Barynya
Barynya is a fast
Russian
folk dance and
music. The word
BARYNYA (Russian: Барыня, landlady) was used by simple folk as a form of addressing to a woman of higher class. A number of Russian folkloric dance ensembles bear the name
Barynya.
The Barynya dance is an alternation of
chastushkas and frenetic dancing.
The Barynya chastuskas used to have the refrain, kind of "Барыня, барыня, сударыня-барыня", "Barynya, barynya, sudarynya-barynya", or "Барыня ты моя, сударыня ты моя". The content was often humoristic, even lewd.
The dancing was without special choreography and consisted mainly of fancy stomping and traditional Russian squatwork " knee bending ("вприсядку", vprisyadku).
There are a number of scenic, more refined versions of the dance.
This type of dancing appeared in the film
Fiddler on the RoofVideo of the Russian Traditional Dance Barynya from the website of ensemble Barynya:[
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