Yablochko

Yablochko(Russian:Яблoчко"little apple" ) is achastushka-style folk song and dance, traditionally presented as a sailors' dance.

Marcus Björk,2012, Russian Sailor's Dance

Sailors fromThe Red Poppyballet dancing Yablochko in the backplane

melody

The choreographed version of the dance first appeared in the 1926Reinhold GlièreballetThe Red Poppyand from there is known in the West as theRussian Sailors Dance.

History

Song

There is no any "canonic" song under this name, although numerous texts are known, their common part being only its tune and the signature lines starting with "Эх, яблочко..." ( "Ekh, Yablochko","Ekh, little apple "), in numerous versions:" Ekh little apple, where are you rolling? "(Эх, яблочко, Да куда котишься?)," Ekh little apple on the saucer "(Эх яблочко, да на тарелочке!), etc. Verses of this kind proliferated during theRussian Civil War,inRed,BlackandWhitecamps. The song itself has nothing to do with apples, with its verse commonly being related to the political issues of the time.

A variant of this song, written byYuliy Kim,is sung by Sharikov (transformed from a stray dog) before the medical commission in the 1988 filmHeart of a Dog:"Эх, яблочко, да с голубикою. Подходи, буржуй, глазик выколю!" (Erh, little apple, withbog blueberry,Come herebourgeoisman, I'll gouge out your eye!).

Dance

Researchers believe that the "Yablochko"dance appeared as a synthesis of the British and Irelandhornpipedance andRussian traditional dance.