Belarusian folk dance (Belarusian: Беларускі народны танец) is a Belarusian folk dance art, presented in the form of folk domestic or staged scenic dance.[1][2] The history of Belarus and efforts to preserve Belarusian traditions have shaped the dances in use today, which have many ancient and archaic elements.[3] These dances started to form in the 14th century, and originated in East Slavic rites. In the middle of the 19th century, traditional folk dancing began to merge with quadrilles and polkas from Western Europe.
The Belarusian folk dances are divided into three groups: illustrative, playful, and ornamental. Belarusian choreographer Larisa Aleksyutovich further subdivides Belarusian dances into the following genres:
- "actual" dances (traditional dances, quadrilles, polkas)
- folk dances
- circle dances
- games in the form of a dance[3]
The concept of a "Belarusian folk dance" includes three components:
- authentic dance performed in everyday life
- staged folk dance
- ethnic dance[4]
- ^ Churko Yu. M. A wreath of Belarusian dances.- Mn., 1978 .-- 88 p. - 5000 copies. - P. 88
- ^ Ethnographic Belarusian Encyclopedia / ed. І. P. Shamyakin (chief editor). - Minsk: BelSE, 1989
- ^ a b Aleksyutovich L. K. Belarusian folk dances, round dances, games. / Ed. M. Ya.Grinblat. - Minsk: Vysheyshaya shkola, 1978 .-- 528 p. - 5000 copies
- ^ Badunova I. Belarusian folk dance: the evolution of theoretical and methodological research - Minsk: ICC of Minfin, 2018 .- 292 p.- P. 86–92