Beautiful Dance

 I’ve listened to and watched this video a lot in the last couple months. It’s a group of teenagers doing a Circassian dance. It reminds me of when I was in Greek dance groups for Greek festivals in the 90’s. By “Circassian”, correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe they mean the part of the former Soviet Union that is right on the cusp of Europe and Asia. 

Just like when I was a teenager in the Greek dance groups, I tend to love the female parts of the dance but dislike the male parts. I’ve always thought in this kind of dancing, the women look very beautiful and graceful, whereas the boys look almost ridiculous. Someone in the comments (if you click on “translate” since most comments are in Russian), say they look like “courting birds. Lol they do look like courting birds. Do birds court?  I don’t know, but I always loved how in Circassian dancing the women look like they’re floating. 

Here is their dress rehearsal in a dance studio. It’s catchy.