Surprisingly, some Russian dances are well known all over the world. Russian folk dance has always played an important role in Russian culture. Many folk dances called Russian, in fact, have Slavonian and Tatar roots.

Cultural mix of different music and folk dances helped develop so popular style and invent such traditional Russian dances as khorovod, barynya, kadril, kalinka and others. Many of them were performed and practiced by the lower classes.
Russian dance costumes were always beautifully designed with great detail and perfection. Traditionally dance clothing was made and decorated for special holidays. But the red color was always dominant as beauty symbol in Russian culture.

Russian folk dance traditions continue to be popular for the culture and are often performed on the stage by different dance groups. Russian dancing is amazing and worth to be seen at least once in your life.