Ukrainian Dancing for Kids -- Learn the Hopak Dance from Ukraine

Learn about All Around This World's live online music classes for kids and our “always-on” global cultures curriculum for kids, their schools and their families: http://www.allaroundthisworld.com/Live-Online-World-Cultures-Classes-for-Your-School-Library-Family =================================== UKRAINIAN DANCING FOR KIDS! Learn the Hopak Dance from Ukraine THANK YOU FOR WATCHING! We hope you enjoyed this episode of “Learn Around This World!” The goal of the All Around This World educational program is to open our children's minds (and grown-ups' too!) to embrace difference by engaging in great global music, dancing, holidays and FUN. “Learn Around This World” features inspiring international educators who celebrate diversity by teaching family-friendly musical and cultural lessons that originate form their home nations and/or ancestral cultures. Make sure to subscribe to this channel and like this video if you enjoyed it. SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsPxuJu-MKdim9yLgXShwA?sub_confirmation=1 =================================== IN THIS VIDEO our partner Anita Dey Barsukova and members of the MIT Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble (http://www.facebook.com/MITUkrainianFolkdance) introduce us to the Hopak, a cornerstone traditional folk dance of Ukraine. Ukraine is a large and always politically pivotal nation that has endured centuries of complicated territorial shifts -- ruled at points by Lithuania, the Ottoman Empire, Poland, Austria-Hungry and, most prominently throughout the 20th century — and, as we can appreciate in the context of current global affairs — Russia. Of course Ukraine is so much more that just a character in other nations' narratives. Ukrainians are proud of their perseverance through their challenging history as well as their Ukrainian language and a dynamic diversity of people, cultures and music. Ukraine is home to a variety of mountain-dwelling ethnic groups, while at the same time boasting cities, like Kiev, that have been rapidly modernizing...at least until challenged by war. =================================== What is All Around This World? All Around This World is a joyfully musical Cultural Inclusion program for children 0-9 years old that encourages kids and their families to explore the world by enjoying global music, rhythms, and movement. Jay Sand, guitarist and children’s music teacher, world traveler, dad of three girls, developed All Around This World with his daughters as a way to introduce them to the countries he’s already visited and the many more he plans to visit with them. Treat the kids in your SCHOOL, LIBRARY COMMUNITY or FAMILY to an engaging, educational and FUN live class each week! Ask Jay about his live online classes for kids in YOUR COUNTRY on a weekday morning IN YOUR TIME ZONE. http://www.allaroundthisworld.com/Live-Online-World-Cultures-Classes-for-Your-School-Library-Family =================================== Learn about our classes, global “pen pal” program and more! Websites: http://www.AllAroundThisWorld.com http://www.ExploreEverywhere.com (about classes and curriculum) IG: https://www.Instagram.com/allaroundthisworld Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/allaroundthisworld =================================== Ukrainian Dancing for Kids – Learn the Hopak Dance from Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUwFy8cK9FY