The Grand Prix of the International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk will go to China

November 29, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Grand Prix of the International Festival of Modern Choreography (IFMC) in Vitebsk will go to China, a BELTA correspondent reports. The main award of the competition was won by soloists of the State Dance Ensemble of the Chinese People's Liberation Army for their production "Reflection". In the "One-Act Ballet" nomination, the first prize was awarded to Kulli Roosna Project (Tallinn, Estonia). The second prize, transferred to the "Choreographic Miniature" nomination, was presented to Jazz Dance Studio PAL (Niigata, Japan). Another second prize in this nomination went to the Karakuli Dance Theatre (Minsk, Belarus) for the choreographic miniature "Level Completed". The first prize also remained in Belarus: for the production "Nothing in Common", it was received by the D.O.Z.SK.I. Contemporary Choreography Theatre (Minsk). Special IFMC prizes were awarded: "For High Professionalism" - Fine Fave Dance Theatre (Tallinn, Estonia) and "For Exceptional Skill" - Ekaterina Kvitkovskaya (Contemporary Choreography Group of BSUCIK, Minsk). Dmitry Zalessky (D.O.Z.SK.I. Contemporary Choreography Theatre, Minsk) was recognized as the best choreographer of the festival. He was presented with the special Evgeny Panfilov prize. A total of 26 creative groups and projects from Belarus, Germany, Israel, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Estonia, and Japan competed for the main prizes of the competition this year. They brought 13 one-act ballets and 24 choreographic miniatures to Vitebsk. The participants were judged by a competent jury consisting of famous choreographers from Estonia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, and Germany, chaired by People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of international and all-Union competitions, Valentin Elizaryev. The final chord of the festival will sound today in Minsk: on the stage of the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre, the "Kiev Modern-Ballet" Contemporary Choreography Theatre (Ukraine), headed by one of Europe's most renowned young ballet masters, Radu Poklitaru, will perform the phantasmagoria ballet "The Nutcracker". The International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk is designed to popularize the work of the best Belarusian contemporary dance companies and to promote Belarusian choreographers in the European and global cultural space. Over its 22-year history, it has gained recognition from the creative elite of more than 40 countries. Since 2009, the forum has become a full member of CID-UNESCO. The founders of the festival are the Ministry of Culture of Belarus, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, and the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre. The organizer is the Vitebsk Culture Center. -0-