Joc dance ensemble
Appearance
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Joc is the oldest folk dance ensemble of Moldova; full name: National Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance "Joc"(Romanian: Ansamblul Academic Naţional de dansuri populare „Joc”)[1]
Joc was created on August 13, 1945, by Leonid Leonardi and Leonid Zeltsman, then called simply "ensemble of Moldovan dance".[2][3]
In 1954-55, Tankho Israelov was the director of the dance ensemble.
Its 13th director (since 1957) was Vladimir Curbet.[2][3]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- 1953: 1st place at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students
- 1955:Meritorious ensemble of Moldavian SSR
- 1968: Lenin Komsomol Prize
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joc.
- ^ Joc, the Facebook page
- ^ a b "История Молдовы: Национальный академический ансамбль народного танца «Жок»".
- ^ a b "Тринадцатый руководитель ансамбля "Жок" | ЛОГОС-ПРЕСС". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2015-02-14.