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The Bremen Town Musicians (film)
''The Bremen Town Musicians'' (russian: links=no, Бременские музыканты, Bremenskiye muzykanty) is a 1969 Soviet musical animated film produced by Soyuzmultfilm, directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya and written by Yuri Entin and Vasily Livanov, with music by Gennady Gladkov. It is based on the characters of Brothers Grimm fairy-tale, ''Town Musicians of Bremen''. The film became a cult hit in the Soviet Union because of its memorable musical soundtrack, which contains influences from Western rock and roll music. Two sequels were made, including ''On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians'' (1973) and ''The New Bremen Town Musicians'' (2000). Plot The cartoon focuses on a Donkey, a Dog, a Cat, and a Rooster and their leader, a Troubadour (possibly to represent a classical five-piece rock-band). At the start of the cartoon, the band sings about the joy of freedom, which they feel in their travels. They arrive in a palace and begin a show for the King and his subjects. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inessa Kovalevskaya
Inessa Alekseyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: Инесса Алексеевна Ковалевская; born 1 March 1933) is a Soviet and Russian animation director at Soyuzmultfilm known for her musical animated films and ''The Bremen Town Musicians'' in particular. She is member of ASIFA.'' Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016)''Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets — Boca Raton: CRC Press, p. 292 ''Sergei Kapkov (2006)''. Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation. — Moscow: Algorithm, p. 327—328 She was named the Merited Art Worker of the Russian Federation in 2002.President's decree № 116 at (in Russian) Early life Inessa Kovalevskaya was born in Mosc ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', ''For Honor'', '' Just Dance'', '' Prince of Persia'', ''Rabbids'', ''Rayman'', ''Tom Clancy's'', and ''Watch Dogs''. History Origins and first decade (1986–1996) By the 1980s, the Guillemot family had established themselves as a support business for farmers in the Brittany province of France and other regions, including into the United Kingdom. The five sons of the family – Christian, Claude, Gérard, Michel, and Yves – helped with the company's sales, distribution, accounting, and management with their parents before university. All 5 gained business experience while at university, which they brought back to the family business after graduating. The brothers came up with the idea of diversification to sell other products of use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Dance 2019
''Just Dance 2019'' is a 2018 dance rhythm game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was unveiled on June 11, 2018, during its E3 press conference as the tenth main installment of the series, and was released on October 23, 2018 on Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 in North America. It was also released on October 25, 2018 in Europe and Australia. A demo for the game was released on November 12, 2018, on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. ''Just Dance 2019'' was the last known game overall to be released for the Xbox 360 worldwide. It was also the last ''Just Dance'' game released on the Wii U console, and by extension, the final Wii U game to be published by Ubisoft. Gameplay As with the previous installments of the franchise, players must mimic the on-screen dancer's choreography to a chosen song using either motion controllers or the game's associated smartphone app. The game's user interface received a significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M1 (Ukraine)
M1 is a Ukrainian music television channel. The channel shows lifestyle and music related programs. M1 is a part of Starlight Media broadcasting group, created by Viktor Pinchuk. Referred sources See also * List of Ukrainian-language television channels Television has a long history in Ukraine, where regular television broadcasting started during the Soviet years in 1951. However the first ever TV broadcast took place on 1 February 1939 in Kyiv. Since then TV broadcasting has expanded, particula ... External links Official website {{Ukrainian TV 2001 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian brands Television stations in Ukraine Television channels and stations established in 2001 Ukrainian-language television stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quest Pistols
Quest Pistols Show (before 2014, Quest Pistols) are a Ukrainian pop-rock band formed in 2007, originally consisting of Anton Savlepov (vocals, guitar), Nikita Goruk (vocals, bass), and Konstantin 'Kostya' Borovsky (vocals, keyboard). In 2012 Kostya left the band and was replaced by Daniel Joy. The band began as a group of dancers in a show called "Quest Ballet". On April 1, 2007 they took part as singers during the show "Chance" as an April Fools prank with the song "Я устал" and received over 60,000 positive votes. After their success, the group decided to become a band. Since their formation, the band has released the studio albums: Dlja tebja, in 2007 and Superklass in 2009; and one EP "Волшебные краски + ROCK’N'ROLL и кружева" in 2008, and now the single 'Forget Everything' in 2013 (later added to the album 'Shards of Ice'). This song marks the start of 'a new stage' of the band, completely different from the usual image. The press team commented; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamaliya
Kamaliya Zahoor ( uk, Камалія Захур, russian: Камалия Захур; born Nataliya Shmarenkova on 18 May 1977), known professionally as simply Kamaliya, is a Ukrainian singer, actress, television personality, model and former Mrs. World beauty pageant titleholder. She has become widely known in the United Kingdom through her participation in the British reality television programme ''Meet the Russians''. Early years Kamaliya (real name Natalya Shmarenkova; russian: Наталья Шмаренкова) was born in 1977 in Zabaikallye, Soviet Union. When she turned three, her military father was deployed to Budapest, where she danced and sang in the children's ensemble called "Kolokol'chik" (the Jingle). When her family later moved to Lviv, she took classes in violin and opera, and while in school, she took part in as many concerts and shows as possible. Her efforts were noticed and she received an invitation to sing with the Ukrainian folk music group "Halytska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Vinnitskaya
Alena Vinnitskaya ( uk, Альона Ві́нницька ''Alona Vinnytska'';Her artist name is the Russian version of her name (russian: Алёна Винницкая ''Alena Vinnitskaya'') born Olha Viktorivna Vinnytska ( uk, О́льга Ві́кторівна Ві́нницька) on 27 December 1974, Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union – in present-day Ukraine) is a Ukrainian singer and TV presenter. She is an author and performer. Career During six years of solo career, Vinnitskaya released 8 CDs: ''Rassvet'' (2004), ''007'' (2005), ''Sunrise'' (2005), ''Kukly''(2006), ''Electro ''(2007), maxi-single ''Konvert'' (2008), ''ZaMIXovano. The Best mixes'' (2008), ''Alena Vinnitskaya. Sbornik hitov 2003-2010'' (2010). She started to write songs in childhood, sending them to the newspaper ''Pionerskaya Pravda''. Some time later Vinnitskaya became a fan of the band ''Kino'' and thanks to this started to play the guitar. In 1993, she created her first group ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Panayotov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Panayotov (russian: Александр Серге́евич Панайотов; born 1 July 1984) is a Russian-Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He has recorded two albums so far. Eurovision Song Contest Aleksandr had made eleven previous attempts to represent Russia or Ukraine so far Russia * 2005: ''Balalayka'' (with Alexey Chumakov) – 5th (11.6% of televoting) * 2006: Didn't qualify to the first round * 2007: ''Не моя (Every Little Thing)'' (with Alexey Chumakov) – 2nd * 2008: ''Crescent and Cross'' – 2nd (52 points) * 2009: ''Superhero'' – Didn't qualify to the national final * 2010: ''Maya Showtime'' – 6th (10.6 points) * 2017: Aleksandr was shortlisted * 2019: Aleksandr was shortlisted * 2020: Aleksandr was shortlisted – 3rd * 2021: Aleksandr was shortlisted Ukraine * 2009: ''Superhero'' – 4th (22 points) The Voice of Russia 2016 ;''The Voice'' performances : – Studio version of song reached the top performances that week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball (dance Party)
A ball is a formal dance party often characterised by a banquet followed by a social dance that includes ballroom dancing. Ball dancing emerged from formal dances during the Middle Ages and carried on through different iterations throughout succeeding centuries, such as the 17th century Baroque dance and the 18th century cotillion. Several variations exists such as the masquerade and debutante ball as well as the more modern prom. Etymology The word ''ball'' derives from the Latin word , meaning 'to dance', and ''bal'' was used to describe a formal dancing party in French in the 12th century. The ''ballo'' was an Italian Renaissance word for a type of elaborate court dance, and developed into one for the event at which it was performed. The word also covered performed pieces like ''Il ballo delle ingrate'' by Claudio Monteverdi (1608). French developed the verb , and the noun ''bal'' for the event—from where it swapped into languages like English or German—and , the Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Dance
Sword dances are recorded throughout world history. There are various traditions of solo and mock-battle (Pyrrhic) sword dances from Africa, Asia and Europe. General types of sword dance include: *solo dancers around swords – such as the traditional Scottish sword dances. This general form also encompasses non-sword dances such as the bacca pipes jig in Cotswold morris dance, *mock-battle dances, including many stick dances from non-sword traditions, and such common continental dances as Bouffons or Mattachins as described by Thoinot Arbeau in 1588. *hilt-and-point sword dances – where the dancers are linked together by their swords in a chain. These form the basis for rapper sword and long sword forms. China and Vietnam Sword dances in China and Vietnam, known as ''jian wu'' or ''múa kiếm'', began as a military training exercise with swords and spears which evolved into an elaborate acrobatic dance. Jian wu was one of four classical dances that were used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb. Ragtime pieces (often called "rags") are typically composed for and performed on piano, though the genre has been adapted for a variety of instruments and styles. " Maple Leaf Rag", " The Entertainer", "Fig Leaf Rag", "Frog Legs Rag", and "Sensation Rag" are among the most popular songs of the genre. The genre emerged from African American communities in the Southern and Midwestern United States, evolving from folk and minstrel styles and popular dances such as the cakewalk and combining with elements of classical and march music. Ragtime significantly influenced the development of jazz. In the 1960's, the genre had began to be revived with the publication '' The All Played Ragtime'' and artists re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
