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2005.
VIII INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL OF FOLK DANCES "SARAJEVO 2005"
July 18th - 22nd, 2005
THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE FESTIVAL
"TUROPOLJE" FOLK
ENSEMBLE, Velika Gorica - CROATIA
"Turopolje" Folk-ensemble was founded three
decades ago, with the goal to cherish the
cultural-artistic heritage of their region and of
Croatia as a whole. The ensemble represented Croatia
folklore on festivals in many countries: Germany,
Belgium, Spain, Poland, France, Turkey, England,
Sardinia, Canada, USA, Egypt and Ireland.
It cherished the songs and dances of Croats from all
over Croatia. The dances they perform are coreographed
by renowned Croatian coreographers.
It is the only ensemble in Croatia that has its own
workshop on manufacturing and production of folklore
costumes. The workshop is led by Tomislav Miličević.
"Turopolje" Folk Ensemble is the organizer of
the International Folk Festival that has been organized
in Velika Gorica for already six years in a row.
Address:
"Turopolje" Folk Ensemble
Slavka Kolara bb
10410 Velika Gorica
CROATIA
"STORICI SBANDIERATORI DELLE CONTRADE DI
CORI", Roma - ITALY
The "Storici Sbandieratori delle Contrade di
Cori" group was founded in September 1976. by a
group of young man who wanted to reintroduce the
medieval waving of the flag. After having studied this
medieval art form from authentic documents
"Acta", which described folkloristic
traditions from the 16th Century, they decided they
wanted to exhibit the culture of the ancient "Gens
Corana" both at home and abroad. The coreography
aims to harmonize the entire group, rather than
highlighting the ability of individuals.
Together, the group manages to spectacularize the waving
of the flags, bulding a crescendo of whirling and
swirling, tossing and exchanging of flags. Over twenty
years, they have developed their style and became a
highly professional folkloristic group, participating in
festivals, both national and international. The contact
with other cultures has enriched their own folklore
culture and popularized the name and the age-old
tradition of the ancient "Cora".
The "Storici Sbandieratori delle Contrade di
Cori" group consists of a herald, trumpeters,
drummers and the flag wavers. Through the interplay of
the sounds, the gorgeous colors of the costumes and the
breath-taking movements imparted to the flags, the
flagwavers try to conjure up an atmosphere of the days
gone by. And the audience is ever more thrilled,
rewarding the performance of the artists wholeheartedly,
with spontaneous and resounding salvoes of applause on
many stages all over the world, including those in
Vatican, USA, China, Cuba, Costa Rica, Japan, Mexico,
Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Norway, Finland, Austria, Greece, Ireland,
Switzerland, Belgium, France, Spain and Great Britain.
Address:
Storici Sbandieratori delle Contrade di Cori
04010 Cori (LT) - Via S.Tolmmaso, 5
C.P. 22 - ITALY
Tel/fax: ++39 06 96 77 161
e-mail: sbandieratori@tiscalinet.it
"TIKVEŠ" FOLK ENSEMBLE,
Kavadarci - MACEDONIA
"Tikveš" Folk Esemble is founded in 1953.
at the "Ivan Mazov-Klime" Cultural Center. It
cherishes the Macedonian folk tradition and performs
successfully at the stages in Macedonia and abroad.
Its long-standing activity, as well as its enthusiasm
and love of Macedonian tradition, folklore and songs
took the ensemble to various prestigious festivals in
Turkey, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, Germany, Hungary,
Croatia, Greece and Bulgaria.
Their repertoire consists of various choreographies of
the Macedonian folk songs and dances, such as:
"Nevestinsko oro", "Tresenica",
"Kaladžijsko", "Starotikveško",
"Šaino", "Eastern Macedonia"
potpourri, "Skopske igre", etc. They perform
the dances in traditional folk costumes, accompanied
with the orchestra playing on folk instruments.
Kavadarci town is located in central Macedonia. It is
the biggest wine-growing and winemaking region in the
Balkans.
Address:
"IVAN MAZOV-KLIME" Cultural Center
"TIKVEŠ" Folk Ensemble
7th September street, no. 1. 1430 Kavadarci
MACEDONIA
Tel/fax: ++389 43 400 370
E-mail: dkkavadarci@sonet.com.mk
Director: Aleksandar Malinkov
BiH Cultural Artistic-Association
"YOUTH", Stuttgart - GERMANY
The Ensemble was founded in 1972. The boys and the
girls that make up the folk group are mostly of BiH
origin. For already 40 years they have been attesting
that they are the faithful interpreters of the rich
cultural traditions of Bosnian peoples. They have
participated in a number of international folk festivals
in Germany and Western Europe, as well as won
prestigious prizes.
"YOUTH" Folk Ensemble has for ten times in a
row won the 1st prize at traditional Yugoslav folklore
festivals which were held in Germany up to 1992, the
year in which the war in BiH broke out. They were the
winners of the 1st prize in Europe three times. They
also three times won the 1st prize in the post-war
festivals of BiH folklore in Germany.
During its three-decade-long activity, the Ensemble
preformed more than 2000 times, in that way introducing
musical-folklore tradition of its country into
kindergardens, schools, fabric halls, nursing homes and
onto open stages of the largest city squares of the
Western Europe. These stages echoed with the Bosnian and
Herzegovinian songs and dances, which stand for Bosnian
soul.
"YOUTH" Folk Ensemble is the open
multicultural youth society, where each individual is
being respected in his/her individuality, as well as in
his/her religious and ethnic singularity. It speaks for
the multicultural roots of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Address:
Jugendkulturverein Bosnien und Herzegowina
Mladost e.V.
Hackstr. 37, 70190, Stuttgart
Germany
E-mail: mladost@freenet.de
STUDENT FOLKLORE GROUP
"JEDLINIOK" , Wroclaw - POLAND
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It was created in 1957. The group takes its name from
a Lower Silesian dance from Jedlina Zdrój. The members
of the ensemble are the students of the Agricultural
University of Wroclaw as well as other university
centers in Wroclaw. Since 1980 the group has been
directed by Ms Jadwiga Kimber-Brzezicka.
Not only does the ensemble perform the Silesian
folklore, for instance, Lower Silesian, Upper Silesian,
Cieszyński and Opolski Silesian, Beskid Śląski,
Zaglębie Dąbrowskie, but also the folklore
from other Polish regions like Beskid Żywiecki, in
the area of Nowy Sącz and Opoczno. It also performs
national Polish dances - polonaise, masur and cracoviac.
"Jedliniok" gives performances during very
important cultural events in the city and it attends
festivals outdoor activities, reviews and university
students' celebrations.
The group has performed in many countries and in
different continents. It represented Poland in numerous
and famous international folk festivals. It has been
invited to Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Czech
Republic, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico,
Germany, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, the United States
of America, Taiwan and Hungary.
For its contribution to spreading the national Polish
culture in and out of the country and for its artistic
achievements, the group was awarded the Diploma of the
Minister of Culture and Arts and also the Golden Badge
to the Merit for the Wroclaw Province and the City of
Wroclaw.
It has also been awarded national and international
prizes, distinctions, diplomas and medals for their work
in favour of the Agricultural University of Wroclaw,
including the Medal of the 50th Anniversary of the
Agricultural University.
"Jedlinoik" also organises didactic and
training courses. Since its foundation around 3000
students from different university centers in Wroclaw
have attended its activities.
Former members of the ensemble on numerous occasions
have created and taken up the management of their own
folk groups and are promoters of the cultural life in
the region.
Address:
"JEDLINIOK" Student Folk Ensemble
50-366 Wroclaw
pl. Grunwaldzki 63, D.S. TALIZMAN
tel./fax. 0048 328-32-21
e-mail: dss@ozi.ar.wroc.pl
BASQUE FOLK ENSEMBLE
"ALKARTASUNAKO DANTZARI OHIAK" - SPAIN
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This Basque Folk Dance Ensemble "ALKARTASUNAKO
DANTZARI OHIAK" was founded in 1999. The group
consists of dancers and musicians who come from Gipuzkoa
(Donostia - San Sebastian capital city), the Basque
Country territory bordering on the north with the Bay of
Biscay (Atlantic Ocean).
The musical instruments they play during their
performances are wind ones like accordion, txistu (four
holed flute held and played by the left hand), xirula (a
miniature txistu), dultzaina (nine-hole, end-blown flute
with a bell bottom, played with both hands) and alboka
(made from the horns of oxen), percussion ones like
txalaparta (two thick wood staffs), pandero
(tambourine), atabala or danbolina (small drum), and
string ones like violin.
Folk dances repertory includes Ikurrinari (welcoming
with Basque flag), aurresku (homage or welcome dance to
relevant people), ezpata dantza (sword-dance), makil
dantza (sticks dance), uztai txiki dantza (small arcs
dance), different group and couple dances that originate
from the rest of the Basque regions of Navarre, Bizkaia,
Lapurdi or Behenafarroa.
Address:
Rafa Zulaika -
Luberri communic.action, sl
rzulaika@telefonica.net
+34 690 93 50 70
SENEGAL
"BOSNIA" CULTURAL-ARTISTIC SOCIETY, Tuzla, BiH
"Bosnia" Cultural-Artistic Society was
founded in 1945. At that time it was called "Mitar
Trifunović-Učo". It started its work with
three clubs: choir, folk and drama ones, all three of
which gathered a large number of people. Despite its
difficult material and financial condition and charred
remnants of houses after the Second World War, the
Society manages to obtain equipment and instruments, as
well as stage performances for personnel and for
railway, road and plants' constructors all over
ex-Yugoslavia. After four years of its successful
activity and high-quality work, the drama section of the
Society grows into Tuzla National Theater.
The Society gathers around 600 active members split into
folklore sections, National Orchestra with soloists,
"Flamenco" Dance Club, Folklore School as well
as "Tuzla come-together at noon" Section.
Since 1964. the Folklore Ensemble and the Orchestra at
the Society have participated in international folk
festivals. They have appeared as guest preformers in 15
European countries, as well as in USA, Africa and Asia,
thus returning to BiH with a series of awards and
recognitions.
Address:
"BOSNIA" Town Cultural-Artistic Society
75 000 Tuzla
Kazanmahala no.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. ++387 75 252 191 |
