The Grand Prix of the International Modern Choreography Competition in Vitebsk IFMC-2012 went to Kyiv
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On November 25, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Grand Prix of the International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk IFMC-2012 was awarded to the project of Alexey Busko from Kyiv with the choreographic miniature "Album" to the music of Leo Ferre, reports BELTA correspondent from the closing ceremony of the festival.
The first prize in the "One-Act Ballet" nomination was awarded to the Japanese Dance Creation Award, and in the "Choreographic Miniature" nomination, the first prize laureate was the ensemble of modern choreography of the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts "Eternal Movement". The second prize was awarded to the project of Anastasia Kharchenko from Kyiv and the project of her compatriot Sergey Kon.
"The winners were those works of choreographic art where, along with technique, there is meaning, an idea," emphasized at a press conference the People's Artist of the USSR, chairman of the international jury of the competition, one of the great dancers of the 20th century, Vladimir Vasiliev.
Along with the renowned maestro, the jury included persons widely known in the world of contemporary dance: Susan Link (Germany), Alice Dor Cohen (Israel), Paul Johnson (Ireland), Wendy Perron (USA), Radu Poklitaru (Ukraine). Choreographic works of collectives from Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, as well as a number of international projects were presented to their attention.
The XXV International Festival of Modern Choreography (IFMC) was solemnly concluded today in Vitebsk. The anniversary provided an opportunity for IFMC to go beyond Vitebsk for the first time. Evenings of modern choreography were held in Minsk, Molodechno, Bobruisk and will continue on November 26 and 28 in Grodno and Minsk.
IFMC is one of the prestigious festivals in the field of choreographic art in the CIS and Eastern Europe. The historical and cultural significance of the festival lies in the revival of the city's artistic traditions associated with the renaissance of the 1920s, when Vitebsk was one of the centers of the Russian and European avant-garde. Currently, the festival records and shapes the development paths of contemporary plastic theatre and is the only educational forum for contemporary dance in Belarus. It integrates the creative potential of Belarus in the field of contemporary choreography into the global cultural space, continuing to stimulate the development of international relations in the field of art. Thousands of artists from over 40 countries have performed on the Vitebsk stage over the 25-year history of the festival, which all these years has contributed to strengthening the image of Belarus as a modern state with highly artistic traditions and cultural values of the new century.
The founders of the festival are the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Ministry of Culture of Belarus, the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, and the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus. The Vitebsk Culture Center acts as the organizer. -0-
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