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Part 1
The Monument
One Totally Awesome Brit-dance[66]
ОглавлениеA new dance appeared, too, called by various names: ‘Pissrigging’ (after an unmistakable event in Riga), ‘Bridance’ in English or simply ‘Brit’ for short. The characteristic dance moves are reminiscent of the forgotten (thank God!) Lambada with some elements of break-dance. This new dance is being performed at the Club parties, and their particularly grand orgies.
When the news got out that the ‘Peeing British’ Club is organizing the international dance competition ‘Pissrigging’, the Baltic International Academy (BIA) claimed its special right to be chosen as a venue for the event among many other applicants. The thing is that BIA is the largest private HEI in the many other applicants. The thing is that BIA is the largest private HEI in the Baltic States and the countries of Northern Europe (accommodating students from 25 countries). It was founded in 1992 as a Baltic Russian Institute (abbreviated to BRI) and retained the original name until 2008.
The department of Cultural Studies keenly supported the idea of the competition, and stipulated that there could not be a better platform for the contest. Their argument was impeccable and irresistible. They see that ‘British’ is nothing else but BRI-tish, a slightly masked name of the traditional dance of the Baltic Russian Institute,[67] that the most gifted students have been performing since the day of the institute’s establishment.
Frequently at BRI disco parties a famous 1995 song by Garik Sukachev[68] can be heard blasting from the powerful speakers: ‘I will know my sweetheart by his walking, and he wears his hat like a panama’. The old song from Odessa is acquiring a new life as the students dance ‘Pissrigging’ with gusto twisting each other’s arms.
The parties at the BRI have been known for their atmosphere of informality, but after the Briton’s feat at the Freedom Monument, and the organization of the International Dance Competition at BIA ‘BRI-dance’ became a calling card, perhaps, even a brand of the Baltic Academy. In some ways, thanks to such branding the flow of applicants to this HEI from the whole of Latvia and other countries never slows. The prestige of the Academy is so high that showing its readiness to accept and nurture the talented followers of Blockhead from all over the world, they decided to start teaching in English.
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In the original Russian text the Brit is ‘британец’ which indeed can be broken into ‘БРИ-танец’ or the BRI-dance in English.
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Garic Sukachov is a famous Russian rock singer known for his uncouth appearance and shocking behaviour.