Russian dance ensemble to perform in Vietnam

9/27/2017 - 8:19:31 AM

Russia’s world-renowned Beryozka (Little Birch) Folklore Dance Ensemble will perform in Vietnam from October 4 to 7, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Co-organised by the Vietnam Performing Arts Centre, under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM), the Embassy of Russia in Vietnam and the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Hanoi, the event will be part of the Russian Cultural Days in Vietnam in 2017.

The group will perform at the Hanoi Opera House on October 5 and at the VNAM and Ho Chi Minh Opera House on October 6.

The Beryozka ensemble was founded in 1948 by choreographer Nadezhda Nadezhdina and in 1959, the ensemble was awarded with the Joliot-Curie Gold Medal by the World Peace Council.

The group has traveled to over 80 countries in order to perform, such as the US, Japan, France, the Republic of Korea, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, China, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Greece, Egypt, Belgium, Switzerland, Vietnam and more.

Source: NDO

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