Over 600 participants performed at the “Magic Steps” Dance Art Festival
Over 600 participants performed at the “Magic Steps” Dance Art Festival
In the first edition of the “Magic Steps” Dance Art Festival, organized by the “Razvitie-1869” Community Center – Vratsa.
The event was attended by 610 children of different ages from 35 teams from all over Bulgaria – Vratsa, Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Kozloduy, Mezdra, Lom, the village of Zhelyava, the village of Devene, etc.
The jury members had a really hard time judging.
1. Professor Doctor of Sciences Anelia Yaneva – graduated choreographer-director; artistic director of the “Contemporary Choreography” specialty at the Southwestern University “Neofit Rilski”. Research scientist at the Institute for the Study of Arts at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Author of 15 independent books on ballet.
2. Kapka Penyashka – actress, part of the troupe of the Dramatic Puppet Theater – Vratsa since 1980. She has played in more than 50 titles. She has shown skills and talent at international festivals in Poland, Belgium, Croatia, Austria, Germany, Serbia, South Korea and Japan – as many as 5 times.
3. Petya Hristova – Festival Director of the “Magic Steps” Dance Art Festival.
Artistic director and ballet teacher of the Ballet Studio “ART”. Graduated in 2005 from the Academy of Performing Arts – Plovdiv, majoring in Ballet Art – Ballet Pedagogy. In parallel with the Ballet Studio “ART”, he runs schools for classical, modern ballet and cheerleading in kindergartens and schools in the city of Vratsa. Together with the Ballet Studio “ART”, he is the winner of numerous prizes in national and international competitions. Winner of the Mayor’s Award of the Municipality of Vratsa in the system of Public Education and in the field of culture for 2023.
The team of the “Razvitie” Community Center expresses its sincere gratitude to the Municipality of Vratsa, as well as to the donors of the Festival. And they are:
Mr. Georgi Petkov, Mrs. Emma Dilova, Mr. Martin Harizanov, Winery “Vrachanska Temenuga”, Hotel Complex “Rodina” – town of Mezdra, Bookstores “Helikon”, Chain of stores “DM”, “Eli’s Cakes”, Pastry shop “Mishelinda Chocolate”, Pastry shop “Nesto sladko”, Homemade Pastry shop of Maya”, Company “Zahara Foods”, Company “ChoccoHealth”.
Thanks also to the photographers Yordan Nedyalkov and Mario Vladimirov.
Details of the event and photos can be found on the Festival’s Facebook page:
