Russian Police Choir

[Josh Wilson]

The NBC site only works in the States. 

 

You can find the Azbuka rolik, though, on RuTube.
http://rutube.ru/video/c5f21f8ec23fb8905b61baa87e87a095/?ref=logo 

 

 

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

 

 

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Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 11:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Police Choir

 

Tom,

 

No matter what I try, I can't get that alphabet video to play.  Does anyone
have a  way to access it?  When it showed up, I hit the record button on my
t.v. as fast as I could, but that's not the same as making it available to
students.  I also was emailing a fellow Russianist high school teacher - we
agree that the video could be Russia's best gift to our language programs.
Since the alphabet is what attracts many to try Russian, it would be super
as a promotion tool.  Not to even get into the implications for the new
revised Standards emphasis on "Reflecting on cultural products..."
(available at www.actfl.org. Or what one could imagine doing with the video
in a more advanced class, or with heritage learners.  I could go on and on -
it was electrifying just to think that a country would identify its culure
first and foremost with its language/writing system.

 

Tom, I agree with you more than 100% about the policeman's chorus and
perceptions of Russia.  Was horrified in church this morning to hear prayers
for the unfortunate people in the Sochi area whose homes have been displaced
-- the only mention of the Olympics.  And that is just one example of the
pervasive negative and/or mocking commentary on Russia, now, and so very
often.  "Why did they gloss over Stalin in the history segment?"  Really -
would we include choreography on slavery or the expropriation of Native
American lands in a similar show?  "Jane, don't you think Russia is terribly
dangerous?"  That was just before I nearly became a witness at a police
shoot out at a suburban Wegmans right here. 

 

With apologies for a bit of a blog-sized reply, but have been thinking about
that ceremony all weekend.

 

Jane Shuffelton

 

On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Beyer, Tom <beyer at middlebury.edu> wrote:

It's nice to see the bright and surprising side of Russia, its people and
culture. Many of us have devoted a life to understanding and appreciating
them better, and to opening the eyes of our students to that world. Another
lovely segment is devoted to the alphabet. Share it with your students and
prospectives.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/russian-alphabet-comes-life?ctx=top-moments

This is a proud nation and  proud people. Mutual understanding will not be
built upon demeaning or embarrassing them.



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Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian Police Choir

Truth is stranger than fiction. My eyes could not believe it until I saw it.
Serious semiotic analysis of this video welcome.
Humorous. The uniforms and diction do not match --- this
Russian Police Choir in formal uniform, in operatic voices, sing Daft Punk's
Get Lucky.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/russian-police-choir-performs-get-lucky-ope
ning-ceremony?ctx=top-moments

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