Igor Moiseev State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble (GAANT) toured Algeria on 10 May. It has been reported TASS in relation to the artistic director – the director of the ensemble, People’s Artist of Russia Elena Shcherbakova.
Shcherbakov recalled that in 1976, the tour of the Igor Moiseev Ensemble was the first ensemble to open cultural ties between the USSR and Algeria. “Currently there are only three people in the group who were in Algeria 48 years ago: I, the head of the group Antonida Marnopolskaya and the teacher Viktor Nikitushkin, we were all dancers back then. And for all ballet this is very interesting – they are going to Algeria for the first time, ”he said, adding that a generation is growing up in Algeria where the ensemble will be a discovery.
In Algeria, the program “Dances of the Peoples of the World”, which includes Russian dance “Summer”, Kalmyk dance, Moldavian dance team “Jok”, choreographic painting “Football”, a gypsy dance will be presented. , a suite of Mexican dances, a suite of Greek dances “Sirtaki”, the Argentine shepherd’s dance “Gaucho” and the legendary “Apple”. Performances will be held at the Algiers Opera House on 11, 12, 13 and 14 May.
Previously reportedwhen diplomats decided on a tour of the Moscow Art Theater troupe in Japan. Chekhov led by AP Konstantin Khabensky.
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