Word: beryozka
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Nikolaieva recently concertized in Argentina, a Russian concert group is touring Canada, and the Soviet Ballet is preparing to open in Paris, its first appearance in Western Europe since World War II. And in London's Stoll Theater, a less-renowned Soviet dance group is on view: the Beryozka, one of Russia's top troupes of folk dancers in Western Europe...
...Beryozka (Little Birch Tree, so named for a Russian folk song and dance) consists of 31 girls and four male musicians. Opening night was attended largely by professionals of one sort or another-professional British ballet dancers and professional pro-Russians. What they saw looked pretty much like a Russian version of the dances at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall. Carrying birch branches and dressed in a variety of robes and Cossack costumes with boots, the girls whirled, waved and wove through a succession of intricate drills and sinuous dances. They displayed great verve, precision and variety...
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