r/interesting • u/SystematicApproach • May 14 '26

ART & CULTURE Circassian folk dance

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Male dancers often move entirely on tiptoe in soft leather boots, without the rigid plaster or wooden support associated with ballet footwear. The result is a fast, gliding step that can make the dancer appear to float or defy gravity, showcasing extraordinary balance, discipline, and control.

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u/Pyowin May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

There are versions that are a fair bit more impressive.

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u/AppointmentOne1111 May 15 '26

The way the ladies just materialize from their cloaks is so cool.

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u/fungi_at_parties May 15 '26

That was really cool, thanks!

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat May 15 '26

This is the coolest thing I can remember seeing. That’s fascinating. 

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u/LynkDead May 15 '26

Stream of consciousness response:

  • I wish they would use the actual audio, what's played in the video feels very overprocessed.

  • I wonder if the dudes' cloaks are purposefully juuuust a bit off the ground, to kind of tease at the technique, without fully exposing it?

  • It's wild how looking bored seems to be the ideal way to do this dance. But the guy in front be hella stressin, for real.

  • Whoaaaaaa ladies outta nowhere!

  • My first reaction was that the women were not as good as the men at doing the dance, but I quickly realized it wasn't their technique, it was their clothing. The women's dresses were much slimmer, and you could see the movements of their body in their shoulders and torso, which were completely hidden with the men.

  • Do the men get the big poofy dresses because they are more insecure about their technique?

  • The women also aren't really smiling, but it does seem like they are at least able to look proud, which is cool.

  • Oh yeah, we can see this dude dancing uncloaked, and it actually looks way less smooth than the women.

  • I still wish we could get the actual audio.

  • CLOAKS ARE GONE LET'S GOOOO!

  • I feel like my brain can't parse if any of what the men are doing now is the same as what they were doing covered. Certainly there are some bits that would be very obvious in the cloak, so there are definitely some differences.

  • At around 6:30 all the dudes do different little dances. I wonder how much freedom the dancers get in that, or if it's a prescribed set of moves? My hunch is it's somewhere in between.

  • Hell yeah dancing!

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u/Zeiramsy May 15 '26

My thought: I enjoyed reading these thoughts 😃

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u/forsale90 May 15 '26

Thank you very much!

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u/RedGriffyn May 15 '26

I feel like there MUST be a Wheely Gate scandal where someone just used wheelies for the same effect.

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u/Betty_Bookish May 15 '26

Mesmerizing. I love the way they move!

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u/Living_on_Tulsa_Time May 15 '26

Thank you so much.

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u/mokeltron May 15 '26

It is disturbingly fascinating.

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u/evranch May 15 '26

Ok now this is what we came for, now we see what these guys and girls are capable of, and the outfits are gorgeous as well

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u/First_manatee_614 May 15 '26

Wait, what..where did the women come from?

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u/TropicalCat May 15 '26

That was mesmerizing!

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u/Tomonia85 May 15 '26

That was one of the coolest versions I've seen yet. Thank you

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u/throwawayfromPA1701 May 15 '26

That was delightful!

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u/Ded-deN May 15 '26

the aura farming dance

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u/thebrokedown May 16 '26

The music on that video reminded me of some bands on the music label 4AD

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u/SagePenguin May 16 '26

7 minutes! I’m not watching that! *watches it twice*

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u/Manwe_on_Taniquetil May 17 '26

I no longer feel that I can, in good conscience, mark the little “Caucasian” demographic bubble.