Russian Berezka dancers create magic as they ‘float on stage’. Watch video

The dancers at Berezka achieve this illusion by moving with fast-paced but tiny footsteps that are concealed beneath their floor-length skirts. The dancers keep their torsos elongated and rigid throughout the performance and use their arms for minimal movements. These features add to the impression that dancers are gliding or moving through some external force.

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The movements were originally mastered by Russian choreographer and dancer Nadezhda Nadezhdina in 1948. Over the years, she led the Berezka Dance Ensemble to many acclaimed international shows.

It is widely believed that Nadezhdina’s Beryozka choreographies were inspired by Khorovod, an ancient Slavic folk dance ritual which is believed to be over a thousand years old. Explaining about the famed ‘floating steps’ with The New York Times in 1972, Nadezhdina said, “Not even all our dancers can do it. You have to move in very small steps on a very low half‐toe with the body held in a certain corresponding position”.

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