The concert of the Igor Moiseev Ensemble is always a significant and noticeable event for all those who love Russian art folk dance. It gives them an amazing meeting with a true internationally recognized legend of this genre.
Indeed, the work and name of this group has long been well known throughout the world. And this should not be surprising at all, since it is famous for its long-term and unique history of success. It began in Moscow back in 1937. The founder of this project was the famous figure of the national choreographic art and the brilliant expert on folklore Igor Moiseev. From the moment it began its activities to this day, this group has consisted of exclusively experienced and well-trained dancers. Also, over time, his own professional orchestra began to work with him. The eminent choreographer prepared many unique miniatures and productions based on the dance folklore of our country. Also, not only well-known, but also very rare folk dances began to be staged here. Often the artists turned to some other genres of choreographic art. That is why the team very quickly became very famous and in demand in our country. And already in the 50s of the twentieth century, many foreign spectators were able to order tickets for the concert of the Igor Moiseev Ensemble. This project became the first of the domestic groups of this type who began to actively tour around the world and received worthy international recognition. Over time, many of his numbers have become true classics of the genre. And the team organized a school in which anyone who has passed a strict selection can practice folk dancing.
Today this ensemble is one of the most titled and famous national folk dance groups. After the death of its founder, the work of Moses was continued by his students and followers. Therefore, today the project continues to perform a lot and constantly delights its fans with new and equally spectacular and interesting works. But you can also often see his legendary numbers at concerts.
The State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev is the first and only professional choreographic group in the world engaged in the 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 its development is the continuity and creative interaction of traditions and innovation. Main task, which was first staged for the artists by the founder of the ensemble Igor Moiseev (1906-2007), is a creative adaptation of folklore samples existing at that time in the USSR. For this purpose, the ensemble's artists went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they found and recorded disappearing dances, songs, and rituals. As a result, the ensemble's first programs appeared: “Dances of the Peoples of the USSR” (1937-1938), “Dances of the Baltic Peoples” (1939). In the ensemble's repertoire, folklore samples received a new stage life and were 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.
An important stage was the development and creative interpretation of European folklore. Program "Dancing" 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 and the true artistic meaning of the ensemble's stage works. From that time until now, the ensemble has been a school and creative laboratory for choreographers 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 famous experts in folklore, choreographers Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song Hee (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev involved in their work, the program “Peace and Friendship” (1953) was created, where for the first time samples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries.
Based on the model of the folk dance ensemble of Igor Moiseev, choreographic groups were created in all republics of the USSR (now the CIS countries), as well as in many European countries.
Folk dance ensemble - the first Soviet team, which was released on tour during the Iron Curtain period. In 1955, the ensemble's artists performed for the first time in Paris and London. The triumph of the Soviet dance troupe served as the first step towards international détente. In 1958, Igor Moiseev's ensemble was also the first Russian ensemble to perform in the USA. The successful tour, the American press admitted, melted the ice of mistrust in the USSR and became the basis for establishing new, constructive relations between our countries.
Another important achievement of the Folk Dance Ensemble is the creation of the unique, the only Moiseev School of Dance in the world (1943). Her distinctive features- high professionalism, virtuosic technical equipment, the ability to convey the improvisational nature of folk performance. Actor-dancers, trained by Igor Moiseev, are widely educated, universal artists, fluent in all types of dance, capable of embodying national character V artistic image. A dancer from the Moiseev school is the best recommendation anywhere on the planet, in choreographic group any direction. The ensemble's artists were awarded the titles of Honored and People's Artists USSR and Russia.
A clear expression of the creative principles of training actor-dancers is the “Road to Dance” program (“Class Concert”), which clearly shows the creative path of the group from mastering individual elements to creating full-scale stage canvases. For the program “The Road to Dance” (1965), the group was the first of the folk dance ensembles to be awarded the title “Academic”, and Igor Moiseev was awarded the Lenin Prize.
For my concert activities, which has been going on for more than 70 years, the team was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. The ensemble has rightfully been and remains the calling card of our country abroad.
On different continents to viewers different generations loved the “crown” numbers of the Ensemble, which became “ business cards» ensemble: the legendary “Partisans”, naval suite “Yablochko”, ancient city Quadrille, Moldavian Zhok, Ukrainian Hopak, Russian dance “Summer”, fiery Tarantella. The Ensemble gained great success with its bright one-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev using 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" to the music of I. Strauss, "Night on Bald Mountain" to the music of M. Mussorgsky, "Spanish Ballad" to the music of Pablo di Luna, "Evening in a Tavern" to the music of Argentine 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.
On February 10, 1937, the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev was created.In 1937, the outstanding Soviet choreographer Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseev (1906–2007). created the Dance Ensemble of the Peoples of the USSR and directed it until the end of his life. Moiseev started in Bolshoi Theater, became one of the brightest character dancers of his time. The repertoire of the Moiseev Ensemble (that’s what this group is called all over the world) includes numbers and entire programs dedicated, it seems, to all countries and nationalities of the world. Moiseevsky 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 to be 101 years old, saw the world as a single temperamental dance.
IGOR MOSSEEV. Direct speech...
About the ensemble: “We are not collectors of dance and do not pin them like butterflies on a pin. We approach folk dance as a material for creativity, without hiding our authorship.”
On politics: “Thinking about politics has convinced me that ordinary people powerless to change anything. I remember the words of Seneca: “Accept the inevitable with dignity” - and I try to treat politics and politicians as bad weather, seeking and finding satisfaction in work.”
On relationships with authorities: “The only thing I’m grateful for is Soviet power, - that no one has ever interfered with my work. Moreover, oddly enough, my creativity has always been party. In the sense that my searches in folk dance, in the expression folk character through plasticity they turned out to be in tune with the ideas proclaimed by the party leaders. After all, they didn’t actually say anything bad.”
REHEARSAL. CLASS-CONCERT
Moiseev's ensemble has visited more than sixty countries around the world. The choreographer himself joked that it would be easier to create a guidebook from his life than a biography.
After the performance in New York, a well-dressed woman approached Moiseev beautiful woman 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. It is a folk-stage dance, not a historical dance, not a folk-characteristic one, 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 Russia Elena Shcherbakova.
“This means extended feet, somewhere closer to the classical material. Because you can’t put on stage something that is danced, say, at weddings, at festivities, it already carries such a hint of theatricality,” explains the director of the studio school at GAANT named after. I. Moiseeva, People's Artist of Russia Gyuzel Apanaeva.
ARAGONA JOTA
Popular recognition ensured that the ensemble sold out in all cities. Soviet Union. And the love of the country’s leadership helped resolve organizational issues. In 1940, after a short dialogue with Stalin, Moiseev was given room for rehearsals. In 1943 he opened a studio school attached to the ensemble. And immediately after the end of the war, the “Iron Curtain” was opened for the Moiseevites.
“Our first trip abroad was to France. such was the success. In those days, there were still many old Russian emigrants in France. And after the concert they waited for us, kissed us, cried. And it was so touching,” recalls Igor Moiseev’s widow, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Irina Moiseeva.
Abroad opened up opportunities for the restless choreographer to expand his already considerable repertoire. Igor Moiseev, like an inquisitive ethnographer, collected everything new and new material for his ensemble and brought dance souvenirs from every trip.
“Usually how we did it? We met with the team. Well, for example, we went to Venezuela and met with the Venezuelan team. We arrived in Argentina and enrolled in a tango school. They showed us the movements, and based on these movements, Moiseev already staged his own production,” says Gyuzel Apanaeva.
The type of transfer of movements “from toe to toe” can now rightfully be called the Moiseev system. He could easily perform all the numbers that Igor Alexandrovich choreographed himself. Moreover, both the male and female parties. This is probably why the artistic director sought 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! Right here! Once, here! Well, repeat! No, that’s not it again!” He always had this ideal that he wanted others to express what he felt, what stood in front of him. This property is always very great artists", says choreographer, People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Vasiliev.
The same system formed the basis for teaching at the ensemble school. True, it was not Moiseev himself who undertook to train the children, but his dancers.
With us, every teacher teaches what he himself danced, what he has already absorbed into himself, remembers all Moiseev’s comments, remembers all his wishes, the subtext of every movement. In principle, it’s easy for me to convey what I danced, because I know it inside and out, I’ll get up at night, I’ll dance it,” says Apanaeva.
But until the very end, the choreographer personally took the exams. Moreover, he asked equally strictly from teachers and future dancers.
“He made comments not only on technology, but also on acting, because, as he himself said, we have 2 professions: ballet dancers and actors,” says artist Alsou Gaifulina.
Until today, the ensemble's repertoire has remained unchanged. For example, the Russian dance “Summer”, which invariably appears in every concert. And also “Aragonese Jota”, “Polovtsian Dances”, “Hopak” - more than 100 numbers in total.
The last year of the life of Igor Moiseev
“There will never be a second Moses anywhere. Because artists can do anything, but it’s difficult to find a choreographer who will create a canvas, come up with a number that is interesting to the viewer, and first of all, interesting to the artists, so that they can dance and overcome and use their capabilities,” says Apanaeva.
The State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev is the world's first and only professional choreographic group engaged in the 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 the founder of the ensemble Igor Moiseev (1906-2007) first set for the artists, was the creative processing of folklore samples existing in the USSR at that time. For this purpose, the ensemble's artists went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they found and recorded disappearing dances, songs, and rituals. As a result, the ensemble's first programs appeared: “Dances of the Peoples of the USSR” (1937-1938), “Dances of the Baltic Peoples” (1939). In the ensemble's repertoire, folklore samples received a new stage life and were 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, drama, scenography, acting.
An important stage was the development and creative interpretation of European folklore. The program “Dances of 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 and the true artistic meaning of the ensemble's stage works. From that time until now, the ensemble has been a school and 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 famous experts in folklore, choreographers Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song Hee (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev involved in their work, the program “Peace and Friendship” (1953) was created, where for the first time samples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries.
Based on the model of the folk dance ensemble of Igor Moiseev, choreographic groups were created in all republics of the USSR (now the CIS countries), as well as in many European countries.
The folk dance ensemble was the first Soviet group to go on tour during the Iron Curtain period. In 1955, the ensemble's artists performed for the first time in Paris and London. The triumph of the Soviet dance troupe served as the first step towards international détente. In 1958, Igor Moiseev's ensemble was also the first Russian ensemble to perform in the USA. The successful tour, the American press admitted, melted the ice of mistrust in the USSR and became the basis for establishing new, constructive relations between our countries.
Another important achievement of the Folk Dance Ensemble is the creation of the unique, the only Moiseev School of Dance in the world (1943). Its distinctive features are high professionalism, virtuoso technical equipment, and the ability to convey the improvisational nature of folk performance. Actor-dancers trained by Igor Moiseev are widely educated, universal artists, fluent in all types of dance, capable of embodying national character in an artistic image. A dancer from the Moiseev school is the best recommendation anywhere on the planet, in a choreographic group of any direction. The ensemble's artists were awarded the titles of Honored and People's Artists of the USSR and Russia.
A clear expression of the creative principles of training actor-dancers is the “Road to Dance” program (“Class Concert”), which clearly shows the creative path of the group from mastering individual elements to creating full-scale stage canvases. For the program “The Road to Dance” (1965), the group was the first of the folk dance ensembles to be awarded the title “Academic”, and Igor Moiseev was awarded the Lenin Prize.
For its concert activity, which has lasted more than 70 years, the group was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. The ensemble has rightfully been and remains the calling card of our country abroad.
On different continents, audiences of different generations fell in love with the Ensemble’s “crown” numbers, which became the “calling cards” of the group: the legendary “Partisans”, the naval suite “Yablochko”, the ancient city Quadrille, the Moldavian Jock, the Ukrainian Hopak, the Russian dance “Summer”, the incendiary Tarantella. The Ensemble gained great success with its bright one-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev using the means and techniques of world folk and theatrical culture - “Vesnyanka”, “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, “Evening in a Tavern” to music by Argentine 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.
A grandiose event will take place in the cultural life of the capital - concert of the “Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble” in Moscow. Admirers of the art of dance will be able to enjoy the magnificent show created by the illustrious group. Born back in 1937 legendary ensemble, which still has no analogues throughout the world. A talented choreographer and dancer literally created from scratch absolutely new genre dance art and raised him to a high professional level. The ensemble's limitless repertoire includes: Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, Greek, Korean, Spanish, Chinese and Mexican dances, as well as many colorful folklore sketches.
You can see all this if you buy tickets to the “Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble”, which sell out literally instantly. The beauty of the choreographic performances, the precision and coherence of the dancers’ movements captivate the audience from the first minutes of the dancers’ performance. A special place in the ensemble’s concert program is occupied by one-act ballets, choreographic
Miniatures and dance paintings to the music of famous composers.
Each number concert of the Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble is unique and is assessed by critics as a masterpiece of choreographic art. During his creative path"Moiseev's Ballet" enjoys overwhelming success with audiences. They tour a lot throughout Russia and abroad, and everywhere the artists are long-awaited guests. And this is no coincidence, because they preserved and enriched dance with their activities. folklore heritage different peoples. Any of their performances is original, unique and is a triumph of high art. Symbiosis of real folk traditions with ballet give the dances a special brightness and color. Anyone who wants to touch cultural heritage peoples of the Earth and see unique performances performed by the legendary choreographic group, purchase tickets to the concert of the “Igor Moiseev Dance Ensemble” in Moscow. Don't miss your chance to spend a pleasant evening and enjoy the “Moiseevskaya School of Dance”.
