Vitebsk choreography ensemble "Zorka" brought home two Grand Prix awards from a festival in Italy

October 1, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Honored Amateur Collective of Belarus, the choreographic ensemble "Zorka" from Vitebsk, won two Grand Prix awards at the international children's festival "Orpheus in Italy". This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the artistic director of the ensemble, Natalia Chernyuk. The forum brought together participants from 15 countries, who demonstrated vocal, choreographic, circus performances, and works of fine art to the jury members. "Zorka", represented by 38 young artists, performed at the festival in the "Choreography" nomination in the senior (14-16 years old) and junior (12-14 years old) age categories. The young contestants danced folk-modern style pieces "My Unplowed Strip", "Vesnachukha" (senior group), as well as "Dudawka" and "Tarantella" (junior group). The high level of performing skills of the ensemble's participants in each of the groups was awarded with a Grand Prix. According to the festival organizers, for the first time in the history of the competition, one collective managed to win two top awards, noted Natalia Chernyuk. The professionalism of the Vitebsk ensemble was also highly appreciated by the organizers of the International Television Festival in Warsaw (Poland), who invited the "Zorka" ensemble to their forum in May 2011. The ensemble was founded in 1962. Today, it includes about 300 people aged 6 to 18 years. The diverse repertoire of "Zorka" includes a huge number of dances of the peoples of the world, choreographic miniatures, and modern choreography numbers. At the same time, the ensemble's priority is the national Belarusian dance. -0-