Keith Urban - Sweet Thing

GOPAK (Ukrainian, from the gop - exclamation during the performance of the dance; hence the verbs gopati, gopkati - jump) - Ukrainian. Nardance. Muses size 2/4. G. arose in the life of the Zaporizhzhya Army. Originally performed by men; modern G. men and women dance, but the male party remains leading. G.'s performance includes choreographic elements. improvisations: jumps, squats, spins and other virtuoso dances. movement.There are decomp. G.'s options - solo, doubles, group. G. often has a majestic, heroic. character. G.'s song and instrumental melodies are performed by the people and how they are independent. musesplays. They are dominated by a freely variable anapest foot (). In the app. regions of Ukraine there is a "Hopak-kolo" performed by a closed group of dancers in a circle. G. was addressed to the genre in his productions. many homelands. composers: M. P. Mussorgsky (“Sorochinskaya Fair”, song “Hopak”), P. I. Tchaikovsky (“Cherevichki”, “Mazepa”), N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov (“May Night”), S. S. Gulak-Artemovsky (“Zaporozhets beyond the Danube”), V. P. Solovyov-Sedoy (“Taras Bulba”), A. I. Khachaturyan (“Gayane”), A. G. Svechnikov (“Marusya Boguslavka”), A. Ya. Shtogarenko (Suite “In Memory of Lesya Ukrainka”) and others. A.I. Gumenyuk.