Majorettes are girls in military uniform whotake part in the parade. Very often they are dressed in short skirts, a suit with lace and boots. In their hands they have drums or wands. As a rule, they go to the parade with a military brass band and set the rhythm. Who are they? What do you mean mazhoretki? About these girls and will be discussed in the article.
In the 30s of the 20th century,drums began to walk proudly in front of a column of demonstrators through the streets and squares of the cities of the New and Old World. After a while the brass band joined them, flags, wands, pompons appeared in their arsenal. So almost 90 years ago there were mazurets in solemn military uniform.
At the present time a new direction of choreography was born, quite young in our country and having a decent record abroad. Majority girls are the main heroines of this trend.
Girls who worked with chopsticks were called"Tweerlin" (from English means "rotate"). They honed their technique, bringing it to perfection. They juggled with wands, wands, and at the same time they danced and in every possible way started the crowd.
Iron wand, which is juggling, called a loaf, there is also a baton-flag.
From the Italian language the word "major" is translated as "a girl in the form of a military drummer."
In French, the term has almost the same meaning - it's girls, assistant tambour major (the main drummer).
These two translations almost reflect the very first occupation of girls - accompaniment of brass bands on parades and solemn processions.
Nowadays a modern sport has been formed,when practicing, coordination, hands and hearing are trained. Girls are constantly practicing and practicing, they twist, throw and catch an iron stick weighing about 1 kilogram, while doing all kinds of rebuilding. In fact, in sports they make the same exercises as do mazurets on parades and solemn processions.
According to this fashionable modern sport there are many competitions. Sections and sports clubs have been created, during the holidays very often they hold master classes in order to popularize the sport.
Само слово "мажоретки" праздничное, «мажор» means "musical harmony with joyful coloring of sound" and is associated with "tambour-majors" - in the French armies the so-called chiefs of drummers were called. "Tambour" from French translates as "drum", "major" - "senior".
From this version of the origin of the meaning of the word"Mazhoretki" follows that they are an assistant to the platform-majeure. The girls were originally participants in military parades, they usually went before a military orchestra and set the rhythm with the help of drums.
In the ranks of these girls did not take anyone horrible, played a huge role appearance of the pretender, physical training, musical ear.
Today, performances can be conditionally divided intotwo kinds. There are so-called ceremonial majors, they take part in processions, parades, rallies. They decently go through the streets of cities, while playing on drums or juggling loaves.
And the second kind of girls is a sports type,which show on the stage, arena, in the gym very complicated in terms of technical elements. It was from the speeches of this kind that a new kind of sport arose.
Currently, in the arsenal of girls can be different items. Judges in sports competitions assess the skill and technique of owning these items.
Now performances of majorettes are not only a sport, but also an independent dance-choreographic genre that has its secrets and features.
Currently, in a new dance style, girls use pompons, a banner and flags. The dances are sport oriented.
Dancing with pompoms. Such numbers are very diverse, pom-poms servefor a more complete disclosure of the image and create the effect of a show and a holiday. Often dances with pompons are used for carnivals and other enchanting events.
Dancing with banners. Носят более спортивный характер.Participants show their skills, physical training. In such dances, the plot is very often present, and banners help to more clearly reveal the image. Often in recent times such ceremonial dances are used when holding processions, parades and festive rallies.
Majorettes appeared in the world about 90 years ago,but right now, these girls have aroused interest in society. No parade and solemn event can not do without them. Organize independent competitions in the form of sports, very similar to their solemn performances at the parades.
Being a major has always been very prestigious, soas it was associated with beauty and style. All the girls as a selection - beautiful, slender, showy, dressed in a well-fitting form on them - this has long become a standard of style and fashion.
