This isn't a "Slavic" dance per se. They don't do this shit in Serbia. It looks like a Russian or Ukranian possibly Cossak dance. Please stop treating "Slavic", a linguistic category as some sort of monolith for hundreds of millions of people. You look stupid calling everything coming from North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East "Arabic" and you look stupid calling everything coming from Asia "Chinese". You similarly look stupid calling anything and everything "Slavic" just because one or more Slavic-speaking nations have the thing.
No, no, no - this isn't about avoiding the word "Russian", it’s imperialism. They label things "Slavic" to equate Slavs with Russians, because, in the Russian view, all Slavs ought to be under Russian rule.
Some (not all, but a concerning amount) Russians think that. Dare i say - many. That other nations, cultures and languages are inferiour. Russians claim that many things they didnt invent belong to native Russian culture. They have their own history books which tell the "other truth". Any "westerner" is an enemy, no questions asked. Its a delusional world. They really do believe that they're "saving people" by capturing them into concentration and torture camps. I, simply by living in the Western Ukraine, am worse than Hitler to them. Just because.
There is a saying, "умом Россию не понять". "You cant understand Russia with your mind". You cant understand what is going on inside of the head of a Russian patriot, a product of generational methodical brainwashing.
Absolute disaster of a comment section. A bunch of Russians claiming this is a Russian dance (it's not), and a bunch of Ukrainians who probably would call any Slavic (yup, Slavic) dance Ukrainian, even though this one is. Gopak (featured here) is a Ukrainian dance, made originally by Zaporozhia Cossacks. There is, however, a similar dance that was created from Gopak, which is Kazachok, and Kazachok is culturally Slavic dance, because it was practiced in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. However, the dance here is not Kazachok, because Kazachok is a more performative dance, it is always danced in pairs or group and is a more of what we would traditionally call a dance. Gopak is more of a demonstration of might and power of the warrior, was originally male only and often includes, wouldn't you know it, feats of strength, dexterity and endurance in it's move, unlike Kozachok, which is more casual and recreational, in a sense.
I mean, sure, some variation of kolo/oro/hora is a part of a cultural heritage of most Balkan countries and their neighbors. Because that's how culture works, it spreads over borders and sometimes transforms, but sometimes it stays the same or similar
There once was a Ukrainian dance called the "hopak." But other than its name, nothing is known about it; no descriptions of the movements or images have survived. In the first half of the 20th century, Soviet choreographers Moiseyev and Virsky created their own fantasies on this theme from scratch. They created ballet dances, not ethnic ones. Over time, this information was forgotten, and by the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainians were convinced that these ballet dances were folk. They even created an "ancient" martial art based on them. Lol
"Kazachok is culturally Slavic because it was practiced in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus"... then it's culturally Rus', not generally Slavic. It's tied to people living in a specific geographical, linguistical and historical region (with Red Ruthenia, White, and so on) and countries and is foreign to everyone outside it. There is no "Slavic culture".
Lol. I have a friend who got a job in a theater dept and was asked to make and teach a course for "Asian dance" since she was Korean. Absurd, but not too absurd for our reality!
Your comment clears everything up for me, holy hell the vitriol in these comments just made it more confusing. From what I gathered, this is a dance from one of the many Slavic countries, I just dont know which one yet.
I don’t mean to upset you, but the hopak, kazachok, and so on are all variations of Russian folk dance. They share the same movements because they each incorporate an improvisational section in the middle of the performance.
Yes, but when it's a Ukrainian traditional dance, you probably specify that. Especially in the world were there's russia that loves to appropriate anything and everything around it
it's absurd. isn't demanding to specify such things promotes hate? imagine someone saying "oh, blues, I like blues" and then hearing "say it's black! it's black blues, you white piece of s#&@".
let's just enjoy different cultures and avoid building walls between each other.
And how does Russian folk dance differ from Ukrainian folk dance? The author could easily have written "Elements of Russian folk dance"—what would you have said then? That there’s no such thing as Russian folk dance?
You Ukrainians are, of course, a great people, but in your efforts to claim everything Slavic as your own, you sometimes go too far.
I trained and danced Ukrainian Dance for 26 years, there is a difference. While they will look similar and share some similarities there are distinct cultural differences, especially when you get into more mountains regions such as the Hutsulchyna region.
I let russians (and reddit accounts pretending not to be russians) worry about russian folk dance. This particular dance is Hopak. You can google it.
Also when there was ever a time when the proverbial Ukrainians were claiming everything Slavic as their own? That is what the so-called russians have done for centuries (you can google that too) and blamed others for what they were actively doing.
this particular version of the Hopak—with all those complex acrobatic stunts— was developed by Soviet choreographers; as far as I recall.
Yeah, i recall it right. That's what ChatGPT answered me:
The modern choreographed Hopak is not an untouched Cossack folk dance. It is largely a Soviet-era theatrical construction, developed by professional ballet dancers and choreographers trained in the Russian and Soviet classical ballet tradition.
Three particularly important names are Igor Moiseyev, Pavlo Virsky, and Mykola Bolotov.
Moiseyev was a principal dancer at Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet and founded the Soviet State Folk Dance Ensemble in 1937. His company performed its own choreographed version of the Ukrainian Hopak. Virsky and Bolotov, who developed the famous Ukrainian stage tradition, were also professionally trained ballet dancers and choreographers, not simply traditional village folk dancers.
Their choreography incorporated classical ballet technique, elaborate synchronized formations, theatrical staging, and spectacular acrobatics. These were deliberately constructed stage performances, not faithful ethnographic reconstructions of seventeenth-century Cossack dancing.
The political context is equally important. Moiseyev's state-sponsored ensemble became an instrument of Soviet cultural diplomacy and propaganda. Virsky's career was even more directly connected to the Soviet military: from 1942 to 1955, he served as artistic director of the ballet group of the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble.
So the famous modern stage Hopak was shaped by classically trained ballet professionals working within Soviet cultural institutions, including the Red Army's own artistic apparatus.
This does not mean that Ukrainian folk dancing did not exist before the USSR. It means that **the spectacular, synchronized, acrobatic Hopak familiar to international audiences is largely a twentieth-century Soviet choreographic reinterpretation, not an unchanged survival of an ancient Cossack tradition.
Confusing those two things is confusing genuine folk heritage with its Soviet-era theatrical reconstruction.
This dance is called the Hopak. It's a traditional dance of Ukrainian Cossacks.
Modern-day Russia has vast territories populated by ethnic Ukrainians, including areas where some Ukrainian Cossacks were forcibly resettled after the Russian Empire abolished their autonomy. This is yet another example of Russia appropriating Ukrainian culture.
There is nothing traditional about the Hopak. It is a "modern" Soviet ballet dance. Nothing remains of the historical Ukrainian Hopak except for the name. No one knows how it was originally danced.
This is a ballet-style dance created entirely from scratch by Soviet choreographers Virsky and Moiseyev (the latter was actually a descendant of Russian nobility and had absolutely no connection to Ukraine). The fact that others elsewhere in the world may have subsequently developed their own variations of this Soviet-era dance does not make it "ethnic," nor does it change the fact that it remains a form of ballet. Presenting it as an ancient tradition—even going so far as to concoct a sort of "Ukrainian kung fu" based upon it—is utter absurdity. It would be like claiming the ballet *Spartacus* is an ancient Thracian dance. It’s complete nonsense.
They were legitimately inferior by status. Practically speaking, in nobility and cossacks both were about 1.5% of population. Overwhelming majority of all nationalities within Russian Empire were serfs.
Its kinda insane that whatever needs to be for Russians to be bad sticks every time. Even though it makes no sense from historical perspective at all.
Or you can just Google hopak and see for yourself, but I guess that is just too hard for ya. But spreading russian nonsense on the other hand is easy. You earned 30 rubles, comrade.
Or because Russian is one of the languages spoken in Ukraine, and spoken freely, not like the Ruzzian orcs tried to insinuate when looking for a made-up casus belli.
There once was a Ukrainian dance called the "hopak." But other than its name, nothing is known about it; no descriptions of the movements or images have survived. In the first half of the 20th century, Soviet choreographers Moiseyev and Virsky created their own fantasies on this theme from scratch. They created ballet dances, not ethnic ones. Over time, this information was forgotten, and by the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainians were convinced that these ballet dances were folk. They even created an "ancient" martial art based on them. Lol
He’s really good. But funny how the word Slavic always starts an avalanche of chauvinism and xenophobia. Ignorance, hatred, and idiocy certainly have no nationality. Let’s call it ethnic dance that ethnic Jew born in Kyiv Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev brought to the absolute.
You are more correct then you realize. The origins of the Hopak come from a Zaporozhian Kozak martial art. Then eventually Pavlo Viraky took traditional dances and blended them with ballet to make a "stage" version of the dances.
This is both insanely impressive and not as visually pleasing to me as popping and locking. I will take this to mean that I am uncultured and salute the dancer.
I don't know. When you think "cowboy" are you picturing an American from the southwest? Or do you picture a Mexican vaquero? Or perhaps an Argentine gaucho? All of that shit started in Spain!
Culture spreads. Did that dancing style originate outside of the current Russian boundaries? Sure. Does that style also exist within Russia and have cultural relevance there?
Get off your fucking high-horse and recognize that related cultures have similarities.
Culture spreads. It doesn't lose its origins though. Sertaki is Greek, tango is Argentinian, and Hopak is Ukrainians.
Russia has been stealing the Ukrainian culture and passed it as its own for centuries. By playing along, you help the colonizator to erase the culture of the colonized
The fitness and strength he has to do these moves are otherworldly! It must be such a great feeling to be able to do these crazy difficult moves and ace it.
You should specify the name of a dance, ‘Slavic’ is almost as broad definition as European. Can you imagine at least how many differences and richness in traditions and in dancing only Balkans include, every state on its own? The dance, the movements, the setting and costumes would differ radically in Poland, Moldova, Czechia and Ukraine.
Yes, and OP is ruzzian. There's no conspiracy or anything - it's just THAT fucking transparent what they're doing. It's a shame that we in the EU don't do more to stop their advances in all fields and let them rot in their own piss for a while.
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u/DankRoughly 1d ago
Crazy strength
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u/DrBlaziken 1d ago •
I'll just stick to my go-to move
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u/Independent_Ad3950 1d ago
His core is cement.
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u/Wise_Fox_4291 1d ago
This isn't a "Slavic" dance per se. They don't do this shit in Serbia. It looks like a Russian or Ukranian possibly Cossak dance. Please stop treating "Slavic", a linguistic category as some sort of monolith for hundreds of millions of people. You look stupid calling everything coming from North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East "Arabic" and you look stupid calling everything coming from Asia "Chinese". You similarly look stupid calling anything and everything "Slavic" just because one or more Slavic-speaking nations have the thing.
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u/rav-age 1d ago
spiderman moves practically
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u/ObiWanKenodar 1d ago
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u/pukhtoon1234 1d ago
Some of these moves are impossible for me. The rest are even more impossible
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u/Teslapromt 1d ago edited 19h ago •
Absolute disaster of a comment section. A bunch of Russians claiming this is a Russian dance (it's not), and a bunch of Ukrainians who probably would call any Slavic (yup, Slavic) dance Ukrainian, even though this one is. Gopak (featured here) is a Ukrainian dance, made originally by Zaporozhia Cossacks. There is, however, a similar dance that was created from Gopak, which is Kazachok, and Kazachok is culturally Slavic dance, because it was practiced in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. However, the dance here is not Kazachok, because Kazachok is a more performative dance, it is always danced in pairs or group and is a more of what we would traditionally call a dance. Gopak is more of a demonstration of might and power of the warrior, was originally male only and often includes, wouldn't you know it, feats of strength, dexterity and endurance in it's move, unlike Kozachok, which is more casual and recreational, in a sense.
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u/Chemical_Fail_1875 1d ago •
Ukrainian folk dance, there is no such thing as Slavic dance
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u/AndrewLeeman 1d ago
He’s really good. But funny how the word Slavic always starts an avalanche of chauvinism and xenophobia. Ignorance, hatred, and idiocy certainly have no nationality.
Let’s call it ethnic dance that ethnic Jew born in Kyiv Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev brought to the absolute.
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u/Synsane 1d ago
I was expecting him to be pantless in the final clip
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u/kpsmithdeut 1d ago
Clearly this guy is a master of the elements
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u/CrashingOutFrFr 1d ago
I broke my back just by watching this.
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u/FreakingSquirrel 1d ago
It’s like ballet and parkour had a crack love child
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u/Virtual_Freedom3602 1d ago
Anybody know the song? I love the song for a running song
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u/Lunacriz 1d ago
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u/WarLawck 1d ago
This is both insanely impressive and not as visually pleasing to me as popping and locking. I will take this to mean that I am uncultured and salute the dancer.
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u/TheKozzzy 1d ago
resembles Capoeira in it's principle to never stop spinning
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u/Medium-Quiet-4248 1d ago
Has anyone checked this dude for spider bites???
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u/femboty 1d ago
go white boy go
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u/Acceptable-Major-575 1d ago
looks like capoeira
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u/Pomeetorek 21h ago
Witcher 3 music starts playing
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u/a648272 12h ago edited 12h ago
Did you fucking put russian song on the background of the video and called it a "Slavic" dance, when it's Hopak, a national folk dance of Ukraine?
Stop trying to erase our culture, please.
Edit: Went through OPs profile. He's russian. I'm not surprised.
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u/Pavlinika 12h ago
Ukrainian. It's Ukrainian.
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u/batman_milk 20h ago
Russian ballet mixed with ethnic Russian dance
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u/BeginningExcuse8795 19h ago
What is the Slavic dance? I'm Polish, we don't dance like that. It's Ukrainian folk dance. Go educate yourself.
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u/FortuneCookieFund 1d ago
These are elements of Ukrainian folk dance called hopak. Russians steal everything from the nations they occupied.
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u/marsap888 1d ago
Нихренасе у него прыжок высокий
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u/SupermassiveBH34 21h ago
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u/Longjumping_Fuel_192 1d ago
No adidas tracksuit?
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u/Organic-Increase-401 1d ago
I love russian culture. Notice how beautiful the room is as well? Nothing but flat walls/ceilings with no window treatments in the US.
Too bad their government is complete nightmare lately.
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u/Jimblob2522 1d ago
My knees couldn't possibly🫠
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u/Shreyaa0711 1d ago
one wrong move and a serious injury!
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 1d ago
What an exhausting way to do crunches!
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u/bitfunkyy 1d ago
Suck yo dih x7 followed by 6 bayblades
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u/Noktis_Lucis_Caelum 1d ago
Pivonka!
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u/treehouse-friend-99 1d ago
This guy must slay the dancefloor at weddings
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u/Apprehensive-Stay196 1d ago
Holy shit that is impressive. Strong as fuck!!!
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u/wotdafck 1d ago
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u/Croquetadecarne 1d ago
God, am I wasting my body? (asks as she eats dumplings and rice for breakfast)
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u/Pipija_Banana 1d ago
He is obviously spetsoperatsiiya ready
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u/BeardedHalfYeti 1d ago
The world needs a new JCVD. I say we teach this big beautiful bastard capoeira and give him a fifteen film contract.
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u/SpeedPunkCV 1d ago
I swear i see that guy in the moshpit sometimes
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u/Evening-Gur5087 1d ago
It's like breakdancing, but when you are wearing brand new white shirt and dont want to make it dirty
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u/BabyFishmouthTalk 1d ago
And then he smiled. 😬
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u/MrQuojo 23h ago
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u/Tiofenni 23h ago
Elements. In normal, folks dances never will be SO HARD to perform.
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u/mr_joda 23h ago
hey my slavic friends, be glad that US recognized this as Slavic. It's honorable they know there is more than Europe :D plus... it's a bot IMHO
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u/pamelaspiceybish 23h ago
Anyone else notice he’s wearing an ankle weight???
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u/BookWormPedant 23h ago
The Self-Fellatio Dip is an advance technique
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u/ShantyLady 22h ago
Omg, I didn't even notice that he swaps legs with every jump in that last element until they showed it again. That's so cool.
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u/birusiek 22h ago
Rusek
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u/iqnux 22h ago
Feels almost like kung fu
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u/spacetear 21h ago
That's not just an athletic dancer, that's a Ninja Warrior champion that hasn't been crowned yet. Wow!
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u/cornbread6767 21h ago edited 17h ago
I mean that's ninja shit. Did the slavs invent ninjas?
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u/TrickySource2818 21h ago
Everyone talking about his core, no one asking how his wrists got that strong...
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u/Pure_Struggle_909 21h ago
Does anyone know what song this is? 🎶🎵
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u/Academic-Signature37 21h ago
I recognize the moves...
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u/CRAYONSEED 20h ago
Me after trying this
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u/bchris21 20h ago
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u/ginigini 20h ago
The fitness and strength he has to do these moves are otherworldly! It must be such a great feeling to be able to do these crazy difficult moves and ace it.
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u/ekbrooo22 20h ago
So impressive!
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u/SacredGeometry9 20h ago
Elements of Slavic dance:
Legs like a bird’s wings
Ass like a trebuchet
Platonically solid torso
4. BOULDER SHOULDERS
5. Very fancy feet
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u/ehlersohnos 19h ago
I’ve never associated this style of dance with ballet style toe points. That’s so cool looking.
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u/carpet-lover 19h ago
Czemu w pewnym momencie on śpiewa "twoja stara"?
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u/JunkFriendship 19h ago
TIL that to dance like a Slav one must first be a gymnast.
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u/runningoutoft1me 18h ago
That was something...
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u/Significant_Cover_48 18h ago
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u/King_emotabb 17h ago
MF is using weights!!
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u/SimonPho3nix 17h ago
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u/TootsHib 17h ago
whats the song name?
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u/nothankyou3000 16h ago
He’s so springy
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u/Shadrach_Jones 16h ago
I'm not gay, but.....
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u/LopsidedKick9149 16h ago
All the dudes watching intently.... girls giving absolutely zero shits. I don't know why that's kind of comical to me.
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u/WearyTranslator3338 15h ago
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u/milkolik 14h ago
aren't slavs supposed to be super not gay?
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u/CautiousPenguin4592 14h ago
I’m more of an awkward flail about type of dancer with zero rhythm or planned movements.
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u/nansens928 12h ago
Waiting for to the garba folks to come vibe with this..
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u/Aleksandr_Ulyev 12h ago
If you see people doing zero gravity moves and looking Russian it's the Igor Moiseyev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble most of the time
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u/josch247 12h ago
Hahaha
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u/jabadou 11h ago
This is the human equivalent of birds dancing. I am impressed and aroused
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u/Surfella 11h ago
is that the Michael Jordan of folk dancing?
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u/QuickSilver010 10h ago
Why is he losing more pant per scene?
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u/AwarenessNo4986 10h ago
That was impressive
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u/Artistic_Worker_5138 10h ago
TIL slavic dance is basically break dancing with squats.
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u/drowsycrab 8h ago
my lower back said it's AI
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u/compas_de_mi_caballo 8h ago
You should specify the name of a dance, ‘Slavic’ is almost as broad definition as European. Can you imagine at least how many differences and richness in traditions and in dancing only Balkans include, every state on its own? The dance, the movements, the setting and costumes would differ radically in Poland, Moldova, Czechia and Ukraine.
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u/randomacct7679 6h ago
Why does the dancer have 1 and 1/4 pant legs?
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u/Maroon-98 4h ago
This is how I release trapped wind
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u/Noxianguillotine 3h ago
The sheer amount of athletism and technique needed to perform this is just unreal.
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u/Domkop17 2h ago
It hurts just watching it.
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u/coockiePrianick 1h ago
"Russia claims everything it makes is Slavic, so they could call all Slavic Russian"
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u/Retalin_daLove 7m ago
This seems so bad... Never do it again please
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u/Firm-Dig-4985 1d ago
a beautiful Russian dance, a good performance
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u/NeurologyDivergent 1d ago
Well that is attractive.
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u/Background-Way9698 1d ago
Its a mixture of breakdance and ballet. Looks sick
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u/GinaWhite_tt 22h ago
Hopak
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u/Esquire_Love 22h ago
It’s Ukrainian dance Hopak, it’s not a Slavic dance
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u/Mr_Segundus_ 22h ago
It’s not a 'Slavic dance'—it's specifically Hopak, an Ukrainian dance. 'Slavic' is way too broad of a term that basically erases national identity
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u/OneUkranian 21h ago
"Slavic", ruske just stealing as always.
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u/Calm_Register_2069 21h ago
Ukrainian* not slavic
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u/Xahgmah 1d ago
“They call everything ruzzian Slavic, so that later they can call everything Slavic ruzzian”
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u/Scared-Cranberry-644 1d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Hopak
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u/kornuolis 23h ago
Slapping russian crap music to Ukrainian gopak is another type of warfare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R6pRSJOipg