A wonderful, carefree and fun time is childhood. Perhaps she is the best in life. Mom and dad are young and beautiful, grandparents are nearby, and everyone is ready to sing, dance, draw and play with the kids. Only children can laugh so loudly and contagiously. Their eyes shine with happiness, and what you can’t do to increase this happiness. In general, you need a little bit - just sincerely love, take care and be near.
Children are restless and mobile, active and creative. Their energy splashes over the edge. They don’t care how they get a dance or a song, if they want and they like it, they will sing and dance, no matter what. Even in kindergarten, a music director and a choreographer or educator learn the dance of little ducklings with the kids. The song attracts children with its sparkling play, and they are happy to copy dancing ducklings. Hand and body movements, endless quack-quack and mischievous laughter create a festive mood in any weather.
"Dance of the little ducklings" was born in Swiss Davos in the 50s of the last century. It was created by the famous musician Thomas Werner, Swiss by nationality. He specialized in accordion playing and harmonica. The basic idea of the dance also belongs to him. And then it began ... And then it spun ...
Following the Swiss children, children from all over the world began to dance the little ducklings with pleasure. Musicians and composers from different countries began to make literary translations and write arrangements so that everyone understood the essence of the song. Various, even the most famous artists, such as Al Bano and Ramina Power, considered it their honor to light up the spark of joy in children's eyes. In 1982, this fun song broke into
Misty Albion. Bob Kames then created her English version. English kids also danced the dance of little ducklings. The text of the Russian version is written by Yuri Entin. It can be safely stated that this light children's song is known all over the world. There are German and Czech, Estonian and Finnish, Greek and Italian, Japanese, Korean and many other options.
The technology for performing this dance is simple. The movements are straightforward. The dance of little ducklings is easy and fun. The lyrics are quite long and the following movements are usually made for it: for every two lines you first need to squeeze your palms and then wave your elbows, imitating the wings. Then squats and rotation of the pelvis, as an imitation of the movements of the tail. Next you need to get up and clap your hands. For all the time the song is played, four repetitions of each set of movements are obtained. At the refrain, a short respite is made, during which the arms are spread apart to imitate the swan flight. The main idea of this movement is the transformation of the ugly duckling into a beautiful swan.
Children of kindergartens at holidays celebrate the dance of little ducklings in a fun and funny way. Parents look at them tenderly, recalling their childhood. Selflessly and recklessly dance it and adults during corporate parties, at weddings and other events. Little ducklings from Switzerland left no one indifferent.