Who wrote the 'Sabre Dance'?
Sabre Dance Sabre Dance "Sabre Dance" (, "Suserov par"; , "Tanets s sablyami") is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet "Gayane" (1942), where the dancers display their skill with sabres. It is Khachaturian's best known and most recognizable work. He apparently felt that its popularity "deflected attention from his other works." Its middle section is based on an unnamed Armenian folk song. 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." "Sabre Dance" is considered one of the signature
Sabre Dance the airport featuring James Cagney and Horst Bucholz. It was also played briefly in "". Video games in which the "Sabre Dance" was used include: The National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres have used the piece as a theme song since the team was established in 1970. After a hiatus, the "Sabre Dance" was again made their theme song in 2011. In 2010–13, the "Sabre Dance" became popular in the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, because it was played in Donbass Arena, the venue of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, whenever the Armenian football player Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal. The "Sabre Dance"