Groups 2021

Cultural Association C.I.D.A.N. (Center for Research and Diffusion of Native Art) “MI PERU”

 

Country: Peru

Director: Anita Maribel Zapata Flores

A.C. C.I.D.A.N. (Center for Research and Diffusion of Native Art) “MI PERU” was established on November 15, 1985. It is a non-profit Cultural Association, with 35 years of artistic career. Its purpose is to preserve, investigate and above all to spread the customs and experiences of Peruvians in three regions: Coast, Sierra and Amazonia.

Officially recognised by the Ministry of Culture, currently CULTURAL ASSOCIATION C.I.D.A.N. “MI PERU” is a heritage landmark decorated by the illustrious Municipality of San Juan de Miraflores, Lima, Nasca, Pueblo Libre, Andahuaylas, the National Congress and multiple international organizations.

The group has Professional dancers and musicians who show the Peru’s Folklore with authentic choreography, without stylizations or false interpretations.

Awards:

  1. National champion at Festival del Sol Inti Raymi – Cusco, Peru, 1999
  2. Winners in different dance contests and parades in Peru, 2002 – 2010
  3. Winner of the Folklore Oscar “Catello di Gorizia” – Italy, 2012
  4. Winner of the Best Costumes CHEONAN WORLD DANCE FESTIVAL, 2017
  5. Winner’s Parade CHEONAN WORLD DANCE FESTIVAL, 2017

Media channels:

Facebook:   AC Cidan Miperu

Instagram: folkloremiperu

Website: www.folkloremiperu.com

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival

Groups 2021

Student Folk Ensemble MUGURELUL

 

Country: Romania

Director: Alina and Paul-Alexandru Remes

“Mugurelul”, the student folk ensemble of the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca was founded in 1969. Starting with 1971, the folk ensemble begins to make itself noticed in student festivals and wins his first prize, the Greatest Award of Student Art and Creation Festival, folklore section. Afterward, the ensemble had hundreds of performances on the national and international stages.

Recently this prestigious ensemble celebrated 50 years of continuous activity which created and formed more than ten generations of dancers. As for all student ensembles, the youth is a guarantee of quality performances, proven by the successes of over 50 tournaments on three continents, and by numerous diplomas and awards. Since 2015 the artistic management and the choreography of the ensemble is signed and directed by Alina and Paul-Alexandru Remeș. Perseverance and professionalism represent their business card in the field of traditional Romanian folk dance. With them, the repertory of the ensemble received a new form which combines the authentic traditions from the villages with the musical arts of the show.

Awards:

  1.       ‘The Great Prize’ – National Folk Contest and International Folk Festival – Mioveni, Romania
  2.       Op Roakeldais Festival – Dance with the World, Warffum, Netherlands
  3.       International Green Week – Berlin, Germany
  4.       Cosmopolis Festival – Kavala, Greece
  5.       Võru Folklore Festival – Estonia
  6.   Folklores du Monde de Saint Malo – France

Media channels:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MugurelulUBB

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mugurelul_ubb

Website: http://mugurelul-folk.stud.ubbcluj.ro

Youtube: https://youtu.be/BsJohOHq9sU,

Participation: in the solo/couple competition of the festival

Groups 2021

Dance Ensemble at Khovd Musical and Dramatic Theater

 

County: Mongolia

Leaders: Mrs. Sergedorj Ariun, Mr. Bayarsaikhan Erdene

The Khovd Musical and Drama Theatre’s Dance Ensemble was founded in 1934 and was recognized as an experienced and professional dance ensemble in 1950. The group has 68 members divided in 4 different profiles: song, dance, music, theatre.

During all the history of the group, the ensemble presented the best examples of the Mongolian traditional art and has been awarded with the “Mongolian Legion of Honor”. They have won several competitions over the last 71 years, including the Spring Festival, Naadam, Gegeen Musa, and the Khuumii International Diaphonic Singing Competition in Republic Tuva.

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival

Groups 2021

State Dance Theater of Kalmikya “OIRATY”

 

Country: Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation

Director: Nadbitov Vladimir Petrovich

 Art Director and founder: Nadbitov Piotr Timofeevich

The State Dance Theatre of Kalmykia “Oiraty” has become a popular and beloved creative collective in a short time.

Petr Nadbitov is the creator and director of “Oiraty”.

In the post-Siberian history of Kalmykia, when the problems of culture were pushed into the background, the group did not experience very many events that could be attributed to the phenomena of art.

The “Oiraty” Dance Theatre was founded in January 1990 as an independent and professional creative team that brought together artists from various ensembles, including amateur art groups, and graduates of choreographic schools.

The repertoire of the dance theatre “Oiraty” is a true gem of dance art. In addition to the classic collection, which includes such popular dances as “Chicherdyk”, “Ishkimdyk”, “Derbetovsky Tavshur”, and “Damzhg”, the concert program also includes new performances. These differ not only in their original, graphically magnificent interpretation, but also in an experimental approach which accomplishes an understanding of the aesthetics of Kalmyk dance in general.

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival

Groups 2021

National Dance Ensemble “SABO”

Country: Uzbekistan

Director / Leader: Muborak Mirzaeva

The “Sabo” National Dance Ensemble, led by Muborak Mirzaeva, was established in September 2005 in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan. The creative team of the National Dance Ensemble “Sabo” consists of 35 people. In March 2006 its first choreographed show was performed on the stage of the State Academic Bolshoy Theatre. Within the period of its creative activity “Sabo” has produced 24 solid programs. The duration of each program is approximately 2 hours.

Dancers of the National Dance Ensemble “Sabo” have visited with tours to USA, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, China, Turkey, Japan, and also almost all ‘Commonwealth of Independent States’ (CIS).

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival

Groups 2021

Bartok Folk Dance Ensemble IOV Hungar

 

Country: Hungary

Director / Leader: Miklós Teszáry

The Bartok Folk Dance Ensemble was set up in 1958. Its music and dance repertoire includes the whole, entire folklore tradition of the Carpathian basin. It performs and introduces the different Hungarian and ethnic dances, and dance customs of each ethnological region.

Its costume collection is composed of ‘made-to-measure’ and original pieces. The performances of the group are always accompanied by live music.

The ensemble takes part in Hungarian professional programmes and presentations regularly. Its members also try to get to know the dance traditions that can still be found and to keep them up in the life of their own community. The group organises a ‘dance-house’ weekly, where it introduces and teaches these traditions to all those interested.

Awards:

  1. Second prize at the Hungarian National Choreographer Competition 2019
  2. Outstanding Level Award Ensemble in Hungary, 2019

Media channels:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nemzetk%C3%B6zi-N%C3%A9pm%C5%B1v%C3%A9szeti-Sz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g-IOV-Magyarorsz%C3%A1gi-Tagozata-876814952664197

Participation: in the solo/couple competition of the festival

Groups 2021

THE FOLK SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE “JAWOR”

 

Country: Poland

Director: Zbigniew Romanowicz / Tomasz Chmurski

“Jawor”, of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, was founded in 1960. For the first 50 years of its activity, the Ensemble has developed four dancing groups and two musical bands, extended its repertoire, given concerts, and achieved multiple successes.

For more than half a century of its activity, the Ensemble has represented Polish folklore, appearing in over 5000 live concerts, making more than 125 trips abroad, and visiting over 60 countries on all continents.

Awards:

  1.   2nd place at “Cheonan World Dance Festival 2015” in South Korea, 1st prize for the most beautiful costume
  2.   1st place at International Folklore Festival “Carpati 2017” at Pitesti in Romania
  3.   1st place at Intercultural Folklore Festival “Zagłębie i Sąsiedzi” in Dąbrowa Górnicza
  4.   Audience award at International Folklore Festival “Flower of The Sun” at Siaulai at Lithuania
  5.   Silver Medal “For Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis” (2010)

Media channels:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zpit.jawor

Instagram: @zpitjawor

Website: https://up.lublin.pl/edukacja/student/dzialalnosc-studencka/jawor

Participation: in the solo/couple and the virtual competition of the festival.

Groups 2021

Kabardino-Balkarian State Folklore-Ethnographic Dance Ensemble “BALKARIA”

 

Country: Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Russian Federation

Director: ENEEV Magomet Huseevich

Chief Balletmaster: GOROEV Zhambulat Khakimovich

The State Folklore and Ethnographic Dance Ensemble “Balkaria” was founded in 1988. Based on the achievements of national choreography, the ensemble has created a true national folk art of the Karachais and Balkars.

The ensemble collective, soon after its creation, became widely known in Kabardino-Balkaria and began to travel with concerts to other republics, territories and regions of the Soviet Union. In recent years, the ensemble has toured in the North Caucasian republics and the Transcaucasus.

The ensemble not only perceives folk material, it improves it, polishes it, and works it out, creating works that reflect the new that is born in the life of peoples of different nationalities in the language of choreographic images.

The ensemble has successfully toured all over the Russian Federation, Japan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Spain, France, Swiss, Belgium, and Italy.

Media channels:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ensemble_balkaria

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival

Groups 2021

Inetnon Gef Pa’go

 

Country: Guam (US)

Director: Vincent Reyes

Inetnon Gef Pa’go is an award winning program under the Guam Department of Education, Historic Inalahan Foundation, the Guam Visitors Bureau, and the private business community, whose mission it is to promote awareness and pride in Chamorro heritage through performance arts.

Rabon and his successive students, as well as others indirectly influenced by his work, have choreographed many other dances and written many other songs for dances. He and his followers have developed dances around three historical periods: Ancient Period, Spanish Colonial Period, and Contemporary Period.

The group performed in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Washington D.C., Japan, Korea, Macau, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey , Saipan, American Samoa, Taiwan, Fiji, Philippines, Beijing, CNMI, Palau.

Media channels:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inetnongefpagopage

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inetnongefpago

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival

Groups 2021

INYAMIBWA CULTURAL TROUPE

 

Country: Rwanda

Director/Art Director: Landry Munyaneza

Director of international affairs: Thamar Niwemukiza

The INYAMIBWA CULTURAL TROUPE artists, are determined to use their talents in music, dance, drama, and other related art to educate, entertain, and inform the need to maintain and preserve their culture and morals in simpler and appreciative cultural expressions, oral, and visual traditions.

Inyamibwa Cultural Troupe, referred to as ICT, is a group of performing artists based in Kigali, Rwanda and is built on gender balance. ICT was founded on 14th of July, 1998 in Rwanda at University of Rwanda, Huye Campus. This group was formed after the creation of an association of students that had survived the tragedy that took place in the country in 1994, where a million innocent people were massacred (Genocide 1994). The aim of this group was to preserve the love, unity, and dignity that existed once in the country and re-boost the hope in those survivors that have lost all their relatives.

The group is large and is composed of 105 members from all regions of the country, since the majority are university students and few are alumni from the group who once took part when they were still in school.

Media channels:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InyamibwaKigali0208Huye04082013

Participation: in the virtual competition of the festival