Mirzayi
Mirzayi (Armenian: Միրզաի or Միրզեի; Azerbaijani: Mirzəyi) is an Armenian[1][2] and Azerbaijani[3][4][5][6] female dance of Iranian origin.[7]
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).[8] In Azerbaijan, the dance is called "Vagzaly" (Azerbaijani: Vağzalı).[6]
The dance in culture
[edit]The dance was performed in the Soviet Armenian drama film Pepo, which was considered the 'most outstanding' film in Soviet cinema before the outbreak of World War II.[9] 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.[10]
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References
[edit]- ^ Viktor Ambartsumian, ed. (1982). "Mirzayi". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 7. Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. p. 617. OCLC 22420067.
- ^ Shamamyan N. (2016). Uzundara solo dance: An attempt of a historical-ethnographical research (in Armenian). Yerevan: "Gitutyun" Publishing House of NAS RA. pp. 204–208. ISBN 978-5-8080-1258-5.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Азербайджанская музыка / Абасова Э. А. // А — Гонг. — М. : Советская энциклопедия : Советский композитор, 1973. — (Энциклопедии. Словари. Справочники : Музыкальная энциклопедия : [в 6 т.] / гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш ; 1973—1982, т. 1).
- ^ Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика // Большая советская энциклопедия : [в 30 т.] / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.
- ^ Мирзаи / под ред. Филиппова А.В.. — Краткий словарь танцев. — М.: ФЛИНТА, Наука, 2011. — С. 122.
- ^ a b Мирзәји // Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia, 1982. — V. VI. — P. 592.
- ^ Alexander Prokhorov, ed. (1969–1978). Mirzayi (3 ed.). Moscow: Great Soviet Encyclopedia. OCLC 14476314.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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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