Tickets for Moiseev's concert. Igor Moiseev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble

The concert of the Igor Moiseev Ensemble is always a significant and noticeable event for all those who love the art of the Russian folk dance. It gives them an amazing meeting with a real world-famous legend of this genre.

Indeed, the work and the name of this team has long been well known to the whole world. And this should not be surprising at all, since it is famous for its many years and unique history success. It began in Moscow back in 1937. The founder of this project was Igor Moiseev, a famous figure of Russian choreographic art and a brilliant connoisseur of folklore. From the moment of its inception to the present day, this team consists of exceptionally 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 performances based on the dance folklore of our country. Also, not only famous, but also very rare folk dances began to be staged here. Often, artists turned to some other genres of choreographic art. That is why very quickly the team 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 Ensemble of Igor Moiseev. This project became the first of the domestic bands of this direction, who began to actively tour around the world and received a decent international recognition. Over time, many of his numbers have become real classics of the genre. And at the collective a school was organized, in which everyone who has passed a strict selection can go in for folk dances.

To date, this ensemble is one of the most titled and famous domestic folk dance groups. After the death of its founder, the work of Moiseev was continued by his students and followers. Therefore, today the project continues to perform a lot and constantly pleases its fans with new and equally spectacular and interesting work. But also at concerts you can often see his legendary numbers.

The team is located in Concert Hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.

the main task, which was put before the artists by the founder of the ensemble Igor Moiseev (1906-2007), is a creative processing of folklore samples that existed at that time in the Soviet Union. To this end, the artists of the group went on folklore expeditions around the country. As a result, the first programs of the ensemble appeared - "Dances of the Peoples of the USSR" (1937-1938), "Dances of the Baltic Peoples" (1939).

In the repertoire of the ensemble, folklore samples have received a new stage life and have been preserved for several generations of viewers around the world. For this purpose, Igor Moiseev used almost all the means of stage culture: different kinds and kinds of dances, symphonic music, dramaturgy, scenography, acting skills.

An important step was the development and creative interpretation of European folklore. Program "Dancing" Slavic peoples"(1945) was created in conditions when Moiseev did not have the opportunity to travel abroad. The choreographer recreated samples of dance creativity, consulting with musicians, folklorists, historians, and musicologists.

With the direct participation of well-known choreographers Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song-hi (Korea), Igor Moiseev created the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953), which for the first time collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore from 11 countries.

Since 1938, the ensemble has been in Russia and abroad. For a record number of tours, the ensemble is listed in Russian book Guinness records. From the first foreign tours (Finland, 1945) Igor Moiseev's ensemble has been an unspoken Russian Ambassador peace.

In 1958, the ensemble was the first of the Soviet ensembles to go on tour to the USA, which marked the beginning of cultural ties between the USSR and the USA.

In 1967, the first of professional ensembles folk dance group was awarded the title of academic. In 1987, the ensemble was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

The hallmarks of the team were the numbers "Partisans", the naval suite "Yablochko", the old city square dance, the Moldavian zhok, the Ukrainian hopak, the Russian dance "Summer", an incendiary tarantella. Big success the ensemble received one-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev with the involvement of funds and techniques of world folk and theater culture, - "Vesnyanki", "Tsam", "Sanchakou", " Polovtsian dances"to the music of Alexander Borodin, "On the Skating Rink" to the music of Johann Strauss, "Night on Bald Mountain" to the music of Modest Mussorgsky, "Spanish Ballad" to the music of Pablo di Luna, "An Evening in the Tavern" to the music of Argentinean composers, etc.

After death artistic director Igor Moiseev in 2007, the ensemble began to bear his name.

Today in the repertoire of the Folk Dance Ensemble, staged by Moiseev. These are dances, miniatures, choreographic paintings and suites, one-act ballets to the music of Russian symphonic composers Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky.

As part of the ensemble large group ballet dancers and a symphony orchestra.

The artistic director - director of the group is the People's Artist of Russia Elena Shcherbakova.

Since 1943, the School-Studio has been operating at the Folk Dance Ensemble. In addition to special disciplines - classical, folk stage, historical, duet dance - the training program includes jazz dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, acting, playing the piano and folk musical instruments, History of Music and Theatre.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources

The Igor Moiseev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble is the world's first and only professional choreographic group engaged in 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 are continuity and creative interplay of tradition and innovation. The main task, which was first set before the artists by the founder of the ensemble, Igor Moiseev (1906-2007), is the creative processing of folklore samples common at that time in the USSR. To this end, the artists of the ensemble went on folklore expeditions around the country, where they searched for and recorded disappearing dances, songs, rituals. As a result, the first programs of the ensemble appeared: "Dances of the Peoples of the USSR" (1937-1938), "Dances of the Baltic Peoples" (1939). In the repertoire of the ensemble, folklore samples have received a new stage life and have been 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 skills.

An important step was the development and creative interpretation of European folklore. The program "Dances of the 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, musicologists. On tour in 1946 in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the audience was amazed at the accuracy of the productions, the faithful artistic sense ensemble stage performances. Since that time and until now, the ensemble has been a school and a creative laboratory for choreographers. different countries, and his repertoire serves as a kind of choreographic encyclopedia of the dance culture of the peoples of the world. With direct participation famous connoisseurs folklore choreographers Miklós Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Song-hi (Korea), whom Igor Moiseev attracted to work, the program "Peace and Friendship" (1953) was created, which for the first time collected samples of European and Asian dance folklore from eleven countries .

Based on the model of the Igor Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble, choreographic groups were created in all the republics of the USSR (now the CIS countries), as well as in many European countries.

The Folk Dance Ensemble is the first Soviet group to go on tour during the Iron Curtain period. In 1955, the artists of the ensemble performed for the first time in Paris and London. The triumph of the Soviet dance troupe served as the first step towards international detente. In 1958, the Igor Moiseev Ensemble was also the first of the domestic ensembles to perform in the United States. Successful tours, the American press admitted, melted the ice of mistrust towards the USSR and became the basis for establishing new, constructive relationship between our countries.

Another important merit of the Folk Dance Ensemble is the creation of the unique Moiseev School of Dance (1943), the only one in the world. Her distinctive features- high professionalism, virtuoso technical equipment, the ability to convey the improvisational nature of folk performance. Actor-dancers, brought up by Igor Moiseev, are widely educated, versatile artists who are fluent in all types of dance, able to embody national character V artistic image. Dancer of the Moiseev school - best recommendation anywhere in the world, in a choreographic group of any direction. The artists of the ensemble were awarded the titles of Honored and People's Artists of the USSR and Russia.

A vivid expression of the creative principles of educating dancers is the program "The Road to Dance" ("Class Concert"), which clearly shows creative way team from mastering individual elements before the creation of 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 of "Academic", and Igor Moiseev - the Lenin Prize.

For their concert activity, which has been going on for more than 70 years, the team was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. The ensemble has rightly been and remains the hallmark of our country abroad.

On different continents, viewers of different generations fell in love with the “crown” numbers of the Ensemble, which became “ business cards» of the team: the legendary "Partisans", the naval suite "Apple", the old city square dance, the Moldavian Zhok, Ukrainian Hopak, Russian dance "Summer", incendiary Tarantella. The Ensemble gained great success with bright one-act performances staged by Igor Moiseev with the involvement of 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" on music by I. Strauss, "Night on Bald Mountain" to music by M. Mussorgsky, "Spanish Ballad" to music by Pablo di Luna, "An Evening in a Tavern" to music by Argentinean composers, etc.

And now, after the death of the permanent head 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.

In 1937, the outstanding Soviet choreographer Igor Alexandrovich Moiseev (1906–2007). created the Dance Ensemble of the Peoples of the USSR and led 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 (this is how this group is called all over the world) includes numbers and entire programs dedicated, it seems, to all countries and peoples of the world. Moiseev 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 for 101 years, saw the world as a single temperamental dance.

IGOR MOISEEV. Direct speech...

About the ensemble: “We are not dance collectors and we do not stick them like butterflies on a pin. We approach folk dance as a material for creativity, without hiding our authorship.”

On politics: “Reflections on politics convinced me that simple people powerless to change anything. I remember the words of Seneca: "Accept with dignity the inevitable" - and I try to treat politics and politicians like bad weather, seeking and finding satisfaction in work.

On relations with authorities: “The only thing I am grateful for Soviet power- that no one ever interfered with my work. In addition, oddly enough, my work has always been party. In the sense that my search is in folk dance, in expression folk character through plasticity, they turned out to be in tune with the ideas proclaimed by the party leaders. In fact, they didn’t say anything bad.”

REHEARSAL. CLASS-CONCERT

The Moiseev Ensemble has visited more than sixty countries of the world. The choreographer himself joked that it is easier to make a guidebook out of his life than a biography.

After the performance in New York, Moiseev was approached by a well-dressed 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. Precisely folk-stage, not historical dance, not folk-characteristic, 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 Russian Elena Shcherbakova.

“It means stretched feet, somewhere closer to the classical material. Because you can’t bring to the stage what is danced, for example, at weddings, at festivities, it already carries such a shade of theatricality, ”explains the director of the school-studio at the GAANT them. I. Moiseeva, People's Artist of Russia Guzel Apanaeva.

ARAGONIC JOTA

Popular recognition provided the ensemble with a full house in all cities Soviet Union. And the love of the country's leadership helped to solve organizational issues. In the 40th, after a short dialogue with Stalin, Moiseev was given a room for rehearsals. In 1943, he opened a studio school with the ensemble. And immediately after the end of the war, the “Iron Curtain” was opened for the Moiseevites.

“We had our first trip abroad - France. it was such a success. In those days there were still many old Russian emigrants in France. And after the concert they were waiting for us, kissing, crying. And it was so touching,” recalls the widow of Igor Moiseev, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Irina Moiseeva.

Abroad opened up opportunities for the restless choreographer to expand an already rather large repertoire. Igor Moiseev, as an inquisitive ethnographer, collected everything new and new material for his ensemble and from each trip he brought souvenir dances.

“Usually how did we do? We met with the team. Well, for example, we went to Venezuela and met with the Venezuelan team. We arrived in Argentina, enrolled in a tango school. They showed us the movements, and on the basis of these movements, Moiseev already staged his own production, ”says Guzel Apanaeva.

The type of transmission of movements “from feet to feet” can now rightfully be called the Moiseev system. All the numbers that Igor Alexandrovich put on, he could easily perform himself. Moreover, both male and female parties. Perhaps that is why the artistic director sought the 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! Here exactly! One, over here! Well, repeat! No, not that again!” He always had that ideal that he wanted others to express what he feels, what stood before him. This property is always great artists", says the choreographer, National artist USSR Vladimir Vasiliev.

The same system formed the basis of education at the school with the ensemble. True, it was not Moiseev himself who undertook to train the children, but his dancers.

With us, each teacher teaches what he himself danced, what he has already absorbed into himself, remembers all the remarks of Moiseev, remembers all his wishes, the subtext of each movement. In principle, what I danced is easy for me to convey, because I know it inside and out, I will get up at night, I will dance it, ”says Apanaeva.

But until the very end, the choreographer personally took the exams. Moreover, he was equally strict in asking both teachers and future dancers.

“He made comments not only on technique, but also on acting, because, as he himself said, we have 2 professions: ballet dancers and actors,” says artist Alsu Gayfulina.

Until now, the ensemble's repertoire has remained unchanged. For example, the Russian dance "Summer", which is invariably present in every concert. And also " Aragonese jota”, “Polovtsian Dances”, “Gopak” - more than 100 rooms in total.

The last year of the life of Igor Moiseev

“There will never be a second Moiseev anywhere. Because artists can do everything, but to find a choreographer who will create a canvas, he will come up with a number, interesting to the viewer, first of all, interesting for artists so that they dance and overcome, use their abilities, this is difficult,” says Apanaeva.

Already logged in cultural heritage choreographic art not only in Russia, but throughout the world. This group was one of the first to engage in the popularization and artistic stylization of folklore dances of different peoples.

The ensemble was created on February 10, 1937. 30 dancers were selected, who held the first rehearsal under the guidance of the choreographer's house in Leontievsky lane, house 4.

Initially, the leader suggested professionally, with a creative approach to process the folklore standards of dances of representatives of the peoples of the USSR that existed at that time.

But for this it was necessary to study the existing choreographic material well. Members of the ensemble began to go on expeditions around the country, searched for, got acquainted with historical origin dances, songs, ceremonies, bit by bit collecting precious finds of art for them.

The unique, bright original dances assembled by the Moiseev team made it possible already in 1937-1938 to perform the first program “Dances of the Peoples of the USSR”, and in 1939 the public saw “Dances of the Baltic Peoples” in their performance. Concerts were held from great success and in 1940 the ensemble was given the stage of the Tchaikovsky Hall, and the theater for a long time was a home for the members of the already well-known team in the country.

As for creative development and improvement of the ensemble members, the tutoring process included almost all types of stage culture: a variety of dances, symphonic music, drama, scenography and acting skills. From this, their productions became more and more vivid, memorable for their expressiveness, unlike each other.

One of the most significant developments creativity ensemble program "Dances of the Slavic peoples", shown in 1945. This was preceded by the study, development and interpretation of the folklore of the peoples of Europe. Taking on the creation of such a program was a creative feat at the time. Direct access to necessary material was not in force historical events. Therefore, he selflessly searched for ways to recreate samples of European dance art, seeking help from historians, folklore researchers, musicologists and musicians. In 1946, the opportunity to travel abroad appeared, and the ensemble went on a tour of European countries. In Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the audience applauded the performers. Fans of choreographic art were delighted and amazed by the unusually creative and faithfully transmitted dance heritage of European peoples.

The program "Peace and Friendship", presented in 1953, was created in close cooperation with talented ballet masters who knew folklore well. Miklos Rabai (Hungary), Lyubusha Ginkova (Czechoslovakia), Ahn Sung Hee (Korea) carried away with his idea. This program brought together examples of European and Asian folk dances from eleven countries.

In 1955, the ensemble became the first of the Soviet teams to go to foreign tours to France and Great Britain, and in 1958 on tour in the USA.

The class-concert "The Road to Dance" (1965) showed his achievement in the field of creating large-scale stage productions. And 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 was awarded the title of laureate of the Lenin Prize.

In 2007, he died, but the team continues to conquer the world under his name. The ensemble is still the only one in the world folk group who performed at the Opéra Garnier (Paris) and La Scala (Milan). The team got into the Russian Guinness Book of Records as a champion in the number of countries (more than 60) in which it toured.

On account of the Ensemble Grand Prix choreographic award Anita Bucchi (Italy) for best performance 2011. At the premiere program on December 20, 2011, UNESCO awarded the ensemble with the Five Continents Medal.