Biography of the dance Lezginka

Lezginka dance description of Lezginka is an old folk fast Caucasian dance, as well as music accompanying it. In ancient times, the foreigners called the peoples of Dagestan Lezgins, from this the name came - Lezginka. LEC-"Lezgin, Eagle", the peoples-neighboring interpreted the word "lecture" as the name of an individual people, but the lecture themselves invested the concept of "rod man." It is difficult to meet a person who has not heard about this incendiary dance, the trade routes that passed through the Caucasus united Europe and the eastern countries.

Travelers passing Dagestan could not help but pay attention to the dance, which before that they had not met anywhere. Lezginka is a kind of competition that young people arrange among themselves.

Fulfillment requires youths of dexterity and great power, and from the girls of grace and smoothness. She is very fast and temperamental. This famous dance is an echo of pagan rituals, the main element of which was the image of an eagle. The image is perfectly transmitted by the performers, especially at the moment when they stand on socks and scatter their arms-wings, begin to describe smooth circles, like an eagle that is going to take off.

The description of movements and the image is very graceful, with sharp and rosary movements, as well as lunges, the dance serves as a demonstration of the courage and spirit of the performer. Its entertainment is achieved by a peak when the performance occurs in national costumes and is accompanied by a musical ensemble. There are two images in Lezginka: a man-an eagle and a woman-lump.

A man alternates a swift and fast pace, the most difficult movement is to stand on the socks, arms outstretched. The woman dances, holding the posture tightly, and smoothly moves her hands. The pace of movements of the performer is growing in accordance with the pace of the contractor. The drawing and the image are unchanged and united, but each nationality of the Caucasus has its own style variety of movements that are used in the dance.

The presence in the works of the Classics Lezginka with his music, which has a clear rhythm and energetic movements, attracted the attention of many composers known to the world. In Ruslan and Lyudmila, Glinka, in the “Demon” - Rubinstein added a spontaneous, stormy and passionate Lezginka. Dance and musical composition remains popular in our time, modern performers often use it.

Competitions between performers look at the video and photos that are present on the site.