Ukraine: Hutsulka in the village of Velykyj Kljuchiv

As of mid-August, 2008, I am in Ukraine with the director of the Ethnic Dance Theatre (www.ethnicdancetheatre.com) in search of what remains of authentic dance in the villages of Hutsulshchyna. The following was videoed on Sept. 2, 2008.

This video is a clip of the Hutsulka as it is danced in the village of Velykyj Kljuchiv, in the county of Kolomyja, in the state of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine. Hutsulka is the preferred, contemporary name for this dance. This is according to Mykola Savchuk, who is the main dancer in this video.

Mykola Savchuk is a journalist, folklorist and performer (he sings on a number of recordings of authentic Hutsul music), and also a comedian ("humoryst") with a degree of national recognition in parts of Ukraine. His knowledge of traditional Hutsul culture is vast and inspiring. He is Hutsul and is from a village where some of the old Hutsul dances are remembered and still danced-- nowadays only at weddings. Dancing in this video are his mother, his sister, his niece and his brother-in-law.

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• Carpathians
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[dykun]

Oops. . .sorry natlenka 72, I meant to hit the "reply" button but accidentally hit "Remove." So natalenka 72 wrote: "Wow! Women of three generations dancing Hutsulka! AWSOME! What's the name of the man? He's got excellent skills in dancing. Probably he should open a folk dance school or teach hutsul dances at some cultural events;)" I'll comment in the next post. . .

[dykun]

His name is Mykola Savchuk. He is a journalist and amateur folklorist; he has written a pamphlet (in Ukrainian) about the dance Hutsulka. He also is a "humoryst" or comedian with some degree of recognition in his part of Ukraine. He once did a comedy tour of Ukrainian diaspora communities in N America some yrs ago. He's a musician (accordion) who used to play in a wedding band, and he has a CD of very authentic Hutsul music he recorded. His home village of Velkyj Kljuchiv is near Kolomyja.

[stabaek]

i really like carpathian music/culture. i'm of lemko/boyko descent and live in the us. pan savchuk sings pretty quick in the beginning, and i couldn't catch everything he sang. would you know where i could fine lyrics to this song, if there are any at all? -dyakoyu

[horoshun1973]

Як вуйко видає! Я б за хвилину такого темпу збожеволів)))

[Cisssana]

Hutsuly are highlanders and are proud people as all highlanders are. Beuatiful people, rich heritage they remind me of the Caucasus people

Гуцули є горськім народом, сильні, горді, памя'тають традиції, в тому числі і танцювальні. Як ними не пишатися?

[unomnacajit11]

Romani nu mai intoarceti si "obrazul celalalt". Ca uite unde se ajunge. Ajung Romanii sa se creada Rusi, Ukrainieni, Unguri, Sarbi, Bulgari, Etc !!!

[possitiveattitude]

Oy da molodtsy! Klass! Really enjoyable!

[IvanoGermana]

If you will be in Kolomyja,

where is a bar, named "Schipok"

with Live Music from regional artists,

like "Phasa".

[cipslim]

romania hutul song

search this:

Angelica Flutur - Hutulca

[mamashka11]

Дуже гарно танцюють. Мій дід теж любить гуляти так але трохи по другому, В Хмельницькій області трохи інші танці. Дякую за гарний настрій!!!

[kozakmamai2008]

Наші вітання з Коломиї Великому Ключеву! Прекрасний відеоролик! Дякую! Чи можна десь побачити виступ шановного паньства в гуцульському строї? Ukrainians are the fine, cheerful and talented nation! Слава Україні!

[nazar831]

wow, I'm from those places. I was raised not so far from Kolomiya, which I went to like every week. I'm from the village Yabluniv, Kosiv's district and I wonder if there are any clips of my Yabluniv but so far couldn't find any