
Explore Lezginka, a renowned Northern Caucasian dance, study the female part with swan energy, float across the dance floor, and craft a solo choreography for traditional celebrations.
Learn and rehearse essential Lezginka arm movements, including raising to second position, elbow and wrist alignment, four-count waving sequences, and shy arm crosses for dynamic frontal choreography.
Explore arm movements for walking in lezginka, focusing on wrist-led shifts, opening and striking from both sides, and the natural coordination between active legs and arms.
Learn crossing steps for side-to-side movement in Lezginka, starting from third position, coordinating the front and back legs across eight-count sequences, with emphasis on posture, and improvised arm waves.
Learn a beginner's Lezginka composition, starting from the chai position with the leading elbow, curtain entrances, and eight-count steps, waves, and turns.
Ancient and very alive in modernity, a famous dance of the North Caucasian Mountains. Explosive vital energy, burning passions combined together with strictness and mutual respect among participants. Unique dance, in which there is now physical contact between male and female participants but their collaboration is obvious and very careful to the keeping of Female Dignity on the High level.
In this course we will work with She parts of movement: multiple splendid arms gestures and discover some secrets of steps which are making the illusion of smooth sliding on the surface from the side.
Lezginka is a dance of brave and proud people which keeps the unique amazing spirit of Freedom and natural Dignity of Ancient tribes from Eastern Europe. One of the original cradles of the Humankind development in Eurasia, conservative Caucasian Mountains are still full of Ancient wisdom which is coded in culture including Folk Dances and Music.
Nowadays you can see Lezginka to be performed on the big stage by governmental ensembles or in the streets as a popular social dance of Caucasian youth. You can watch it or even take an active part at any kind of Celebration as a Fine Academic Dance or a total Improvisation which can happen in the moment.
This course will help you to feel the taste of Lezginka energy in your body and soul, to be aware of how to dance, and to have your own materials to practice with solo or improvisation. If you will be in the Lezginka dancing circle, you will know how to join the dance and impress other participants.