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the squat-kick dance that turned aching thighs into a national flex.
means A lively Russian and Ukrainian folk dance performed in a deep squat, with the dancer kicking the legs out alternately from a crouched position.
from From Russian kazachok, a diminutive of kazak, "Cossack" — so the dance is literally "the little Cossack," named for the horsemen of the southern steppe whose energetic dancing it evokes. The word kazak itself came into Russian and Ukrainian from a Turkic source meaning roughly "free man" or "adventurer," the same root that gives us "Cossack." The English spelling "kazatzka" is a phonetic capture of the Russian feminine form kazachka, picked up as the dance traveled westward.
- the move
- Arms crossed, you kick from a full squat.
- origins
- Born among Ukrainian Cossack warriors, not ballrooms.
- the burn
- Equivalent to a brutal modern leg day.
- the speed
- Tempo accelerates until dancers nearly collapse.
- the name
- Comes from the Slavic word for Cossack.
cossack dance — traditional high-energy folk dance from ukraine and russia, characterized by crouching kicks and performed at celebrations since the 16th century
kazatzka tune — russian folk song in 2/4 time, famously performed by cossack choirs and featured in tolstoy's war and peace