Alexandra

It's funny, that you think that dance is Russian in character. This dance is called "Jig", and it is supposed to be the dance of drunken British sailors. As I have found in the Internet, the dance was made in 1940th by Rostislav Zakharov to music by V. Soloviev-Sedoy (This composer is well-known in Russia for his songs.) The composers and choreographers are mentioned on the Bolshoi's web-site (http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/performances/912/) along with their dances: Use is made in the production of choreography by Rostislav Zakharov (Dance with Guitars and Jig to music by V. Soloviev-Sedoy); by Kasiyan Goleizovsky (Gipsy Dance to music by V. Zhelobinsky); by Anatoly Simachev (Fandango to music by E. Napravnik).