History of dance
Dance is an expressive and creative people deep, emotional specify an artistic reflection of his life centuries. Sources Moldovan dance have their beginning in the distant past, the Thracians and Geto-Dacian. More ditch ancient ritual habits related to entering a specific status through dance.
Classifying dances we can mention mimetic dance utility that accompany human labor, then the ritual dances that were accompanied by songs and rhythmic movements had danced on the open rule in meadows, plains. Such dances were performed 7, 9, 11 ... people, or some other odd number of dancers, which had a sacral meaning to our ancestors.
Later playful dance (animal) that mimic animals or scenes of various lovers etc. and only in the Neolithic we speak of archaic dance 'hora, which meant in that era and that matrix formation sociability and collective archetypal forms of dance kinetic later. Among the most popular Moldovan ritualistic dances can be mentioned "Calusarii", "Dragaica" dances that have deep roots in the cultural history of our people. Since ancient times people's daily life was accompanied by dances of the community, which was reflected in a particularly high power emotional energy of Moldovans - "Hora", "Serbian", "Batuta", "arm", "The Dance "" Three wood ", etc.
In its time, the dances as "Russian", "Bulgarian", "Armenian", "Taganeasca" were taken from the Bulgarians, Russians, Armenians and Gypsies. Imprumand separate elements and rhythms of the dances of other peoples, Moldovans interpret them in their own way - with more fire, vivacity and in a special way. None of the people mentioned above has no similar dances, and if they do, these are called Moldovan dances. For various historical periods characteristic of certain genres of dance ditch.
Middle Ages are characteristic dances, "chain", "circle", while the Renaissance dances solo, men are becoming popular. Likewise, it is free dances feature spread in pairs. In medieval times is spread so-called "rural Game" Moldovans, who was then danced and nobility, turning into "popular game" - folk dance.
The largely spread is the dance "hora", which comes from the Greek "choros" and that according to testimonies - is the oldest dance in Moldova. But the early nineteenth century, "hora" was not just a simple dance, the word takes on a new meaning and connotation kind of celebration, festivity with popular specific ("Hora of the village"). Hora has a well-defined end, its duration depends on the ingenuity of the dancers, there are a lot of variations of this dance in different regions. Hora can be named according to the place where it comes from - "Hora from Orhei" or person or event named in honor of which is interpreted "Hora of the bride", "Hora of Ilenuta", "wedding's Hora"etc. Sometimes the word "dance" is omitted, and the dance is called simply "Nuneasca", "Little Flower", etc.
In the mid-nineteenth century notion "hora" meaning they generally is replaced with the term 'game'. The game was organized by a group of lads. They raise money and hired musicians. On holidays usually last game from morning to late evening. In centuries XIX - XX century ditch free dance couple dances and replaced with the group. Based on folklore dance scenic variants of trench created folk dances, performed by professional ensembles. The best of them get into golden fund of the national choreography. During its long history in Moldova dance always suffered transformations, reflecting the cultural development of Moldova, but has kept its traditional elements, which are today based on Moldovan contemporary dance.
