The overwhelming majority of festive events are always accompanied by musical performances: dances, dances, dances, chants, jokes, competitions. In general, a different kind of fun.
One of the most common festivespeeches are exactly dances. They are included in any concert program. This is a popular round dance during the traditional Russian festivities such as Maslenitsa or Ivan Kupala. Or shamanic dances around the fire during the staging of any events from the life of the Indians. Or twin dances at the prom. There may be modern variations - "Break Dance", "Hip-Hop", "Crank", etc., which are performed by young guys and girls on large venues on the Day of the City or Youth. There are many dances, as well as holidays. But we are not talking about this now.
Few people imagine howthere is a preparation for any such event. After all, you need to think through everything, write a script, pick up suitable participants, find the necessary props. One of the main elements for holding even a small but good holiday is the sound accompaniment. Very often as an assortment of musical works, called "potpourri", is used. For a dance, competition, skits or something like this is an ideal option. About him, we'll talk in the article.
The very word "potpourri" comes from the Frenchpot-pourri, which in translation means "all sorts of things, mixed / prefabricated dish". Later this term acquired a direct relation to art. The first potpourri was created for various variety and brass bands. Then began to appear compositions, consisting of popular variety tunes.
- Instrumental play, which is composed of several of the most popular motifs of operas, operettas or ballets, the music of a certain composer or style, as well as songs, marches, etc.
- A dance consisting of several dances. As a music, a potpourri is used here for the dance.
- In a figurative sense, the word is used to refer to a mixture of something heterogeneous.
Potpourri (for dancing in particular) is characterized by,that the melody does not develop in them, but one replaces the other. Between the fragments, small bundles are usually made that connect different parts. Thus they form a continuous artistic image, having a beginning and an ending. It can also be supplemented by development and culmination, various semantic and emotional transitions.
Imagine how effective it can looka dance medley "Dances of the peoples of the world" in the appropriate musical processing, tastefully selected and with knowledge glued together. If everything is done correctly, the viewer will receive an unforgettable experience from such a show, and the event will be successful.
Naturally, a quality potpourri for dance oranother number - this is not yet a guarantee of one hundred percent success, but a tangible component of it. After all, in addition to audio, the visual part of an event should also have its own highlight and "catch" viewers.
