ARMENIAN NATIONAL DANCES

Having thousands of years of history, Armenian national dance art derives its origin from a pre-Christian period-time marked by the pagan worship. On the whole, the Armenian dance art has long been one of the most revealing expressions of its character and aesthetic thinking as well as highlights its national idiosyncrasy, inner world and attitude towards nature and life at large. In these latter days, the Republic of Armenia, being one of the smallest parts of Historical Armenia, is enormously rich with its national dances and folk songs.Having survived through the various historical challenges, Armenians managed to sustain their ethnic dance art. The main features of Armenian folk dance art are, as it were, preserved in modern Armenian group dances, involving men and women national and traditional dances respectively.
Among men, to begin with, it manifests itself by remarkable adroitness, joyfulness and virility. Among women, however, the grace, expressiveness of movements has crystallized the spirituality, decency and worldly tenderness of Armenian women.