Photographs Armenia Aragatsotn Ararat Armavir Gegharkunik Gharabagh Kotayk Lori Shirak Syunik Tavush Vayots Dzor Yerevan Other Countries Georgia Western Armenia Unclassified Russia Lori Lernapat Dance ensemble from Lernapat Village, Lori region Syunik Rite rain call during a drought,Zangezour Yerevan Rope dancer, Postcard, Yerevan, end of 19th century Choreographic collegeYerevan, Armenia, approx. 1928 Mr. Vahram Aristakesyan1926 Mr. Vahram Aristakesyan, leading dance line – dance researcher,Mr. Edvard Manukyan, next to Mr. V. Aristakesyan – first art director of Armenian State Dance EnsembleFrom Martiros Saryan’s archive,1926 Chol Maydan, war dance from Sasoun Yarkhoushta, war dance from Sasoun Silvani Yarkhoushta, war dance from Sasoun Road Dance from ShatakhiChoreographic school of Yerevan, 1936 Badalo dance,Armenian National State Dance Ensemble,Art Director Mr. V. Aristakesyan,(In the picture – V. Aristakesyan, P. Burnazyan, E. Manukyan)1929 Chol Maydan Dance,Armenian Dance Group of the Dance College,Choreography by Ms. Srbuhi Lisicyan Julhakanots Dance,Armenian National State Dance Ensemble Western Armenia Van and Shatakh Children’s Song Dance Let’s crush the onion and garlicՍոխն ի սխտոր ցանեցինք(Sokhn i skhtor tsanetsinq) National Feast at the Saint Karapet MonasteryTaron, Mush, end of 19th century approx. Sircle Armenian dance by Armenian Women,Van, 1914 Typen aus der Türkei. – Armenier, 1903, 8.5 x 6.5 cmGreece, Athens, Alkis Raftis CollectionÜber Land und Meer, 29. Stuttgart, 1903, p.651