More than 100 students from Belarusian and Russian universities will gather at the dance festival in Vitebsk

April 17, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The I International Inter-University Festival of Modern Dance "Take a Step Forward!" opens today in Vitebsk, the Vitebsk Regional Committee of BRSM informed the correspondent. The two-day event will be held at the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine (VSAVM). More than a hundred students from 9 universities in Belarus and Russia, mainly of agricultural profile, will take part in it. Among them are the Saint Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine, Velikiye Luki and Smolensk State Agricultural Academies (Russian Federation), VSAVM, Gorki Agricultural Academy, Vitebsk and Polotsk State Universities, Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University, and Vitebsk State Technological University. On the first day of the festival, young people will take part in an extensive excursion program to memorable places and museums of Vitebsk, and guests will be able to get acquainted with the life of the veterinary academy. In the evening, participants will gather at the university for a draw, which will be held in an unusual format: contestants will determine their performance numbers with the help of people in white coats, and the ceremony will conclude with a general rehearsal - a themed disco "Meet-and-Greet Evening". The morning of April 18 will begin with an Olympiad in veterinary medicine among students of agricultural vocational schools in Belarus and a friendly football match between representatives of universities in Russia and Belarus. The start of the dance extravaganza will be given in the evening. Participants will present their homework - a dance "Street Magic" in the style of Street Dance or Jazz-Modern, as well as perform in freestyle, to the judgment of a competent jury and numerous spectators. At the participants' choice, it will be hip-hop, rock and roll, folk dance in a modern arrangement, or any other dance direction. Then (while the jury is determining the winners), everyone can take part in master classes conducted by the folk studio of modern dance by Irina Bukhovetskaya, the theater-studio of modern choreography by Diana Yurchenko, the show ballet "Sensation", the break dance group "Phoenix" and other creative groups. The International Inter-University Festival "Take a Step Forward!" is dedicated to the World Dance Day. The event is organized by the primary organization of the BRSM of the Vitebsk Academy of Veterinary Medicine in honor of the French choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre. -0-