Wonderful ! I have been trying to find the name of the music from this other session: Funkentanz 2015 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-APO55pU_r8c.html Can anyone help ? All are singing along to it and having a great time !
In my younger days I was a gymnast and a keen dancer sadly now I am getting old and no longer can do this. It is superb to see these incredible young German dancers - I wish many could come to the UK to give us a show? I have seen the amazing Karneval dancers as well, a shame the UK doesnt have such events as this. We have a few simple street Carnivals but nothing as exciting as this - It lifts the heart and spirit - DANKE SCHON -
As an Englishman I am fascinated by these events and the energetic performances of the dancing girls. Can any Engllsh-speaking German who reads this please tell me what these events represent. Why the strange dress of the presenters and fancy dress of the audience?
These are celebrations around Karneval. A festival that is now almost 1000 years old and where all citizens are equal, regardless of their social status. This was especially amazing in the authoritarian societies of the last centuries. The dancers originally made fun of the soldiers of the 18th century, which is why their costumes are still based on them today. The rest is also custom. The dance is called "Garde" and combines many elements from ballet, acrobatics, etc. It became more and more competetive in the last decades.
As the other user already said, it's all about carneval. The weird custumes and hats were originally about mocking the military back in prussian decades. Also most of the dance costumes are somewhat related to military patterns and style.
Thanks for both these replies. There are still a couple of things I don't quite understand. 1.Do the acrobatic precision dancers only prepare for this annual event or do they do other similar dancing for the rest of the year? 2. What is the significance of the flamboyant Uniforms and weird hats of the important looking announcers? Although I am English, my grandparents are from Baden Wurtenburg so I am interested in many things German.
@@henrybyrd5402 you're welcome. :) 1. The "Tanzmariechen", as we call them are solo dancers with versatile skills in dancing and acrobatics. They are members of a carnival club, like Buchnesia Nürnberg or Besenbinder Röttenbach. They compete in championships against each other. The highest title possible is "Deutscher Meister" aka National Champion. 2. The flamboyant uniforms and hats date back to the origins of German carneval. Making fun of Prussian military and peers. They are fantasy uniforms with tradition. The announcers are just the hosts of the TV shows. But you will be rewarded with medals the longer you are an active member of a Carneval club. It's great that you want to learn about German Carneval and Garde dancing!! You should also check out the mixed Garde (gemischte Garde), Show dance (Schautanz), Men ballet (Männerballett).... I can show you a lot of great vids here on RU-vid!
Hi. Would you know if there is a German or English version of "Hajmasi Peter, Hajmasi Pal"? Or does it even exist in the non-Hungarian versions of the operetta? (OK, the Soviets had their own text and sometimes performed it as well)
No, the end of the first act in the Hungarian version is quite different than the German one. The only English version I know follows the German version. The music is not used elsewhere so far as I can tell. I think I found the Soviet version in a 1944 movie; the music is used in a very different setting. I had earlier realized that the Hungarian lyrics were not just translations of the German, but I hadn't known that the operettas had different songs in addition. Do you know if Countess Maritza is like that also?
Austin Jerry The original Hungarian staging was done a year after the 1915 Austrian, German language, version. It does indeed have a slightly different libretto (that's not unusual for stage plays, btw, as many undergo major iterations during their lifetimes) with a much stronger WWI theme. The Soviet/Russian take on "Hajmasi Peter, Hajmasi Pal" was called ~ "As Days go by" and was performed in full at the 1982 "100th B-day to Imre Kalman" TV special, sort of a "Greatest Hit" tribute to the master. Yan Frid's 1981 made-for-TV "Silva" has only a short excerpt but there is also a 1976 made-for-TV special by the Moscow Light Opera Theater with Gerard Vasiliev as Edwin. I saw that for the first time last night! Both lip'sync and, in case of the 1981 TV film, all the singing is dubbed by the "real" opera stars, as the popular TV actors clearly lacked the range/ability. No Rene Kollo there! "Countess Maritza" is available legally on RU-vid from Lenfilm but I have not seen it yet. Various "Silva" clips have been uploaded on RU-vid by the Russian speaking members. Full movies can be found by searching the internet in Russian/Cyrillic (can't post links). Look for "сильва 1981". Its screenplay - if one can understand Russian - is very, very different from the Moebisch'02 or Sydney'90 that can also be found on YT. It's much lighter than the original. The Hungarian'05 staging is outright risque (and I can't understand a word in Hungarian) but "Die dumme Liebe" of 2009 (?) ("Te rongyos elet" in Hungarian) with Szilvi Szendy and Karoly Peller is the liveliest performance of the number I have ever seen. Anyhow, I was curious because "HPHP" a fantastic, showstopping number but all German language recordings lack even a trace of it. Which is too darn bad. Thanks for your answer. If I can be of any assistance with the topic, I'll try to return the favor.
Austin Jerry clip and paste this into the RU-vid search - "Капитолина Кузьмина, Владимир Шишкин Проходят годы" (a direct link wont work). It's the Soviet version of HPHP from the previously mentioned 1982 TV special. Uploaded May, 26, 2012 by "pustinnik50".
Dan Leo Thanks for all the information. I was surprised to find that these operettas were so popular in Russia. That was a lively performance of Te Rongyos - I have been prowling the Hungarian uploads for some time and it is typical of the Peller routines, see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qRhJWBRv2Rc.html
