"Sabre Dance" (Armenian: Սուսերով պար, Suserov par; Russian: Танец с саблями, Tanets s sablyami) is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane (1942), where the dancers display their skill with sabres. It is Khachaturian's best known and most recognizable work. Its middle section is based on an Armenian folk song. According to Tigran Mansurian, it is a synthesis of an Armenian wedding dance tune from Gyumri tied in a saxophone counterpoint "that seems to come straight from America."
| Date of composition | 1942 |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Aram Khatchatourian: Sabre Dance Aram Il'ič Chačaturjan: Sabre Dance Aram Chatschaturjan: Sabre Dance |