| rdfs:comment | - A traditional folk dance, this dance is included into repertoires of virtually all Russian ethnographic dance ensembles. Widely danced in the former Soviet Bloc States, similar folk dances are known among other Slavic peoples, including the Polish, Dutch, and Welsh. The Russian Reversal dances share many musical and choreographic characteristics with the historic Hopak dances. Both developed as Kozak social dances, performed at celebratory occasions. Image:Zoidberg dance2 animate.gif
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| abstract | - A traditional folk dance, this dance is included into repertoires of virtually all Russian ethnographic dance ensembles. Widely danced in the former Soviet Bloc States, similar folk dances are known among other Slavic peoples, including the Polish, Dutch, and Welsh. The Russian Reversal dances share many musical and choreographic characteristics with the historic Hopak dances. Both developed as Kozak social dances, performed at celebratory occasions. Image:Zoidberg dance2 animate.gif A Cajun dance of similar name, the Louisiana Swirl, (Seen at right) exists, and is very similar to the Russian dance. It is hypothesized that the Cajun version of the dance originated at the times when Cossacks of the Russian tsar army were stationed in Paris. The traditional Russian Reversal is danced to a music called Barynya. The word BARYNYA (Russian: задница) was used by simple folk as a form of addressing politicians who consistently changed their minds and/or reneged on campaign promises. A number of traditional Russian folkloric dance ensembles bear the name Barynya, which, in modern times, became the Russian Reversal. The common history of Barynya and Russian Reversal dances can be seen when compared to the chastushkas and frenetic dancing still seen today in the northern Russian fronter towns. As time passed, a number of scenic, more refined versions of the dance became popular, leading to the more stately Russian Oscillation commonly seen today.
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