Mirzayi
Mirzayi (Armenian: Միրզաի, Միրզեի, Azerbaijani: Mirzəyi) – is an Armenian and Azerbaijani female dance. Traditionally, it is performed in weddings. It can be performed both by women and men. Different Armenian varieties of the dance recorded in Shirak region are also known as Old Mirzayi (Armenian: Հին Միրզայի) and Tarakyama-Mirzayi (Armenian: Թարաքյամա-Միրզայի).[1] In Azerbaijan people call it “Vagzaly”.[citation needed]
The dance in culture[]
The dance was performed in the Soviet drama film Pepo, which was considered the 'most outstanding' film in Soviet cinema before the outbreak of World War II.[2] Uzeyir Hajibeyov used this dance in “If Not That One, Then This One” operetta composed by him. Mashadi Ibad, a main hero of the comedy, performs “Mirzayi” in his wedding, in the fourth act of the comedy.[3]
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References[]
- ^ Harutyunyan, Hasmik (2012). "Shirak dance tunes in the notes of A.Brutyan". ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Շիրակի հայագիտական հետազոտությունների կենտրոն. Գիտական աշխատություններ. 15: 143–147.
- ^ Tatiana Egorova. Soviet Film Music (Contemporary Music Studies). (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 54
- ^ Кубад Касимов (1985). Узеир Гаджибеков "Избранные произведения". «Элм». p. 293.
External links[]
- Мирзаи // Армянская советская энциклопедия / Под ред. В. Амбарцумяна. — Ер.: Академия наук АрмССР, 1981. — Т. 7. — С. 617.
- Азербайджанский танцы в БСЭ
[clarification needed]Наряду со стремлением сохранить старинные женские танцы («мирзаи», «узундара») создаются новые.
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