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The cover of a 1953 record of "Sabre Dance" by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra[1]

"Sabre Dance"[a] is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane (1942), where the dancers display their skill with sabres.[2] It is Khachaturian's best known and most recognizable work worldwide.[3][4] In the composer’s own words, the “Dance of the Kurds”, which subsequently became the “Sabre Dance”, originated with the insistence of the Director of the Kirov Theatre already after the rehearsal process had commenced. Although Khachaturian considered the score to be complete, he reluctantly agreed to add another dance in the last act.[5][6][7]

"Sabre Dance" is considered one of the signature pieces of 20th-century popular music.[8] It was popularized by covers by pop artists,[9] first in the U.S. in 1948 and later elsewhere. Its use in a wide range in films and television over the decades have significantly contributed to its renown.[10] "Sabre Dance" has also been used by a number of figure skaters from at least five countries in their performances.

Composition

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It is notable for its employment of percussion instruments, especially the xylophone[11][12] (or tubaphone).[13] Daniel Chetel wrote that it features "very active percussion" with the lead of the xylophone and "dramatic glissandi for the trumpet and trombone."[14]

Its brief middle section in 3
4 includes a prominent cello soli in tenor clef and alto saxophone,[14] and is based on an unnamed Armenian folk song.[2][15] According to Tigran Mansurian, it is a synthesis of an Armenian wedding dance tune from Gyumri tied in a saxophone counterpoint "that seems to come straight from America."[16] Woodwind auxiliaries include the piccolo, English horn, and bass clarinet. The harp is active throughout, while the celesta plays at the very end.[14]

Popularity and critical reception

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NPR described it as "one of the catchiest, most familiar—perhaps most maddening—tunes to come out of the 20th century."[17] The New York Times noted that Khachaturian "never disowned the 'Sabre Dance', but he did feel, apparently, that it deflected attention from his other works." He told an American interviewer, "It's like one button on my shirt, and I have many buttons."[18] According to Nikolai Kapustin, Khachaturian did not like "when people are constantly performing his Sabre Dance and whistling at the same time." Kapustin told how Khachaturian once "imitated that kind of performance for us. We were laughing. Khachaturian, as well as Prokofiev, had a special sense of humor. They liked to joke with their friends, but only with close people, not everyone."[19]

Steven Poole notes that its "insistent xylophone-accented melody" has "become a kind of global musical shorthand for cartoonish urgency."[20] Critics Peter G. Davis and Martin Bernheimer have called it "infamous" and "obnoxious,"[21][22] Jed Distler characterized it as "notorious",[23] while David Mermelstein called it "garish and ubiquitous."[24] Other critics have called it "furiously paced",[25] "flashing",[26] "rollicking,"[27] "rousing",[28] "bustling,"[29] "blazing",[30] "high-tension, catchy and rhythmically insistent".[31]

Classical performances and recordings

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Oscar Levant helped popularize "Sabre Dance" in the United States in 1947–49.

After World War II, records of dances from Khachaturian's ballet Gayane reached the west and "Sabre Dance" "caused an immediate sensation and straightaway becoming a popular classical hit."[32] In 1948, three records of "Sabre Dance" reached number one in the Billboard Best-Selling Records by Classical Artists: by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Artur Rodziński),[33][34] by the New York Philharmonic (conducted by Efrem Kurtz),[35][b] and by the pianist Oscar Levant (Columbia Records).[37] They were among the Year's Top Selling Classical Artists,[38] and it was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's first million-selling record.[39] A record by the Boston Pops Orchestra also made it to the classical chart.[40]

According to the Current Biography Yearbook, it was Levant's performance that "received popular attention."[41] Levant published a piano solo version of it and played the piece five times on the radio program Kraft Music Hall between December 1947 and December 1948.[42] He also played it on the piano in the 1949 film The Barkleys of Broadway.[43]

"Sabre Dance" has also been recorded by Russian-American violinist Jascha Heifetz (1948, transcribed it for violin/piano),[44][36] Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Fabien Sevitzky, in 1953),[1] the Hungarian-French pianist György Cziffra (1956),[45] the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Yuri Temirkanov, 1986),[46] the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Stanley Black, 1989),[47] the Irish flute player James Galway (1993 album Dances for Flute),[48] the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Alexander Lazarev, 1994),[49] the National Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian, 2005),[50] Franco-Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulović (2014).[51][52]

In 1986 Irish flautist James Galway made a flute transcription of "Sabre Dance" along with other works of Khachaturian.[53]

Covers

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U.S. hit (1948)

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"There's a rash of sabre dance disks based on the familiar excerpts from Aram Khachaturian's Gay[a]ne Ballet Suite."

 —Billboard, February 1948[54]

In 1948 "Sabre Dance" was recorded by a number of singers and became a jukebox hit in the U.S.,[58] prompting Newsweek to suggest that it could be called the "Khachaturian Year in the United States."[59]

By May 1948, three records of "Sabre Dance"—a pop-boogie hit by Freddy Martin,[60] a dance-band version by Woody Herman,[61] and a vocal version by The Andrews Sisters with harmonica backing[62]—made it to Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Records at No. 8, No. 13, and No. 28, respectively.[63]

Aside from these three versions, it was also recorded by Victor Young's orchestra (Decca Records),[36] Ray Bloch's orchestra (Signature Records), Macklin Marrow's orchestra (MGM), pianist Oscar Levant (Columbia Records), the Angie Bond Trio (Dick Records), and the Harmonickings (Jubilee Records), Macklin Morrow (MGM), Harry Horlick (Crown Recordings).[36] According to John Sforza "Sabre Dance" is a "good example of multiple recordings of the same song in the 1940s recording industry."[64] The pianist David Rose played it on The Red Skelton Show.[36] Charles Magnante offered an arrangement for the accordion and Harry James one for trumpet.[36]

Two decades later, in 1968, when Khachaturian visited the U.S., New York Post music critic Harriett Johnson noted that "Sabre Dance" is Khachaturian's "most popular piece in this country."[65] New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg agreed, calling it "enormously popular" and adding that the "little whirling piece occupies the same place in his output that the C sharp minor Prelude did in Rachmaninoff's."[66]

Later versions

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"Sabre Dance" has been used in numerous films, animated films, television series, video games, and commercials over the years, oftentimes for humorous effects.[98] The piece's popular familiarity has been enhanced by its traditional use as accompaniment by travelling circuses[99] and on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) when novelty acts such as plate spinners appeared.[17]

Conan O'Brien's late night talk show (1993–2009) used it as the theme for the masturbating bear.[100]

In Russia, the KVN team Uralskiye pelmeni performed a sketch using the piece in 2004.[101]

On June 6, 2013, on the 110th anniversary of Khachaturian's birthday a modern take of the Sabre Dance—Sabre Dance on the Street—was performed at Yerevan Cascade by the Barekamutyun dance ensemble and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.[102][103][104]

Films and series

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Films in which "Sabre Dance" was used include The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), One, Two, Three (1961),[105] The System (1964), The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev (1970),[106] Amarcord (1973), Well, Just You Wait! 6th episode "Countryside" (1973), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Repentance (1987), Punchline (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993), Radioland Murders (1994), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994),[107][108] Don't Drink the Water (1994), I Married a Strange Person! (1997), Vegas Vacation (1997), A Simple Wish (1997), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), The Lion King 1½ (2004), Kung Fu Hustle (2005), Scoop (2006), Sicko (2007), Ghost Town (2008), Witless Protection (2008), Le Concert (2009), Pájaros de papel (2010), Sabre Dance (2015).[98] In his frenzied comedy One, Two, Three, director Billy Wilder used the dance repeatedly for comic effect, including a crazed chase through East Berlin, and the chaotic closing ride to the airport featuring James Cagney and Horst Buchholz. It was also played briefly in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. A band plays the song in the beginning of the movie Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022).

Some notable television shows that have used it include The Jack Benny Program (1961), "A Piano in the House" from The Twilight Zone (1962), The Onedin Line (1971 and 1972), The Benny Hill Show (1985), Our Very First Telethon episode of Full House (1990), The Simpsons (1991), The Nanny (1996), "Dexter Is Dirty" from Dexter's Laboratory (1997), Two and a Half Men (2004), "Recipe for Disaster" from What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2004), "Peterotica" episode of Family Guy (2006), SpongeBob SquarePants (2007), and The Big Bang Theory (2009).[109] The song was featured in The Amazing Race 28, when teams travelled to Armenia and had to search the Yerevan Opera Theater for their next clue.

Video games

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Video games in which "Sabre Dance" was used include:

  • Road Runner (the 1985 Atari System 1 arcade version).
  • Sleeping Dogs on the classical Boosey and Hawkes radio station.
  • Final Fantasy IV, as background music for the dancing girls' routines.
  • Aero the Acro-Bat, as the music in the very first stage (Sega Genesis version), or possibly the 'invulnerability' theme in other versions.
  • StepManiaX, as a remixed version of it by MonstDeath.
  • Team Fortress 2, as the Heavy can be heard singing a part of it occasionally.
  • Dota 2, whenever the character Ringmaster uses one of his abilities.

Use in sports

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The National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres have used the piece as a theme song since the team was established in 1970.[110] After a hiatus, "Sabre Dance" was again made their theme song in 2011.[111][112]

In 2010-2013, "Sabre Dance" was played at Donbass Arena, the venue of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk, whenever the Armenian football player Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal.[113]

"Sabre Dance" was featured in the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony held in Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia on February 7.[114][115][116]

Figure skating

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"Sabre Dance" has been used by numerous figure skaters, including:

Season(s) Skaters Country Competition Ref
1981–82 Natalia Bestemianova
Andrei Bukin 		 Soviet Union 1982 World Figure Skating Championships: free skating [117][118][119]
1986 Suzanne Semanick
Scott Gregory 		 United States U.S. Championship [120]
1986–88 Debi Thomas  United States [121][122][123][124]
1994 Scott Hamilton  United States 1994 World Professional Figure Skating Championships [125][126]
1994 Michelle Kwan  United States 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships: short program [127]
1999 Johnny Weir  United States short program [128]
1999–00 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia short program [129]
2001–02 Stanislav Morozov
Aliona Savchenko 		 Ukraine short program [130]
2001–02 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan short program [131]
2004–05 Stanislav Morozov
Tatiana Volosozhar 		 Ukraine free skating [132]
2004–05 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan short program [133][134]
2005–06 Takahito Mura  Japan short program [135]
2006–07 Maximin Coia
Adeline Canac 		 France free skating [136]
2007 Ryuju Hino  Japan Skate Asia 2007: short program [137]
2012–13 Yulia Lipnitskaya  Russia short program [138][139]
2014 2014 European Figure Skating Championships exhibition [140]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Armenian: Սուսերով պար, Suserov par
    Russian: Танец с саблями, Tanets s sablyami
  2. ^ Kurtz also recorded it with the Kansas City Philharmonic.[36]
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    "Sabre Dance"
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  114. ^ Wise, Brian (7 February 2014). "Anna Netrebko Performs at the Olympics Opening Ceremony". New York: WQXR-FM. Retrieved 28 August 2014. ...a snippet of Khachaturian's Saber Dance as Soviet-era cars whizzed around...
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