State Folk Dance Ensemble named after Moiseev. Life in dance
Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseev. GAANT named after Moiseev is the world's first professional choreographic group engaged in the artistic interpretation and promotion of dance folklore of the peoples of the world, including Jewish, Mexican, Greek dances, as well as dances of the CIS peoples.
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✪ Ukrainian dance "Hopak". Ballet by Igor Moiseev
✪ "Apple". Ballet by Igor Moiseev.
✪ GAANT named after Igor Moiseev. One-act ballet "Night on Bald Mountain".
✪ Suite of Greek dances "Sirtaki". Ballet by Igor Moiseev.
✪ Choreographic picture "Football". GAANT named after Igor Moiseev
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History of the team
The Igor Moiseev State Academic Theater was founded on February 10, 1937, the day when the first rehearsal of a troupe of 30 people took place in the Moscow house of the choreographer at 4 Leontyevsky Lane. The task that Moiseev set for the young artists was to creatively process and present on stage the samples of folklore of the USSR existing at that time. To this end, the ensemble members went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they found, studied and recorded disappearing dances, songs and rituals. As a result, the first programs of the dance troupe 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 ensemble’s home for many years.
To achieve maximum expressiveness of the dance performance, Igor Moiseev used all means of stage culture: all types and types of dances, symphonic music, dramaturgy, scenography and acting. In addition, Moiseev took as a basis the principle of equality of the ensemble’s artists; from the very beginning, the group did not have soloists, leading dancers or corps de ballet - any participant could perform both the main and minor role in production.
An important step in creative development The team's focus was the development and updated 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 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 faithful artistic sense stage works of the ensemble. With the significant participation of famous choreographers and folklore experts 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 they collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries.
Since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War The folk dance ensemble led by Moiseev toured Siberia, Transbaikalia, Far East, Mongolia.
In 1955, the ensemble became the first Soviet group to go on foreign tours to France and Great Britain. In 1958, the ensemble was also the first of the Soviet groups to go on tour to 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 path of development of the team from mastering individual elements to creating full-scale stage canvases. In 1967, for the program “The Road to Dance,” GAANT was the first folk dance ensemble 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 lasted more than 70 years, the ensemble was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. GAANT is the only ensemble of its kind that has performed at the Opera Garnier (Paris) and La Scala (Milan). According to the number of tours, he is listed in Russian Book Guinness World Records as an ensemble that has visited more than 60 countries. .
Behind best performance In 2011, the ensemble was awarded the Grand Prix of the Anita Bucchi Choreographic Prize (Italy), and at the premiere program on December 20, 2011, as part of the triumphant Parisian tour, UNESCO awarded the ensemble the Medal of Five Continents.
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 under the direction of E. Avksentyev. Since the late 1940s, in connection with the expansion of the ensemble’s repertoire and the appearance of the “Dances of the Peoples of the World” cycle in it, a small symphony orchestra was created with the involvement of a group of national instruments. The main credit for its creation belongs to conductor Samson Halperin.
Today the ensemble's concerts are accompanied by a small symphony orchestra consisting of 35 people. Original arrangements of folk melodies over the years were created by conductors Evgeny Avksentyev, Samson Galperin, Nikolai Nekrasov, Anatoly Gus, and musician Vladimir Zhmykhov.
The orchestra's artists also take part in the ensemble's productions. For example, in the suite of Moldovan dances “Hora” and “Chiokirlie” a violinist plays on stage in national costume. “Kalmyk Dance” is accompanied by the sound of a Saratov harmonica, while the orchestra artist is dressed in a tuxedo. The one-act ballet “Night on Bald Mountain” begins with the appearance of a stage orchestra in national Ukrainian costumes.
Studio school
The “Studio School at the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Igor Moiseev” was formed in September 1943 as a training group under the ensemble. It trains artists and is the main source of personnel for replenishing 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, history of music, history of theater, history of ballet, history of painting, history of the 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 paintings, 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 shows the most frequently performed choreographic numbers.
Choreographic miniatures
- Two kids fighting
- Estonian “Polka through the leg”
- Polka-labyrinth
Dance paintings
- Football (music by A. Tsfasman)
- Partisans
- Tobacco
- Skomorokhs (music by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
One-act ballets
- Polovtsian dances (music by A. Borodin)
- At the skating rink (music by I. Strauss)
- Night on Bald Mountain (music by M. Mussorgsky)
- Spanish ballad (music by Pablo di Luna)
- Evening at the tavern
Suite of Russian dances
- Girls coming out
- Box
- Grass
- Male dance
- General final
The name of Igor Moiseev has long become not just a name, but a brand of outstanding achievements of our country. The legendary choreographer created an ensemble performing folk dances, brought to perfection by the hand of a master.
He was born on January 21, 1906. According to family legend, he began to study ballet at the insistence of his father. One day he witnessed a fight in the alley and, when he came home, he told his son that he would not fight, but study ballet. And immediately, literally tomorrow, he will go to ballet school.
Today, no one doubts that folk dancing is an art. This seems like a simple truth. The paradox is that it was Moses who brought this truth to us. After all, before him, no one had to consider folk dance on an equal basis with classical dance.
Why this didn’t happen before - the maestro himself wondered.
“Folk dances are born in every nation according to the laws by which the language of the people is born. So essentially it is a genuine phenomenon of art. Why no one could understand this before, I don’t know. It so happened that I understood this before others and decided to expose it and reveal folk dance as a certain national system, as a national language,” said Moiseev.
For the anniversary of the famous choreographer, Izvestia remembered the best dances choreographed by Moiseev.
1. « Sirtaki"
As you know, “Sirtaki” is not a Greek folk dance. But for Moiseev it was one of those numbers in which they taught how to dance in an ensemble. Moiseev’s famous statement: “Whoever calls himself a soloist, I will fire him from the ensemble.” The maestro had a special relationship with the soloists. He taught not to express oneself, but to act as a whole team. In his group there were leaders who danced better than others, but the peculiarity of the ensemble was that any soloist could be replaced and any member of the group could perform a solo part.
2. "Bullseye"
The ensemble is confident that the Moiseev school can serve as an alternative to military service. Here they say: “Send your child to the Moiseev school, and, God willing, he will work for a year or two. You will get a disciplined, educated, well-mannered man.”
According to Moiseev’s system, a dancer needs to develop not only his legs, but also, for example, acting skills. This is important for folk dance, and it is no coincidence that every work, even the smallest miniature, contains acting images. At every rehearsal, Moiseev advised his students to “use their heads.” When taking the group on tour, Moiseev personally took his ensemble to the best museums and art galleries.
3. “Hungarian dance”
Moiseev traveled a lot around the country and the world, he personally searched for and found the right turns, movements, and moods. The ensemble dances are not pure folk dances. They were processed by a master, and Moiseev himself said that the ability to think out in the same way as it was created musical composition, requires a special flair. The renowned choreographer considered joy to be a prerequisite for creating folk dance. “Folk dance occurs when the heart is light and cheerful. A person must be an optimist, he is born to be an optimist. And the surrounding circumstances make us pessimistic.” Moiseev admitted that sometimes, in order to radiate joy and optimism, he had to commit “violence against his soul.” Especially when there were no prerequisites for optimism. But this was necessary, because the more pessimism in the world, the more optimism needed to be given to people in art.
4. "Tatarochka"
The dance performers said that “Tatarochka” is one of the most difficult dances, in which they had to perform a huge number of small movements with their legs for a long time, to the point of nausea. The master was stubborn. Dancers could perfect the same movement for months. “Comrades, are you like sleepy flies?” - the stern Moiseev repeated every now and then.
He rarely praised. His highest praise was the phrase: “Well, now it’s like adults.”
5. “Kalmyk dance”
Contrary to the beliefs of the Kalmyk Buddhists, Moiseev knew for sure that the soul is immortal and in every new life it is incarnated into a new living being. He believed that talent is knowledge accumulated by the soul in a previous life. “The spiritual wealth gained through art and culture is the only thing we can take with us. This is what feeds the soul. After death, a person does not lose this, and another time he is born with the acquired spiritual wealth that he acquired earlier,” said the maestro.
6. “Finnish polka”
Moiseev’s colleagues were surprised when the master decided to stage a Finnish dance. They thought that Finnish folk dances were boring and monotonous. But it was not there. Working on the movements, the master brought them to the point of absurdity. “The absurd is what the public loves. Look how logically and well one absurd movement flows from another!”
7. Dance of the Argentine shepherds "Gaucho"
This dance is considered Moiseev's masterpiece. Looking at these fellows, it’s hard to believe that the performance was not easy for them. As soloist Rudy Khojoyan recalled, the clothes of the Argentine shepherd were terribly uncomfortable, and the spurs on his boots were incredibly heavy. To the common man It would be difficult to walk in such an outfit, let alone dance.
8. “Night on Bald Mountain”
This dance to the music of Mussorgsky is another non-coincidental link in the work of the great Moiseev. The future choreographer was born in Kyiv. His father was a nobleman, lawyer Alexander Moiseev, and his mother was a French milliner. Father and mother met in Paris, in a cafe where seamstresses went to have a snack during their lunch break. Igor Moiseev was brought up for a long time in a French boarding school, he knew perfectly French. The family lived in two countries. At some point, they decided to finally move to France, and even bought a ticket, but the First World War began, and the Moiseevs remained in Russia.
9. “Russian dance”
In 1955, the ensemble made a splash in France. The French did not even think that such art could exist in the Soviet Union. This has not happened since Diaghilev’s Russian Seasons. There were queues for the group's concerts, and the group itself performed at the Grand Opera - an unheard-of honor that no folk group has ever received before or since. “If concerts don’t make you go wild, then you’re crazy,” wrote French newspapers.
Since then, the team began to be released abroad more and more often. Moiseev recalled that they envied him: “Why, comrade, you keep going on business trips abroad!” - the party bosses said dissatisfiedly. However, they had nothing to complain about. From business trips, Moiseev brought checks for a million dollars to the state treasury.
10. Performance of the Moiseev ensemble at Eurovision
In 2009, Moiseev’s ensemble performed enchantingly at Eurovision, held in Moscow. True, the founding father of the group was no longer in the lodge. The legendary choreographer died in 2007. Fate generously gave him 101 years.
Moiseev’s admission that he organized the ensemble “not because of a good life,” but because he was forced out of the Bolshoi was striking. While still a very young man, he became a choreographer. I staged Spartak, but the envy of my colleagues intervened. “They told me: you can dance, but we won’t let you choreograph. For me it was a tragedy. Creativity was more important to me than performance,” recalled Moiseev.
The choreographer left and organized his own ensemble. There was a war, but Moiseev was given money for the ensemble. And then - the will of providence. One day, Moiseev was lucky enough to meet with Stalin himself, and the leader ordered to allocate the best room in Moscow for the ensemble to the young teacher. What is this? Luck? Luck? Moiseev grinned and said: “You know, luck doesn’t exist. There is spiritual work and spiritual experience that is passed on with each subsequent rebirth of the soul.”
Today the Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev celebrates its anniversary. Exactly 80 years ago Moiseev, soloist and choreographer Bolshoi Theater, held the first rehearsal with a small group of folk dance enthusiasts. Thus began the team’s journey to international recognition. On its eightieth birthday, the ensemble gives fans big performances at the country's main concert venues, including the Historical Stage of the Bolshoi Theater and the Tchaikovsky Hall. Elena Voroshilova reports.
Ninety-five ballet dancers perform a class-concert. Exercises at the barre are replaced by dances of the peoples of the world. In 1965, the “Road to Dance” program brought Igor Moiseev the Lenin Prize, and the ensemble received academic status.
“Moiseev is a brilliant director and philosopher. Creativity is good, that’s why it is modern,” says Elena Shcherbakova, director of the Moiseev Academic Folk Dance Ensemble.
Elena Shcherbakova has been in the ensemble since 1969. Soloist, teacher-tutor, director. He conducts rehearsals in a tough Moiseev style. Beginners learned a long time ago - when you go on stage, give it your all.
“The tradition before a performance is to put on a suit and check that everything is comfortable, so you have to walk at full speed in order to give your best at the concert,” says the ensemble’s soloist Ivan Makarov.
When creating a folk dance ensemble, Moiseev did not change ballet. A student of Gorsky, he combined classical with folk stage dance and said a new word in choreography.
The ensemble's repertoire includes two hundred numbers. And all this is the legacy of Moses. The Adyghe dance on buskins, choreographed by Aslan Khadzhaev, is an exception. It takes skill to avoid falling off the wooden platform.
“The main thing is posture, keep your back, we were told that after the rehearsal your back should hurt. Wooden shoes are necessary,” note the ensemble’s artists Maria Ionova and Anastasia Sorokina.
To become a Moiseevite, you need to study at a studio school for five years. It was opened in 1943. Here they teach not only dance, but also develop character.
“When we did this jump, I fell, then got up, you have to finish what you want to do,” explains studio school student Irina Smirnova.
This is the first course. They are thirteen. Every day from three to seven they do a class. No one is in a hurry to leave. And it has always been like this.
“We never looked at the clock, the rehearsal was going on, and we didn’t look at the clock, we were so carried away by the process,” recalls studio school director Guzel Apanaeva.
They already understand that dedication to the profession and honesty are the main thing in Igor Moiseev’s Ensemble, and they are ready to walk this path.
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State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble named after Igor Moiseev- a choreographic folk dance ensemble created in 1937 by choreographer and choreographer Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseev. GAANT named after Moiseev is the world's first professional choreographic group engaged in the artistic interpretation and promotion of dance folklore of the peoples of the world, including Jewish, Mexican, Greek dances, as well as dances of the CIS peoples.
History of the team
The Igor Moiseev State Academic Theater was founded on February 10, 1937, the day when the first rehearsal of a troupe of 30 people took place in the Moscow house of the choreographer at 4 Leontyevsky Lane. The task that Moiseev set for the young artists was to creatively process and present on stage the samples of folklore of the USSR existing at that time. To this end, the ensemble members went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they found, studied and recorded disappearing dances, songs and rituals. As a result, the first programs of the dance troupe 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 ensemble’s home for many years.
To achieve maximum expressiveness of the dance performance, Igor Moiseev used all means of stage culture: all types and types of dances, symphonic music, drama, scenography and acting. In addition, Moiseev took as a basis the principle of equality of the ensemble’s artists; from the very beginning, the group did not have soloists, leading dancers or corps de ballet - any participant could play both the main and secondary roles in the production.
An important stage in the creative development of the group was the development and updated 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 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. With the significant participation of famous choreographers and folklore experts 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 they collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries.
Since 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 groups to go on tour to 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 path of development of the team from mastering individual elements to creating full-scale stage canvases. In 1967, for the program “The Road to Dance,” 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 lasted 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 Opera 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 of 2011, the ensemble was awarded the Grand Prix of the Anita Bucchi Choreographic Prize (Italy), and at the premiere program on December 20, 2011, as part of the triumphant Parisian tour, UNESCO awarded the ensemble the Medal of Five Continents.
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 under the direction of E. Avksentyev. Since the late 1940s, in connection with the expansion of the ensemble’s repertoire and the appearance of the “Dances of the Peoples of the World” cycle in it, a small symphony orchestra was created with the involvement of a group of national instruments. The main credit for its creation belongs to conductor S. Galperin.
Today, the ensemble's concerts are accompanied by a small symphony orchestra of 35 people. Original arrangements of folk melodies over the years were created by conductors Evgeny Avksentyev, Sergei Galperin, Nikolai Nekrasov, Anatoly Gus, and musician Vladimir Zhmykhov.
The orchestra's artists also take part in the ensemble's productions. For example, in the suite of Moldovan dances “Hora” and “Chiokirlie” a violinist in national costume plays on stage. “Kalmyk Dance” is accompanied by the sound of a Saratov harmonica, while the orchestra artist is dressed in a tuxedo. The one-act ballet “Night on Bald Mountain” begins with the appearance of a stage orchestra in national Ukrainian costumes.
Studio school
The “Studio School at the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Igor Moiseev” was formed in September 1943 as a training group under the ensemble. It trains artists and is the main source of personnel for replenishing 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, history of music, history of theater, history of ballet, history of painting, 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. Based on genre, all dances are divided into choreographic miniatures, dance paintings, 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 shows the most frequently performed choreographic numbers.
Choreographic miniatures
- Two kids fighting
- Estonian “Polka through the leg”
- Polka-labyrinth
Dance paintings
- Football (music by A. Tsfasman)
- Partisans
- Tobacco
One-act ballets
- At the skating rink (music by I. Strauss)
- Spanish ballad (music by Pablo di Luna)
- Evening at the tavern
Suite of Russian dances
- Girls coming out
- Box
- Grass
- Male dance
- General final
Jewish Suite
- Family joys
Suite of Moldavian 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)
- Men's dance in fours (music by M. Theodorakis)
- General final dance (music by M. Theodorakis)
A Day on a Ship - Fleet Suite
- Emergency
- Engine room
- Chefs dance
- Sailors' dance
- Labor Day
From the series “Pictures of the Past”
- Old town square dance
From the series “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 "Joropo"
- Stoneflies
- Vietnamese dance with bamboo
- Egyptian dance
- Kalmyk dance
- Chinese Ribbon Dance
- Korean dance "Sancheonga"
- 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 “The Road to Dance”
Notes
Literature
- Shamina L.A.; Moiseeva O.I. Igor Moiseev Theater. - Moscow: Tetralis, 2012. - ISBN 978-5-902492-24-5
- Koptelova E.D. Igor Moiseev is an academician and philosopher of dance. - St. Petersburg. : Lan, 2012. - ISBN 978-5-8114-1172-6
- Chudnovsky M.A. Ensemble of Igor Moiseev. - Moscow: Knowledge, 1959.
- Moiseev I.A. I remember... A lifelong tour. - Moscow: Consent, 1996. - ISBN 5-86884-072-0
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 its development is the 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 spectators 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 different countries, and his repertoire serves as a kind of choreographic encyclopedia dance culture 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). 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 a choreographic group of 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 program “The Road to Dance” (“Class Concert”), which clearly shows creative path 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 “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 “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 - “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.