Sabre Dance
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"Sabre Dance" is an orchestral movement from the final act of Aram Khachaturian's 1942 ballet Gayane, in which dancers display their skill with sabres. It is Khachaturian's most recognizable work worl
Sabre Dance, by the Kirov Ballet in a 1952 Soviet film-concert
Khachaturian in 1943
A promo insert by RCA Victor, 1948
Oscar Levant (pictured here playing the piece in The Barkleys of Broadway) helped popularize "Sabre Dance" in the United States.
Gayane (ballet)
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Gayane is a four-act ballet with music by Aram Khachaturian. Originally composed in or before 1939, when it was first produced as Happiness. Revised in 1941–42 to a libretto by Konstantin Derzhavin an
Sabre Dance
…Sabre Dance" is an orchestral movement from the final act of Aram Khachaturian's 1942 ballet Gayane, in which dancers display their skill with sabres. It is Khachaturian's most recognizable work worldwide and is considered one of the signature pieces…
Gayane 08.05.2012
Portrait of Aram Khachaturian, 1944