The description of Belarusian folk dances
Belarusian folk dances are extraordinarily diverse and rich. There is a wide range of its subjects and themes. We are able to get an idea about the character and the lifestyle of people by gaming, ritual, calendar and labor dances. Each dance has its own group of elements of movement, its music, its rhythmic pattern. Traditional Belarusian dances (Lyavonikha, Taukachyki, Kryzhachok) are performed with an unlimited number of participants, often accompanied with songs; they usually have a ? beat and a symmetric alteration of phrases and sentences. Quadrilles are often performed with a traditional Belarusian dance (such as Lyavonicha) in the finale which uses some steps and movements borrowed from the quadrilles.The most popular Belarusian polka is blended with a traditional dance Trasucha (the Shaker), combining the twists of the former and characteristic upperbody movements of the latter. Belarusian dances are almost all mass and pair. Sometimes only girls or boys dance alone. The most popular Belarusian folk dances are "Lyavonikha", "Kryzhachok", "Yurachka", "Janka Polka", "Charot", "Lyanok", "Bulba", "Myatselitsa", "Dudaryki".