My parents, both from Ukraine. I am very glad that I learned to read, write and speak Ukrainian and I even did Ukrainian dance and sang in a large Ukrainian choir. I still have my costume.
How cool! I am Ukrainian from my Moms side of the family, and I also happily belong to and sing in a Ukrainian Orthodox church. What about you? Was the choir you sang in a church choir?
So jealous: I'm also (1/4) Ukrainian but unfortunately I wasn't taught Ukrainian. My grandmother (who was from Kharkiv) spent most of her life in Georgia and so was used to speaking either Georgian (with an accent) or Russian, the lingua franca of the USSR. Therefore, I grew up speaking English, Georgian and Russian. I still want to learn Ukrainian though of course. My Ukrainian roots are the ones I'm least in touch with.
@Dewy I am fully ukrainian but I grew up In Germany. I am learning ukrainian right now and I am planning to move to Ukraine. But it is a lot of difference between Germany and Ukraine...
I went to watch Ukrainian dancers at Wimbledon Theatre when I was 14 years old, during the very early 1970's. We the audience clapped and shouted 'encore' every time they took their bow and left the stage. They came back 4 or 5 times to do a 'final dance' for us. Then the Manager of the theatre came on stage and said thank you for the appreciation but they had worked very hard, were very tired and could not give another encore so would we all please stop clapping and let them go home. Of course we all realised how selfish we were being in demanding so much of them after they had given us so much of themselves already, and we all became silent and went home, shamefaced at being so greedy. We had never seen anything so marvellous before, you see. We lost our sense of being fair to those incredibly wonder dancers and musicians. They would all have been older than I was, but if by chance someone reading this was one of them then sorry we obliged you to keep returning to the stage and thank you for what you gave us during your tour. If someone reading is the son or daughter of one of the dancers or musicians who made that tour of London in 1970/71 then you can be very proud of your parent who achieved such artistry and skill.
Je les ai vu à Mouscou à la fin.des années 1960.J avais 16 ans et je n oublie pas mon.enthousiasme.j ai encore la petite poupée de danseur que j avais achetée après le spectacle. Plus tard j ai aussi assisté au spectacle des Berioska puis à celui des danseurs géorgiens.
@@anniedessart5011 I am sorry I don't know your language and don't know if yt translates. I have never been able to find a translate button. Thank you anyway for replying. It is appreciated. Best wishes.
@@angr3819 thank you.I.said il.apprecite ukrainien danses. I saw those danses for the first time when i Was joung in Russia It was in the 1965 to 1970.I.also see Russian danses, very nice. SORRY m'y english il not good.
@@anniedessart5011 Thank you for going to the work of translating. Appreciated. I first saw Ukrainian dancing at Wimbledon Theatre in outer London in the very early 1970's. The audience kept clapping and saying 'encore' until they had danced maybe four more times. They were amazing. I would love to watch Russian dancing in a theatre, instead of yt. I think this type of Ukrainian and Russian dancing is more skilful even than ballet, and certainly more energetic. Beyond compare. Best wishes.
Most amazing dance .. and fantasic how around the world cultural gifts like this can be shared. So heartbreaking the country is being reduced to rubble by literally its own brothers.
my mothers side of the family is all Ukrainian and I'm a 3rd generation immigrant, I really wish I had the privilege of learning about my culture but unfortunately not much was passed on through the generations. this was lovely though
Brilliant dance! Greetings from Sibiu, a town located in Southern Transylvania, Romania. I just saw the Sonechko dancers at the XXXXth edition of the International Folk Dances Festival "Cântecele Munţilor/Mountains' Songs".
All moves in Lezginka are mostly based on reflexes, Riverdance, on the other hand, is a totally different class of a dance, choreography for it is very complex. Lezginka is apparently banned in the Russian areas of Russian Federation, as the Russian people are greatly annoyed by it and it leads to violence. There are videos, showing how police arrests Lezginka dancers. But nobody can be annoyed by Hopak or Riverdance.
@@ontop1727 I think that both Irish dance (Riverdance) and Hopak share the same athletic fitness one must have to achieve a good result, but Irish dance tends to be hard on the back for the dancer in question compared to the knees in Hopak. At least, that's what I tell from watching Hopak-videos, being an Irish dancer myself...
Oh my! Oh My! OH MY!!! That was incredible. Timing/choreography/energy/passion and authentic costumes all wrapped up into an extremely High level of presentation. Bravo bravo bravo!!! The Yevshan Dancers could not have done this better.
James, how old are you? Are you in good physical health? I took a Ukrainian dance lesson over the winter and the leg strength I got from squatting and deadlifting allowed me to do a lot of this (well, at least somewhat crappy versions of this. For example, I could jump and touch my toes with my hands, but not get my legs parallel to the ground in the air.) Just a thought if you or anyone else is serious about trying this. It really is a blast!
I stopped dancing when I was eight, my 2 14 year old brothers kept going on to be professionals and can do so many different kind of flips and splits, and they can jump so high too. Plus the sync bit is really hard. Sometime I like to look back on videos like these and see what I missed out on.
Nuts, just nuts, and we all luv it. Thanks 4 posting, our friend, welcome2ukraine. (Ukrainian and Mongolian: Jovano here) Fiery body and soul with UK, and I do not relinquish same. Blessings B unto you and your house. J
You are so right! Its a shame that many old traditions are dying but there are still many young people who want to include them and their richness in their celebrations.
СЛАВА УКРАЇНСЬКІЙ НАЙПРЕКРАСНІЙШІЙ І НЕЗЛАМНІЙ ТАЛАНОВИТІЙ💙💛💙💛 МУЖНІЙ ГЕРОЇЧНІЙ НАЦІЇ!! 💙💛💙💛 Я УКРАЇНКА,- КОРІННА УКРАЇНСЬКА КРИМЧАНКА,- Я , ЦИМ ПИШАЮСЬ!! СЛАВА ЗСУ💙💛 СЛАВА СБУ💙💛 СЛАВА ГУР!!💙💛 УКРАЇНАКРИМЯЛТА💙💛
Took a intro class on Ukrainian dancing over the winter. Not super complicated, but what a fun and athletic challenge! I would definitely try to learn more if we had it in my area (Albany, NY).
Your nation is fighting to preserve freedom, democracy and civilisation from the forces of darkness. You have my respect. Stay strong, live long. Slava Ukraine!
My soul is within the UK people with love. Thanks, Natalie. for echoing my soul. I may B Russian, but I love my UK brothers and sisters in this aggression. Remember, brothers and sisters that music delivers the spears of love. Bang, bang, bang........................................
Я Коссака. Не зв'язуйтеся зі мною, ви ненавидите. Яке чудове виконання. Благословення з Самарканда. LOL LOL LOL зі свистками і любові. Я, звичайно, розумію.
I remember when I did hopak. It wasn't like this though. Our group was smaller and it was my first year dancing with the older kids. I sucked at dancing then.
does anybody know where on the internet i can learn to do hopak? i'm doing it for a project on ukraine and i would love to do hopak for the visual aid presentation
It's not so easy as it looks. You have to master it for years. For example, that crouching kick-forward stance called "cossack-style" - I was able to do only after 3 years of hard training.
I am an Austrian with a lot experience in dancing. My wife is from the Ukrain. Someone an idea. where to find traditional folkdances WITHOUT ballet and choreography? We start an ukrain evening with singing and I would so much like to do some easy dances - as all other countries do have! So just some very easy traditional basic form and music, which is possible to dance od hoc :-)
Wolfgang Lhotka This type of dance is based a lot upon military style dance of kozaks, so there isn't really an easy version. Even without choreography these dances aren't easy. There are easier dances though which are sorta like polkas, but they aren't as recognizably Ukrainian. You could try a kolomeyka, as it's a popular dance from western Ukraine for social gatherings (I assume though that the thing you were planning has already happened, so I guess just take this for future suggestion.)
What's the song in 2:25? Reminds me "Nalivaymo Brattia" or "Katiusza" a bit :) Sorry if bad names of these songs, but I am from Poland. Greeting, brothers!
well i dance in such ..we call it Tovarestvo...its not whriten corectly cuse its in english.:D....and i would like if we could dance like this...soo great moves
My parents, both from Ukraine. I am very glad that I learned to read, write and speak Ukrainian and I even did Ukrainian dance and sang in a large Ukrainian choir. I still have my costume.
How cool! I am
Ukrainian from my Moms side of the family, and I also happily belong to and
sing in a Ukrainian Orthodox church. What about you? Was the choir you sang in a church choir?
@@ryanm7249 4 years ago and 4 months ago, when i you will be 8 months ago i will be 4 months ago huehue
So jealous: I'm also (1/4) Ukrainian but unfortunately I wasn't taught Ukrainian. My grandmother (who was from Kharkiv) spent most of her life in Georgia and so was used to speaking either Georgian (with an accent) or Russian, the lingua franca of the USSR. Therefore, I grew up speaking English, Georgian and Russian. I still want to learn Ukrainian though of course. My Ukrainian roots are the ones I'm least in touch with.
@Dewy I am fully ukrainian but I grew up In Germany. I am learning ukrainian right now and I am planning to move to Ukraine. But it is a lot of difference between Germany and Ukraine...
💙💛💪💪✌✊✊✌💙💛
I went to watch Ukrainian dancers at Wimbledon Theatre when I was 14 years old, during the very early 1970's. We the audience clapped and shouted 'encore' every time they took their bow and left the stage. They came back 4 or 5 times to do a 'final dance' for us. Then the Manager of the theatre came on stage and said thank you for the appreciation but they had worked very hard, were very tired and could not give another encore so would we all please stop clapping and let them go home. Of course we all realised how selfish we were being in demanding so much of them after they had given us so much of themselves already, and we all became silent and went home, shamefaced at being so greedy. We had never seen anything so marvellous before, you see. We lost our sense of being fair to those incredibly wonder dancers and musicians.
They would all have been older than I was, but if by chance someone reading this was one of them then sorry we obliged you to keep returning to the stage and thank you for what you gave us during your tour.
If someone reading is the son or daughter of one of the dancers or musicians who made that tour of London in 1970/71 then you can be very proud of your parent who achieved such artistry and skill.
Je les ai vu à Mouscou à la fin.des années 1960.J avais 16 ans et je n oublie pas mon.enthousiasme.j ai encore la petite poupée de danseur que j avais achetée après le spectacle. Plus tard j ai aussi assisté au spectacle des Berioska puis à celui des danseurs géorgiens.
@@anniedessart5011 I am sorry I don't know your language and don't know if yt translates. I have never been able to find a translate button. Thank you anyway for replying. It is appreciated. Best wishes.
@@angr3819 thank you.I.said il.apprecite ukrainien danses. I saw those danses for the first time when i Was joung in Russia It was in the 1965 to 1970.I.also see Russian danses, very nice. SORRY m'y english il not good.
@@anniedessart5011 Thank you for going to the work of translating. Appreciated. I first saw Ukrainian dancing at Wimbledon Theatre in outer London in the very early 1970's. The audience kept clapping and saying 'encore' until they had danced maybe four more times. They were amazing. I would love to watch Russian dancing in a theatre, instead of yt. I think this type of Ukrainian and Russian dancing is more skilful even than ballet, and certainly more energetic. Beyond compare. Best wishes.
@@angr3819 thank you.have a nice day.
very beautiful. Long live Ukraine
And ballet was born
Easy to see how it would evolve from this historic form of dancing
Beautiful 🤩
Слава Україні🇺🇦
Most amazing dance .. and fantasic how around the world cultural gifts like this can be shared. So heartbreaking the country is being reduced to rubble by literally its own brothers.
Slava Ukraini 💙💛
Yeah! Thanks for the love!
my mothers side of the family is all Ukrainian and I'm a 3rd generation immigrant, I really wish I had the privilege of learning about my culture but unfortunately not much was passed on through the generations. this was lovely though
There are troops in north America. If you live in a American city there is a chance a troop could be there to teach you.
predivno brati ukrajinci-pozdrav iz hrvatcke
Hrvatcke bratske
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦❤️❤️🇬🇧
Героям Слава!🇺🇦❤🇬🇧✌
Fighting on behalf of freedom, democracy and civilisation against the forces of oppression and darkness.
Ukraine, live long, stay strong.
НАВІКИ СЛАВА💙💛 УКРАЇНАКРИМЯЛТА 💙💛СЛАВА ЗСУ💙💛
fantastic, love ukraine wonderfull
wakes my soul and heart
Brilliant dance! Greetings from Sibiu, a town located in Southern Transylvania, Romania. I just saw the Sonechko dancers at the XXXXth edition of the International Folk Dances Festival "Cântecele Munţilor/Mountains' Songs".
Blessings, Mr Sibianul, at least vlad hasn't invaded love. Blessings !
My father father was Ukrainian cossack,, this dance out standing dance. excellent i break few bones and muscles trying that dance out wow hahaha
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I thought the Romanians had a high energy folk dance but this is lit AF. I saw similar dance moves from the Norway folk dances.
you should watch lezginka
All moves in Lezginka are mostly based on reflexes, Riverdance, on the other hand, is a totally different class of a dance, choreography for it is very complex. Lezginka is apparently banned in the Russian areas of Russian Federation, as the Russian people are greatly annoyed by it and it leads to violence. There are videos, showing how police arrests Lezginka dancers. But nobody can be annoyed by Hopak or Riverdance.
@@ontop1727 I think that both Irish dance (Riverdance) and Hopak share the same athletic fitness one must have to achieve a good result, but Irish dance tends to be hard on the back for the dancer in question compared to the knees in Hopak. At least, that's what I tell from watching Hopak-videos, being an Irish dancer myself...
I came here because of Lomachenko
Omni-King Zeno Loma the Great!
Me too
Omni-King Zeno same here!!!
Now we understand how that foot work was developed. Really doing this every day for 3 to 5 years can be a good base for a beginner.
hahaah
Мои дорогие люди, спасибо вам всем! Я вами горжусь! Я горжусь, что я украинка!
For English speakers, that is. (I translated this btw.)
*My dear people, thank you all! I'm proud! I am proud to be Ukrainian.*
Stay proud! Your people are defending freedom, democracy and civilisation against the forces of darkness.
When you look at things like Disco Fox they look almost mechanic but this here is pure joy.
Btw it's 2022 and the Ukrain fights for it's liberty🇺🇦
You have to be in your 20s to perform like these young people
Ukrainian is one of the greatest forms of dancing, really regret not continuing it from childhood.
that was impressive. Most Impressive.
Oh my! Oh My! OH MY!!! That was incredible. Timing/choreography/energy/passion and authentic costumes all wrapped up into an extremely High level of presentation. Bravo bravo bravo!!! The Yevshan Dancers could not have done this better.
I wish so badly my parents had put me in Ukrainian dancing lessons…I would do anything to be able to pull these moves in a dance circle
AMAZING OUTSTANDING !
I;m not ukranian but my children r gonna learn how to dance to that xD it's so good i dont get tiered of watching it
The day I'm able to do this, I'll consider my life complete.
I'll also hurt, like alot
If you dance for 5 years maybe.
That's how long I've been dancing
James, how old are you? Are you in good physical health? I took a Ukrainian dance lesson over the winter and the leg strength I got from squatting and deadlifting allowed me to do a lot of this (well, at least somewhat crappy versions of this. For example, I could jump and touch my toes with my hands, but not get my legs parallel to the ground in the air.) Just a thought if you or anyone else is serious about trying this. It really is a blast!
Yep it'll hurt till you get used to it
I imagine how much time they spent learning this choreography.
I learned a 6 minute dance and it wasn't to difficult
I am talking about these crazy af moves. I have been doing exercises for a few months, and I still cant jump as high as they do.
I stopped dancing when I was eight, my 2 14 year old brothers kept going on to be professionals and can do so many different kind of flips and splits, and they can jump so high too. Plus the sync bit is really hard. Sometime I like to look back on videos like these and see what I missed out on.
Fuck 100years corrupt criminal nazi shit ukraine, aids centre
It depends on what the dance is.
Amazing😮! ❤🎉 Are the dancers gymnasts too? All of them got incredible stamina doing those highly energetic dance moves. A million thanks to you.
Слава Україні!🇺🇦✌️🔱🩵💛
Love this dance!!!
All other European dances are boring af. This one gives life!!!!
Have u seen irish dancing? It is not boring at all
Wrong
Love Ukraine, Bravo!
Beautiful and so HIGH ENERGY🌻🌻
Ukraine rules
So awesome. I love this.
#Cossacks Awesome #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine 💙💛🌹
Que maravillosa expresión artística me encantó.
Hands down my favourite Hopak!
Brilliant.
Nuts, just nuts, and we all luv it. Thanks 4 posting, our friend, welcome2ukraine. (Ukrainian and Mongolian: Jovano here) Fiery body and soul with UK, and I do not relinquish same. Blessings B unto you and your house. J
How coud a people like that lose? No way/. Thanks so much for great show/.
My Pop was from Ukraine God save Ukraine!
слава Україні🇺🇦
used to dance ukrainian, Loved it!
You are so right! Its a shame that many old traditions are dying but there are still many young people who want to include them and their richness in their celebrations.
СЛАВА УКРАЇНСЬКІЙ НАЙПРЕКРАСНІЙШІЙ І НЕЗЛАМНІЙ ТАЛАНОВИТІЙ💙💛💙💛 МУЖНІЙ ГЕРОЇЧНІЙ НАЦІЇ!! 💙💛💙💛 Я УКРАЇНКА,- КОРІННА УКРАЇНСЬКА КРИМЧАНКА,- Я , ЦИМ ПИШАЮСЬ!! СЛАВА ЗСУ💙💛 СЛАВА СБУ💙💛 СЛАВА ГУР!!💙💛 УКРАЇНАКРИМЯЛТА💙💛
So energetic-proud to be Ukrainian
I would like to dance like that. I'm from El Salvador 100% but love ukrane
Love from Canada
Ukrainian dance Hopak by Sonechko (Zhytomyr, Ukraine) (229)
Took a intro class on Ukrainian dancing over the winter. Not super complicated, but what a fun and athletic challenge! I would definitely try to learn more if we had it in my area (Albany, NY).
this just made me keep watching and watching...
I did Ukrainian Dance for 3 Now And still!
love love love hopak. And my national anthem... Blessings b unto these athletes.
i do ukranian danceing alot. We are not as good as this because where not as big i guess. but its realy good and im impressed.
Молодці слава Україні
So gorgeous !
Ukrainian hopak is actually a descendant of the Cossack martial art, which was banned at one time, and was disguised as a dance
The name of the dance comes from the exclamation "hop!"
Thank you
Beautiful !
this makes me proud to be Ukrainian
Your nation is fighting to preserve freedom, democracy and civilisation from the forces of darkness.
You have my respect.
Stay strong, live long.
Slava Ukraine!
Precioso!!!!! Color y destreza inigualables!
So proud to be a Ukrainian watching this!
same!
Awsome performance .You are fantastic.
Поки жива культура доти безсмертна велика УКРАЇНСЬКА НАЦІЯ
Amazing.
Молодці! Дуже майстерно. А синхронність просто вражає
My soul is within the UK people with love. Thanks, Natalie. for echoing my soul.
I may B Russian, but I love my UK brothers and sisters in this aggression. Remember, brothers and sisters that music delivers the spears of love. Bang, bang, bang........................................
Bravo, bravo, bravissimo !
Гарно❤🇺🇦
god i love how there are so many guys in that group.....
I get out of breath just watching them.
My dad was from Ukraine. I am Ukrainian. Today is my birthday
Я Коссака. Не зв'язуйтеся зі мною, ви ненавидите. Яке чудове виконання. Благословення з Самарканда. LOL LOL LOL зі свистками і любові. Я, звичайно, розумію.
One of my favs. What athleticity and spirit. I'm gonna go and eat some perogies, also.
Actually, this is so good. Also it looks so hard, to be honest I would like to dance like that.
Very nice Choreography, and beautiful female dancers, but I didn't see any of the fast "Leg exchanges" under the upper body!
I remember when I did hopak. It wasn't like this though. Our group was smaller and it was my first year dancing with the older kids. I sucked at dancing then.
does anybody know where on the internet i can learn to do hopak? i'm doing it for a project on ukraine and i would love to do hopak for the visual aid presentation
It's not so easy as it looks. You have to master it for years. For example, that crouching kick-forward stance called "cossack-style" - I was able to do only after 3 years of hard training.
Fantastic! The mlynok around 2mins is perfect :)
I am an Austrian with a lot experience in dancing. My wife is from the Ukrain. Someone an idea. where to find traditional folkdances WITHOUT ballet and choreography? We start an ukrain evening with singing and I would so much like to do some easy dances - as all other countries do have! So just some very easy traditional basic form and music, which is possible to dance od hoc :-)
Wolfgang Lhotka This type of dance is based a lot upon military style dance of kozaks, so there isn't really an easy version. Even without choreography these dances aren't easy. There are easier dances though which are sorta like polkas, but they aren't as recognizably Ukrainian. You could try a kolomeyka, as it's a popular dance from western Ukraine for social gatherings (I assume though that the thing you were planning has already happened, so I guess just take this for future suggestion.)
this is my new favorite dance
All potential world class boxers is what I see.
Lmao😂😂👍👍
Preciosos mucho mucho amor y muchas oraciones
КРАСАВЫ...!!!!!!!
David Lee Roth was of Ukrainian descent. I think 3:00 explains it all.
Чудово!
Красавчики !
Wow, very sharp. Well done.
Its good but dont remember Georgian dance ❤️🇬🇪🥇
Yes bro Georgian dance is a best in the world but Ukrainian dance is alsoo good
Amazing ! 3:40-3:52 They're far beyond human.
Fascinating
Is ballet nowdays style is based on Ukrainian dance?? fantastic!!:)
3:42 When you go beach and sand is like fire.
Орлы, красавцы!!!
these guys are good, judging by how good the younger guys are im guessing they must be from Ukraine... does anyone know what group this is?
Very nice
Cупер! Молодці!!!
What's the song in 2:25? Reminds me "Nalivaymo Brattia" or "Katiusza" a bit :) Sorry if bad names of these songs, but I am from Poland. Greeting, brothers!
"zasvystaly kozachenky" i tried spelling it, if you earch it up you should be able to find it
Im to from poland . Katyusha
Amazing performances! (Knee replacements in process unfortunately).
Україна жива і живе
Шикарная постановка гопака....какой труд и талант у танцующих...
Постановка дуже погана. Українського тільки костюми.
well i dance in such ..we call it Tovarestvo...its not whriten corectly cuse its in english.:D....and i would like if we could dance like this...soo great moves