Kolomyjka (song)
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"Kolomyika" is a song of Ukrainian
singer Ruslana
released in 2003 on the Diki Tantsi
album.
Kolomyika comes to distant Hutsul village to set up a casting for actors and musicians the whole village is gathered in the local club to show their best.
The hearts of the show business sharks are captured by a modest and tender "daughter of the mountains". The following is just like in all the Hollywood fairy tales with amazing transformations, fights and "happy end", with the only difference that the whole story happens not in the hills of Los Angeles
but in the Carpathian Mountains
. This little detail will be a big nice surprise for the audience".
So far we it is understood that the story line of Kolomyika video is actually making of kolomyika video. It won't be hard to guess who played the role of that tender and modest from the first sight Hutsul girl. It is really hard to say whether the fact that audience is already used to being amazed by large scale projects by Ruslana is good or bad for her. This is not grandeur but a healthy ambitions, enthusiasm and unlimited capacity for work, with which Ruslana inspires anybody working with her.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
singer Ruslana
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004....
released in 2003 on the Diki Tantsi
Diki Tantsi
Дикі Танці is an album by the Ukrainian pop music singer Ruslana, released in 2003. Some of the songs featured on this album are also featured on Wild Dances, after she won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest....
album.
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Kolomyika is the first work of Ruslana in wonderful ethnic genre. This time all the impressive production is combined with comic style and pure eclecticism. "A "dull-witted" group working on music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
Kolomyika comes to distant Hutsul village to set up a casting for actors and musicians the whole village is gathered in the local club to show their best.
The hearts of the show business sharks are captured by a modest and tender "daughter of the mountains". The following is just like in all the Hollywood fairy tales with amazing transformations, fights and "happy end", with the only difference that the whole story happens not in the hills of Los Angeles
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but in the Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...
. This little detail will be a big nice surprise for the audience".
So far we it is understood that the story line of Kolomyika video is actually making of kolomyika video. It won't be hard to guess who played the role of that tender and modest from the first sight Hutsul girl. It is really hard to say whether the fact that audience is already used to being amazed by large scale projects by Ruslana is good or bad for her. This is not grandeur but a healthy ambitions, enthusiasm and unlimited capacity for work, with which Ruslana inspires anybody working with her.
Facts about the video.
- It was shot on the Kodak 35 mm film 14 shooting and 3 montage groups were working on the video
- Authentic costumes were used during the shooting of mass scenes
- The director - Yevhen Mytrofanov (KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
) - The cameraman - Slava Lazarev (MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) - As well as the above mentioned I Know music videoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
Kolomiika was made in the Carpathians and in LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
museum Shevchenkivsky hai. - More than 3 km (2 mi) of the film were shot.
- Most of the roles were played by real Hutsul village dwellers that still holding on to their ancient traditions. Each Hutsul traditional costume appearing in the video is at least 100 years old.
- For everybody's surprise Ruslana appears in the video as a simple village girl. Absolutely new style of the singer and the genre of the music video completely suit the concept of the new album Wild DancesWild DancesWild Dances is a 2004 studio album by the Ukrainian singer and winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000+ copies.-Track listing:Basic album...
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