Hopak Style Of Dance! by Aisling McCormack-Thomas https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh en-us 2019-01-29 15:12:40 UTC 2019-02-12 15:15:08 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Hopak style of dance and where does it come from? 174515 https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/325425301 This style of dance is a Ukrainian folk dance. Mainly performed by male dancers and gradually built up to couples, soloists and large groups.]]> 2019-01-29 15:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/325425301 Where is this usually performed? 174515 https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/325430622 In the current day, Hopak has become much more popular and is often performed in operas and ballets. But most often this style of dance is mainly performed as a solitary concert by amateur and professional Ukrainian dance ensembles. ]]> 2019-01-29 15:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/325430622 What do the dancers originally wear when performing Hopak? 174515 https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/327822740 Male students will wear voluminous trousers called sharavary with a pair of kicky red hussar boots, while female students will wear a poltava costume that includes a kersetka, an embroidered vest with a slight peplum, a vyshyvanka top, and the flower crown with ribbon streamers called a vinok. But if they are stepping to the hutsul, a jig that originated in the Carpathian Mountains, dancers will wear a keptar, a vest made from sheepskin with wool embroidery, as well as the woven belt called a krayky.

]]> 2019-02-05 15:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/327822740 What is the instrumentation And the Time Signature of the music? 174515 https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/330366365 Instruments that are used in the dance are bagpipes, violins, cimbalom and fifes.

The time signature of the music is usually at 2/4 and is played at an allegro pace.]]> 2019-02-12 15:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/330366365 What is the meaning of Hopak? 174515 https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/330369957 Hopak is derived from the verb hopaty which means to "jump" in Ukrainian. ]]> 2019-02-12 15:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/330369957 Here is a video from rehearsals! 174515 https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/330371446 2019-02-12 15:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/174515/v7sep3tmn4mh/wish/330371446