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‖ gopak|ˈgəʊpæk| Also hopak |ˈhəʊpæk|. [Russ. gopák, f. Ukrainian hopák.] A lively Ukrainian dance in 2 / 4 time.
1929G. Gould Democritus 80 They..see the same Ukrainians that the two men have previously seen in Moscow, dancing the gopak. 1943K. Ambrose Ballet-Lover's Pocket-Bk. 21 Turns such as these are well suited to the virility of the Russian Gopak. 1958Economist 25 Oct. 303/1 For some time ahead he [sc. Mr Gaitskell] could make Mr Bevan dance the gopak if he wanted to. 1959Collins' Mus. Encycl. 324/1 Hopak, a Russian folk-dance in a lively 2–4 time, occasionally used by Russian composers. 1962Observer 20 May 21/4, I was brought before her and told to dance a ‘gopak’ and a ‘lesginka’. |