Moiseev used all the means of stage culture: all types and types of dances, symphonic music, dramaturgy, scenography, acting skills.
An important step was the development and creative interpretation of European folklore. The program "Dances of the Slavic Peoples" (1945) was created in unique conditions: not being able to travel abroad, Igor Moiseev recreated living examples of dance creativity, consulting with musicians, folklorists, historians, and musicologists. On tour in 1946 in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the audience was amazed at the accuracy of the productions, the true artistic meaning of the ensemble's stage works. Since that time and until now, the ensemble has been a school and a creative laboratory for choreographers from different countries, and its repertoire serves as a kind of choreographic encyclopedia of the dance culture of the peoples of the world. With the direct participation of well-known experts in folklore choreographers Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song-hi (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev attracted to work, the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953) was created, which for the first time collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore of eleven countries.
Based on the model of the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble, choreographic groups were created in all the republics of the USSR (now the CIS countries), as well as in many European countries.
The Folk Dance Ensemble is the first Soviet group to go on tour during the Iron Curtain period. In 1955, the artists of the ensemble performed for the first time in Paris and London. The triumph of the Soviet dance troupe served as the first step towards international detente. In 1958, the Igor Moiseev Ensemble was also the first of the domestic ensembles to perform in the United States. The successful tour, the American press admitted, melted the ice of mistrust towards the USSR and became the basis for establishing new, constructive relations between our countries.
Another important merit of the Folk Dance Ensemble is the creation of the unique Moiseev School of Dance (1943), the only one in the world. Its distinguishing features are high professionalism, virtuoso technical equipment, and the ability to convey the improvisational nature of folk performance. Actor-dancers, brought up by Igor Moiseev, are widely educated, universal artists who are fluent in all types of dance, capable of embodying the national character in an artistic image. The dancer of the Moiseev school is the best recommendation anywhere in the world, in a choreographic group of any direction. The artists of the ensemble were awarded the titles of Honored and People's Artists of the USSR and Russia.
A vivid expression of the creative principles of educating actors-dancers is the program "The Road to Dance" ("Class Concert"), which clearly shows the creative path of the team from mastering individual elements to creating full-scale stage paintings. For the program "The Road to Dance" (1965), the group was the first of the folk dance ensembles to be awarded the title of "Academic", and Igor Moiseev - the Lenin Prize.
For their concert activity, which has been going on for more than 70 years, the team was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. The ensemble has rightly been and remains the hallmark of our country abroad.
On different continents, viewers of different generations fell in love with the “crown” numbers of the Ensemble, which became the “calling cards” of the group: the legendary “Partizans”, the naval suite “Yablochko”, the old urban Quadrille, the Moldavian Jock, the Ukrainian Gopak, the Russian dance “Summer”, the incendiary Tarantella. The Ensemble gained great success with bright one-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev with the involvement of the means and techniques of world folk and theatrical culture - "Vesnyanki", "Tsam", "Sanchakou", "Polovtsian Dances" to the music of A. Borodin, "At the Skating Rink" on music by I. Strauss, "Night on Bald Mountain" to music by M. Mussorgsky, "Spanish Ballad" to music by Pablo di Luna, "An Evening in a Tavern" to music by Argentinean composers, etc.
And now, after the death of the permanent leader of the ensemble, Igor Moiseev, the choreographic level of the group still serves as an unsurpassed standard, and the title of "Moiseev" is synonymous with high professionalism.
Moiseev made an indispensable contribution to the choreography not only of his country, but of the whole world as a whole. He devoted his whole life to creativity and achieved unprecedented success in developing the mastery of choreography. At the moment, it is difficult to convey all the talent of the master even with the most high-quality and diverse performances.
Igor Moiseyev Ballet is a unique highly professional academic dance ensemble. He managed to convey in the dance movement different images and folklore of the peoples of the world.
Start
The future artist learned to dance quite by accident. His dad gave him to a dance studio just to avoid the negative effects of the street on him. The boy showed his abilities quite quickly. Noticing this, his teacher, former ballerina Vera Mosolova, brought him to the ballet school at the Bolshoi Theater. Igor was appreciated immediately, the main choreographer of the institution took him under his wing. Igor very quickly formed in the dance field.
The big breakthrough in his career was the staging of the parade on Red Square. To do this, he involved the students of the school. The performance was more than successful, it delighted many. After him, orders of the highest level simply rained down on Igor. Even Stalin admired his productions and helped with the premises for the work of the team.
European folklore
A significant period in his work was the study and creative interpretation of European folklore. Unable to travel abroad, Igor Moiseev's ballet "Dances of the Slavic Peoples" was staged exclusively at home. To do this, the head consulted with many experts. Success was not long in coming.
On tour in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, the audience was simply fascinated by the ensemble. The performances were done so correctly and the artistic meaning of the stage works was faithfully conveyed. Even today, Igor Moiseev's ballet is an invaluable example and a school for choreographers from many countries.
Moiseev's creations have become a kind of choreographic tool used by different peoples. He staged the program "Peace and Friendship", in which he collected images of dance folklore from eleven countries, including European and Asian ones. European countries took an example from the dance performances of Igor Moiseev and created their own choreographic groups.
Always first
At that time, the country was not in a very favorable environment for the development of creativity. The Igor Moiseyev Ballet was the first dance group to be given permission to tour abroad. The performances of the ensemble were crowned with success, this was the first step towards international detente.
In 1955, the artists performed for the first time in London and Paris. And in 1958, they became one of the first domestic bands to show their performance in the USA. The press appreciated the successful tour in America and paved the way for the confidence of the USSR.
Like many decades, Igor Moiseev's ballet accompanies the full house. The poster of the concerts clearly shows this. The schedule of performances was scheduled for several years in advance.
Moiseev School
The Moiseev dance school was unique and one of a kind. She was distinguished by professionalism of the highest degree, virtuosity and excellent improvisation. The pupils of the great master were not just actors - they were highly educated universal actors. They perfectly mastered any kind of dance, amazingly embodied all artistic images.
The title of a dancer of the Moiseev school is the best recommendation in any country in a choreographic group of different directions. The creative path and the nature of educating students are shown in the program "The Road to Dance", it highlights in detail the entire path that the ballet named after Igor Moiseev has passed. For this production, the master received the "Lenin Prize", and his ensemble was awarded the title of "Academic".
70 years of worldwide recognition
The stage activity of the group has been going on for more than 70 years, it has been awarded an order. It is absolutely fair to call the ballet of Igor Moiseev the hallmark of our country. Tickets that are sold at the box office are sold out instantly.
For his invaluable contribution to the art of dance, Igor Moiseev was awarded the Oscar. And even after his death, today he lives in the heart of his ensemble, which holds the appropriate level and is an impeccable example.
