Tchaikovsky is back closer to home with the final national dance in the sequence. The Trepak - a rapid hop in 2/4 time - was danced by the Cossack tribe predominant in the Ukraine. It is a men-only dance and Ivanov's choreography mimics the famous prisiadka technique, where the men kick out their legs from a squatting position. This is one of Tchaikovsky's most exuberant movements, framed in a bright G major. It has breathless phrases, first two 2-bar bursts, followed by a 4-bar build towards the cadence point. The theme is then repeated by the whole orchestra before moving into a second section in the dominant. Scurrying runs in the lower strings (including the unusually frisky double basses) give a wonderful burst of energy. And there's an excited swing to the syncopated to-and-fro before the repeat. Tchaikovsky finally runs away with a bold stringendo.Today's Track on Spotify.
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Iohna Loots as Clara, Ricardo Cervera as the Nephew, Paul Kay and Michael Stojko
in the Russian Dance of The Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker
Photograph © ROH/Johan Persson
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