cunt U-Ivan Omubi, uTsar owaziwa ngesimilo sakhe esinzima nothando lobuciko, kwaba yinto evamile ukuba nasenkantolo, amahlaya, abaculi, abadlali, kanye
abadansi.
Ngezikhathi zamaSoviet, ngemuva kwenguquko ka-1917, uhulumeni wamaBolshevik waqala ukwaba imali yenhlangano nokusabalalisa izinkampani eziqeqeshiwe zemidanso ethandwayo. Ngo-1937 iqembu lokuqala lomdanso elidumile labonakala ngaphansi kokuqondisa kuka-Igor Moiseyev.
Phakathi kwezinkampani eziningi kukhona elinye iqembu: iBarynia, ubuhle bayo obufinyelele eqophelweni lokuthi lapho abaculi bengena esiteji, abayi
bazi kahle ukuthi bazohumusha kanjani, umphumela wobuciko uhlala uyimpucuko yokuzenzakalela. (Badume kakhulu phesheya).
Ukuthuthukiswa komdanso waseRussia kwavela ezinhlangothini ezintathu:
- Ama-corros (jorovody) ahlukahlukene kakhulu. Kuyinhlanganisela yokunyakaza kwenani elikhulu labahlanganyeli ngengoma futhi kwesinye isikhathi nge
ukulingiswa kokuqukethwe ngumculo.
- Imidanso eyenziwe ngcono, kuya ngenani labahlanganyeli, umdanso ungaba ngawodwana, ngababili noma ngamaqembu. Lemidanso
ngokuvamile zifundwa kusukela ebuntwaneni.
- Imidanso yesintu, ngokungafani nemidanso ethandwayo, ine-oda elithile lezinombolo ezihlukile futhi kwisibalo ngasinye ukunyakaza kusungulwa ngaphambilini. Okusabalele kakhulu yilezi: kadril, metaliza, valenki, balalaika, sibisrkaya, polka njll.