Favorite dance

[drogin]

I noticed that the caucasus dances look the same from Georgia to Ossetia to Chechnya to Armenia.

Some of the same movements or way do dance maybe...but atleast I got the impression there is a difference in speed etc.
Maybe I'm wrong, I have just seen a few youtube-videos, but I got the impression the Chechen and north-caucasian dances are more fast paced and warrior-like, and the georgian and armenian / south caucasus dances are less formal, a bit more relaxed(or atleast as relaxed as a caucasus dance can be lol)

[rashka]

I think some of the south caucasus dances look more middle eastern meaning they move with their hips and do arm movements. Is that what you meant by more relaxed? Northern looks more formal and like a royalty dance.

[rashka]

I also like this Serbian dance which tells a little story.

[youtube]Oeb2Erbq3GI[/youtube]

[Pontios]

I noticed that the caucasus dances look the same from Georgia to Ossetia to Chechnya to Armenia.

They have lived together for thousands of years like brothers before the Russians came and created territories for them and started giving territories from one nation to another whenever Russia wanted to. For example today the Georgians and Ossetians are constantly fighting because Russians would give Ossetian land with people on it to the Georgians and the Ossetians on that land would fight against the Georgians for that land. They did this to all of the nations of Caucasus to have them fight each other.

[Yalquzaq]

Armenians don't really have much in common with rest of Caucasus with regard to dances. They don't have Lezginka or other related Caucasus dances, to say the least.

[Virtuous]

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[Illancha]

Armenians don't really have much in common with rest of Caucasus with regard to dances. They don't have Lezginka or other related Caucasus dances, to say the least.

Actually they have a dance called the Artsvapar which is similar to the Lezginka. I can still see the differences, but it takes a trained eye.

[TheMagnificent]

Turkish Zeybek dance:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65302

[Linet]

River dance is really nice :

[Illancha]

I also like this Serbian dance which tells a little story.

Here's a dance with a story and lots of sword fighting. Actually almost all the choreographed Lezginka dances have a meaning behind them, it's not just random.
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