🎶 Historical Footage Series. 🎼 Aram Khachaturian playing his own Sabre Dance. It’s always impressive to see a composer playing his music. The sabre dance is from his ballet Gayane (1942). Khachaturian was born in Armenia, and his love for Central Asian folk music shows in many of his compositions: « I grew up in an atmosphere rich in folk music: popular festivities, rites, joyous and sad events in the life of the people always accompanied by music, the vivid tunes of Armenian, Azerbaijani and