A young man breaking into the girl's khorovod, a 1902 painting
Khorovod (Russian: хоровод, Ukrainian: танок, Belarusian: карагод, Polish: korowód) is a Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to Chorea of ancient Greece. Image File history File links Ryabushkin_dance. ... Image File history File links Ryabushkin_dance. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... Circle dance, is the most common name for a style of traditional dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chorea (choreia, khoreia, χορεία) is a circle dance (χορεύω σε κύκλο) accompanied by singing (see chorus, khoros), known in ancient Greece. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around nine hundred years. ...
In pagan Russia, the first Khorovods were calendar songs, frequently sung by dancers while expressing the words with various actions such as sowing millet or flax.
There were also Khorovods for girls only, for couples and in which a couple or an individual would dance in the centre.
Many of the dances and particularly the "solos" in the centre, were improvised and took the form of a light-hearted competition, the boys showing off their strength and the girls their lyrical qualities.
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