Simd (dance)

Simd
Cultural origins	Ossetia
Typical instruments	Garmon, Drum, Treshchotka, human voice and more

The simd (Ossetian: симд), is an Ossetian folk group dance.^[1] Time signature 4/4, 2/4. The beauty of Simd is in the strict graphic outline of the dance, the contrast between black and white costumes, the softness of movements, the strictness of line formations, and the harmony created by all of the above. The Simds name names the State song and dance ensemble of South Ossetia “Simd” named after B. A. Galayev.

References

1. State Song and Dance Ensemble of South Ossetia “Simd”

External links

Sites

• State song and dance ensemble of South Ossetia “Simd”
• Симд
• Симд — танец, корнями уходящий в глубокую древность
• Симд (песня, сопровождающая танец).
• Осетинская хореография.
• Уарзиати В. С. Танцы // Народные игры и развлечения осетин. — Орджоникидзе, 1987.
• Симд Нартов. Массовый танец.
• Культура.
• Народные осетинский танец. Специальный материал.

Videos

• Simd performed by ensemble “Alan” (statement of Elbrus Kubalov, 2011).
• Simd performed by ensemble “Simd” (statement of Aslanbeg Kabisov, 1989).
• Simd performed by ensemble “Gorets” (statement of Yuri Alborov, 2010).
• Simd performed by ensemble “Alan” and “Gorets” (statement of Khadzhismel Varziev, 2010).
• Simd (an episode from a film “Fatima”, 1958).
• Narton-simd in the Rekom Sanctuary, 2010.