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BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil

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Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The time has come to say fairs fair
to pay the rent, now to pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In 45 degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?


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    Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning lyrics

    from album: Deisel And Dust (1987)

    Out where the river broke
    The bloodwood and the desert oak
    Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
    Steam in forty five degrees

    The time has come
    To say fair's fair
    To pay the rent
    To pay our share
    The time has come
    A fact's a fact
    It belongs to them
    Let's give it back

    How can we dance when our earth is turning
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning
    How can we dance when our earth is turning
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning

    The time has come
    To say fair's fair
    To pay the rent, now
    To pay our share

    Four wheels scare the cockatoos
    From Kintore East to Yuendemu
    The western desert lives and breathes
    In forty five degrees

    The time has come
    To say fair's fair
    To pay the rent
    To pay our share
    The time has come
    A fact's a fact
    It belongs to them
    Let's give it back

    How can we dance when our earth is turning
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning
    How can we dance when our earth is turning
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning

    The time has come
    To say fair's fair
    To pay the rent, now
    To pay our share
    The time has come
    A fact's a fact
    It belongs to them
    We'are gonna give it back

    How can we dance when our earth is turning
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning

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    Songwriters: James Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Robert Hirst

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    Lyrics term of use

    • ·Burnie
    • ·Short Memory
    • ·The Great Gibber Plain
    • ·Is It Now?
    • ·Drums Of Heaven
    • ·Tone Poem
    • ·Blot
    • ·Sleep
    • ·Quinella Holiday
    • ·No Time For Games

    Dance Day Messages - Live Dancing

    In 1982, the Dance Committee of the UNESCO International Theater Institute proposed that April 29 should be celebrated annually as International Dance Day. International Dance Day serves to bring all Dances together, celebrate this art form and rejoice in its ability to cross all political, cultural and ethnic boundaries, its ability to unite people in the name of friendship and peace, allowing them to speak the same language - the language of DANCE. Every year, world-famous dancers and choreographers write a "Message" dedicated to the Day of Dance, dance festivals are held all over the world.

    Message for International Dance Day 2022 from Kang Siu-jin, Korean ballerina

    The Covid-19 catastrophe has brought life to a halt as we freely knew it, and in the midst of this tragedy, we need to rethink the meaning of “dance” and “dancers” ". In the distant past, dance was the main means of expression and communication through gestures; it has become a performance art that touches the soul and inspires the audience. This is the art of the moment, which is difficult to restore to its original form after completion, because it is created by the whole body and soul. The dance consists of ephemeral moments, and the dancers are destined to be in motion forever. However, Covid-19limited and even blocked the art of dance in its original form.
    Although the situation is improving, dance performances are still largely limited. It makes us cherish precious memories of the times when dance and dancers sparkled like jewels, conveying human anguish and anxiety, will and hope for life, and illuminating the world.
    It is equally important to recall that during the aftermath of the Black Death in medieval Europe, the ballet Giselle, depicting love beyond death, was performed at the Paris Opera on June 28, 1841, to a stormy response. Since then, Giselle has been performed throughout Europe and around the world to console and encourage the souls of humanity devastated by the pandemic. It also reflects my understanding of what was first demonstrated in that very performance of Giselle, that the magnificent spirit of the ballerina is trying to escape the weight of the world's adversity.
    The lonely and weary audience yearns for the sympathy and consolation of the dancers. As dancers, we believe that the flapping of our wings brings hope to the hearts of those who love the art of dance and gives them the courage to overcome this pandemic.
    My heart is already starting to beat faster.

    International Dance Day Message 2020 by Gregory Vuyani MAQOMA, South Africa Dancer, actor, choreographer and dance educator:

    Message 2020 from South African dancer, choreographer and teacher Gregory Vuyani Maqoma.

    During a recent interview I had to think deeply about dance: What does it mean to me? Answering, I was forced to reconsider my whole path and realized that it was all about the goal; each day offers a new challenge to face and it is through dance that I try to make sense of the world.

    We are going through unimaginable tragedies in our time, which I can best describe as a post-human era. More than ever, we must dance with a purpose to remind the world that humanity still exists. Purpose and empathy must transcend years of the undeniable virtual landscape of extinction that engenders a catharsis of universal sorrow in order to conquer sadness, a difficult reality that continues to permeate the lives of those who face death, rejection and poverty.

    More than ever, our dance must send a strong message to world leaders and those charged with the security and betterment of human conditions, that we are an army of angry thinkers and our goal is to change the world one step at a time. once. Dance is freedom, and through our found freedom, we must free others from the traps they face in different parts of the world. Dance is not politics, but it becomes political because it carries a human connection in its fabric and reacts to circumstances in an attempt to restore human dignity.

    As we dance with our bodies, whirl through space, and connect together, we become a force of motion, intertwining hearts, touching souls, and providing the healing we desperately need. And the goal becomes the one-headed hydra of the invincible and indivisible dance.

    All we need now is more dancing!!!

    International Dance Day Message 2019 by Karima Mansour

    In the beginning there was movement… and from the beginning of time, dance has been a powerful form of expression and celebration. It was found on the frescoes of Egyptian pharaohs and has been inspiring dancers since the beginning of time. Through dance, people spoke to the many gods and goddesses of dance and all the meanings that they carried with them, such as balance, which is associated with justice, musicality, tone, individual and cosmic consciousness, and much more.

    I once read: “It was believed that the dance in the time of the pharaohs uplifted the spirit of the dancers and the audience, spectators and participants. Music and dance appealed to the highest impulses of human nature and gave consolation in disappointments and losses.

    Movement is the language we all speak. Movement is a universal language that belongs to everyone, as long as our senses are open and we listen. The willingness to listen is what is needed, to listen without wanting to interfere, to listen without judgment, to listen in silence and to let the movement pass through the body right now, because everything inside and around us is in motion, in constant motion. At this point, the body does not lie because it listens to its truth and expresses it.

    Listening to the beating of our heart, we can dance the dance of life, which requires movement, flexibility and adaptability, constantly changing choreography.

    In these days, in this age, when connection and connectedness take on a new meaning and where we are at the lowest level of our ability to connect... Dance remains the most sought-after activity that helps us restore lost connections. Dance brings us back to our roots, to a sense of culture, but also leads us on a direct, sensual, personal, essential and heartfelt path, allowing us to remain social animals. Therefore, when we connect with ourselves, when we listen to our inner rhythm, then we are able to connect with other people and communicate.

    In the dance, cultures unite and boundaries disappear in the space of inclusion of everyone and unity, through a universal language without words.

    The body is an instrument of expression, a vessel for our voice, our thoughts and feelings, our history, our being and existence, our yearning for expression and connection that manifests itself in movement.

    Dance is a space that allows a person to connect with their truth, for which a space of silence is needed. Dance allows us to connect and feel wholeness and only this feeling can bring peace and with peace comes silence and in silence we can hear, speak and through silence we learn to dance our truth and this is where the dance becomes necessary.

    In movement and dance we can move from vertical to horizontal, from top to bottom and vice versa. In dance and movement, chaos can be created and transformed. Or not. It is a space where we are able to create our own realities and fleeting, ephemeral moments, one after the other. Moments that can stay in our memory, touch us, inspire and change our lives and the lives of others. This is the power of true expression and this is the power of dance.

    Dance heals. In dance we can meet humanity.

    I invite people to go beyond borders, beyond identity crisis, beyond nationalism and boundaries. Let's break free from these limitations and find movement and momentum in this universal language. I invite everyone to dance to the rhythm of their heart, to dance from their truth, because from this inner movement an inner revolution is born and real changes take place.

    International Dance Day Message 2018 by Ohad Naharin:

    When I dance, I am in the moment. I listen to the full range of sensations and allow this listening to become fuel for feelings, forms and content. And yet we must always remember where we come from. When I was asked what my works are about, at first I answered that they speak for themselves. That all the elements together create their story. The dance tells about volume, subtlety and explosive power. It is a study of movement, its organization and structure. Laughter at oneself, dynamics, exaggeration and understatement, the connection between pleasure and effort, as well as the sublimation of the madness, passion and fantasy of each dancer into a clear form. At its very best, a dance can be flawless, even if it is far from perfect. We need to resist the conservative and conventional thinking rooted in dance education and training, to let go of old ideas for new, better ones. And we must always remember to dance every day, at least a little... And we must always remember to dance every day, at least a little... and never in front of a mirror.


    International Dance Day Message 2017 by Trisha Brown:

    I became a dancer because I wanted to fly. I have always been inspired by defying gravity. There is no secret meaning in my dances. They are spiritual exercises in physical form.

    Dance is communication, it expands the universal language of communication, it creates joy, beauty and increases human knowledge. Dance... it's about creativity... again and again... in thinking, in creating, in action and in performance. Our bodies are instruments of expression and not intermediaries for display. This understanding frees our ability to create, which is the essence and gift of creating art.

    An artist's life does not end with age, as some critics believe. Dance is made of people, people and ideas. as viewers, we can take the creative impulse with us and apply it to our daily lives.

    International Dance Day - April 29, 2016

    Author's author: Lemi Ponifasio, Samoa / New Zealand




    Complete
    Source of the Divine
    Persons
    so that we can see ours children

    entanglement of everything above around below
    connects
    our flesh, bones
    and memory

    The earth, rotating,
    makes masses of people move
    turtles are in silent expectation

    the heart is wounded
    dance

    7 the movement of justice


    the movement of love
    the movement of justice

    Translation into Russian by: Julia Ardashnikova

    International Dance Day - April 29, 2014

    Every artist is proud of his art.
    Each artist will always defend that art form, the meeting with which changed his whole life.
    The very one that he gains and loses and is eager to share it with others, whether it is the sound of a voice, a found word, an interpretation of a text for all mankind, music without which the universe cannot communicate with us, or a movement that opens the doors of grace.
    As a dancer and choreographer, I am not only proud of the dance, but also deeply grateful for it. The dance brought me luck. He became my morality, accustomed to discipline, and provided everything necessary to know this world.
    He became the closest thing to me, giving me strength for each new day, filling me with his energy and generosity. His poetry gives me peace of mind.
    Do I need to say that I cannot exist without dancing? Without the capacity for self-expression that he gave me? Without the self-confidence I have gained to overcome fears and break through dead ends?
    Through dance, realizing the beauty and complexity of this world, I became a citizen. A special citizen who transforms the norms of life, remaining faithful to the hip-hop culture, transforming negative energy into a force for good.
    Dance is a constant source of pride for me. But, and feeling proud, I live with pain in my heart. I see that individual representatives of the working youth around me are disoriented and helpless, that they live in an atmosphere of tension and hopelessness, without hope for the future. Actually, and I am one of them, in fact - we are all one. And I, perhaps more than others, strive by my own example to help them find their way in life.
    Doesn't the prosperity of each of us contribute to the prosperity of society?
    Culture unites people more than reasoning. So show courage and take risks, regardless of the obstacles and hatred in your way; the beauty of the world will always be on your side. So for me is the dance with its ability to ignore social and ethnic differences, leaving only the movement of the body in all its beauty; a man who has returned to pure expression, unique and unifying.
    I would like to end with a quote from René Char, whose words remind me every day that no one is allowed to confine us to given roles.
    “Catch your luck, hold on tight to your lucky break and take risks. Watching you, they'll get used to it."
    So dare, fall down and start again, get up, dance - never stop dancing!

    2 Murad Murzuki Murzuki

    Translation by Julia Ardashnikova


    A message to the International Dance Day 2013

    in a large preface to the "Book of Songs",
    Anthology of Chinese Poetry,

    Damage from 10th century. BC, said:
    “Emotions move and take shape in words.
    If words are not enough, we speak with sighs.
    If breaths are not enough, we sing.
    If songs aren't enough,
    then our hands unconsciously dance
    and our feet tap them out."

    Dancing is a powerful way of expression.
    He speaks of our joy, our fears and desires. He speaks of something elusive, and at the same time reveals the state of mind of a person.

    As in many cultures around the world, Taiwanese people dance in a circle. Their ancestors believed that evil could not enter this circle. With their hands joined, they share warmth with each other and move in a common rhythm. Dance connects people.

    The dance happens at the vanishing point. The movement disappears after it has happened. Dance exists only in the elusive present. How accurate! This is a metaphor for life itself.

    In the digital age, images of movement take on thousands of forms. They are delightful.

    But they can never replace the dance, because the images have no breath. Dance is a celebration of life.

    Go, turn off the TV, turn off the computer, go and dance. Express yourself through this divine and majestic instrument which is our body. Go dance and connect with people in the waves of rhythms.

    Capture that precise, elusive moment.
    Go celebrate life in dance.

    Lin Hwai-min, Founder/Artistic Director, Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan


    Message for International Dance Day 2012

    Celebrate the endless choreography of life 900 , art. It seems that art exists wherever a person lives - embodied in buildings or books, paintings or music. Or movement, or dance. In this sense, I believe that dance is the most modern, the most urgent lesson of history, because it is in constant relationship with the passing past and occurs only in the present.
    Dance also knows no boundaries, as do many other art forms. Even when certain styles try to set borders or borders on themselves; the very movement of life, its choreography, its need for flow: this side takes over very quickly, allowing styles to connect with each other. Everything is involved in everything, naturally, and the dance lives only in the place where it belongs - the ever-changing present.
    I believe that dance is perhaps the most honest form of expression worth caring about: because when people dance, be it a ballet performance, a hip-hop battle, an avant-garde contemporary show, or just a free disco, they rarely lie or dress up. masks. People imitate each other all the time, but when they dance, most often they imitate this moment of honesty.
    By moving like other people, moving with other people, watching them move, we can better feel their emotions, think their thoughts, and connect with their energy. And then, perhaps, we can know and understand them more clearly. I like to think of a dance performance as a celebration of coexistence, a way to give and create space and time for each other. We may forget this, but the deep beauty of the performance is that the masses of people sitting next to each other connect in one moment of experience. There is nothing personal about it: speaking is an extremely social experience. We all come together for this ritual that connects us to the performance, connects us to the one present.
    So in 2012, I wish you a lot of dancing. Not to forget all the problems of 2011, but rather to solve them creatively, to dance with them, to find ways to connect with each other and with the world, to get involved in life as part of an endless choreography. Dance to find honesty and communicate, reflect and celebrate it.

    Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui


    Message for International Dance Day 2011

    I think dance celebrates what makes us human.

    When we dance, we naturally use our body mechanics and our feelings to express joy, sadness, and everything we care about. People have always celebrated important moments of life in dance and our bodies store the memory of all possible human experiences. We can dance alone and we can dance together. We can share what makes us similar and what makes us different.
    For me, dance is a form of thinking. Through dance we can embody the most abstract ideas and thus discover what cannot be seen and named.
    Dance is a connection between people, the connection of heaven and earth. We store the whole world in our bodies.

    I think that in the end every dance is part of a larger whole, a Dance that has no beginning and no end.

    Message by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker


    Message for International Dance Day 2010

    Dance is a discipline, work, learning, communication. With it, we save those words that may not be understood by others, and in return we create a universal language familiar to everyone. He brings pleasure, he makes us free, he comforts us in the realization of the impossibility of flying like birds, bringing us closer to heaven, the sacred, the infinite.
    It's high art that changes every time, so much like making love that by the end of each performance it makes our heart beat faster and look forward to the next time.

    Julio Bocca, Argentina


    Message for International Dance Day 2009

    This special day, International Dance Day, celebrates a language that everyone in the world can speak, it is the innate language of our bodies and our souls, our ancestors and our children.

    This day is dedicated to all the gods, teachers and ancestors who have ever taught and inspired us.

    To every song, impulse and moment that has ever led us to move.

    It is dedicated to a small child who wants to move like a star.

    And the mother who says, “Yes, you can already.”

    This day is dedicated to the bodies of every creed, color and culture that keep the traditions of the past in the stories of the present and the dreams of the future. This day is dedicated to the Dance, its myriad of dialects and its boundless power to express, transform, unite and give pleasure.

    Akram Khan , UK


    Message for International Dance Day 2008

    The Spirit of Dance has NO color, NO definite shape or size,
    But it is the Spirit of Unity, the Power
    And the Beauty within us.

    Every Dancing Soul, Young, Old, Disabled -
    Create and implement ideas, changing and developing the Art.
    Dance is a mirror reflecting how the impossible becomes possible.
    So that everyone can touch, hear, feel and experience.

    The sounds of our heart and Soul are our rhythm,
    Each of our movements reveals the history of mankind.
    This is the element in which the Human Spirit can cognize all the highest Freedom.

    Every time our hands touch, something wonderful happens,
    What the Soul remembers, the body tells through movement.
    And then the Dance becomes a healing force available to all,
    You are my eyes, and I am your feet.

    Celebrate INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY,
    With all the Passion for Dance, to heal each other,
    Unite your dance community,
    And most importantly, be the Best you can rightfully be,
    We can unite through the Power and Spirit of the Dance.

    GLADYS FACE AGULHAS, South Africa


    Message for International Dance Day 2007

    Man dances at birthdays, at weddings, in the streets, in living rooms, on stage, behind the stage. To convey joy and sadness, for a ritual or for a borderline experience.

    Dance is a universal language: a messenger of peaceful peace, a messenger of equality, tolerance and compassion. Dance teaches us receptivity, self-awareness and attention to the present moment.

    Dance is a manifestation of our vitality. Dance is transformation. Dance finds our soul, dance gives the body a spiritual dimension. Dance allows us to feel the body, rise above it, go beyond it, become another body.

    To dance means to participate in the vibration of the universe by action.

    Sascha Waltz , choreographer (Germany)


    Message for International Dance Day 2006

    Dance does not require a pen or brush.
    The only tool needed is the human body.
    Each movement is impregnated with dance. To move means to dance.

    Dance requires total involvement of the body, mind and soul. Only those who are truly devoted to him enter the path of dance. This austerity shapes both the character and the body, and the reward of such devotion grows a hundredfold. No freedom is possible without the power of the spirit over the body.

    For us Khmers, dance in its most perfect form is a way to get closer to the gods. Dance becomes prayer. It becomes a necessary ritual for us to move forward, it transcends us to the divine and elevates us to supernatural heights.

    And let the dancers of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia be our mediators in this, on International Dance Day. So that, by dancing, we can strengthen everywhere the noble practice of tolerance, so important for humanity in 2006.

    His Majesty Pre Bat Samdeh Pre Boromnet Norodom Sihamoni,
    King of Cambodia


    Messages for International Dance Day - 2005

    The dance belongs to everyone.
    He gives joy and delight to everyone,
    who dances and watches.

    The language of dance knows no boundaries.
    It penetrates beyond classes, education, countries and beliefs.

    His vocabulary is endless because human feelings resonate through movement.
    Dance enriches the soul and elevates the spirit.

    Dance lives inside all living things.
    If children dance, peace will come to earth.

    By Miyako YOSHIDA
    (Dancer, UNESCO Artist for PEACE)

    Just as a fish does not feel water, so a person does not feel the continuous, primordial dance of the world. So he chooses something and calls it dance.
    This is when one is against the Sky and at the same time with the Sky.
    Dance is the cry of the soul and body, merged in ecstasy.
    It is impossible not to know how to dance, because everyone has a soul Dance is when words are superfluous.
    You can dance any state of mind. If it hurts, I can dance the pain. If I love, love.
    It allows you to correctly place spaces not only between movements, but also between letters.
    I'm happy that I can dance.

    By goodween, thecroaker, "hemulenka, onsamyi, lionnid, pullus_,na_kryliah


    Message for International Dance Day 2004

    Dance is the original, most ancient form of human expression. Through the body and the language of movement, dance acquires a deep connection with the emotional and spiritual world.

    For Aboriginal Australian culture, dance is the essence, a form of sacred healing. The dance is rooted, connected with the spirit of Mother Earth. Until you surrender to the dance, you will not be able to hunt in peace. It is an integral part of human existence.

    When preparing a new dance, I ask the dancers to absorb and digest the grain of tradition, to feel the original code inside, so that we can, by transforming, bring the essence of tradition into the modern world.

    Dance is a universal language. It embodies human identity and a celebration of the human spirit. Dance is the creative heart of the kinship of all living things. Dance is the universal sacred medicine.

    Stefan Page,
    choreographer, Australia


    Message for International Dance Day 2003

    What is dance? If you are ready to answer this question, you can hardly be trusted. However, I will try: dance is thinking through the body.
    Is it necessary to think through the body? Probably, survival does not depend on this, but the quality of life depends. There are many thoughts that only the body can think. Many things, such as peace on earth, are probably more important than dance. But we need a dance to celebrate the world. And exorcise the demons of war, as Nijinsky did. Anarchist Emma Goldman said it best: "If a revolution won't let me dance, it's not worth fighting for."
    Lord Shiva created the universe with his dance. But dance is the opposite of all divine claims. The dance is rather a constant attempt, like writing on water. Dance is not life itself, but it allows you to keep alive those little things that make up a great life.

    Mats Ek,
    choreographer, Sweden


    Message for International Dance Day 2002

    Dancers, like all artists, feel and create feelings in other people.
    We were all suddenly struck by the fire of feelings after the cataclysm of September 11, 2001.
    Dancers have been given a great gift of movement and form. They live whole; body, mind and spirit unite in a single and uninterrupted action.
    Keep dancing. Whatever happens, and, God forbid, the worst we have already seen, I tell you: "KEEP DANCING!"

    Katherine Dunham ,
    One of the first African-American dancers, USA


    Message for International Dance Day 2001

    We seem to have started walking.
    We seem to be walking as long as the earth holds us.

    William Forsythe
    ,
    choreographer, USA-Germany


    Message for International Dance Day 2000

    The world of dance is a garden,
    maybe not very big and infinitely deep, 9007
    It has a place for everyone.
    Make your own rules,
    to break them,
    to find new feelings,
    new realities, new dimensions.

    Jiri Kilian ,
    choreographer, head of the Netherlands Dance Theater


    Message for the International Dance Day - 1998

    On the eve of death, a person remembers the happiest moments of his life.
    He looks at the palms, his eyes are wide open. He calmly contemplates death and life, joy and sorrow.
    This is the daily training of the soul, maybe this is just the beginning of the journey?
    And here I sit, understanding nothing, where the dead play their games. Here I want to dance and dance and dance, wild grass life. I see grass, I am this wild grass, I become one with the universe. This metamorphosis is the cosmology and education of the soul.
    In the infinite richness of nature, I see the basis of dance. Maybe that's why my soul wants to physically touch the truth?
    When my mother was dying, I stroked her hair all night, unable to utter a word of consolation. Later, I realized that at that moment it was not I who cared for her, but she cared for me. My mother's palms are precious wild grass to me.
    I want to dance the wild grass dance with all my heart.

    Kazuo Ono ,
    butoh dancer, Japan

    Dances of the peoples of the world

    Folk dances are interesting and informative, because each composition is based on the deep roots of the culture of the peoples of the world. Without exaggeration, a whole world is contained in one dance direction, and it is very easy to know it - come to class and start dancing!

    Maria Balashova — coach of studio

    What dances?

    Dances of various peoples and nationalities. Of course, most of all we study Russian dances, because this is our native culture, but the program also includes Belarusian, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish, and many others.

    Perky and sincere!

    Any person in dancing leads his own way, and everyone chooses the direction to his liking. Why do their fans love folk dances? First of all, for sincerity and enthusiasm! These dances are full of feelings, the music is so groovy that the legs themselves start dancing, and the eyes burn!

    Always up to date!

    Folk dance exists outside of fashion, it will always be popular, because each of its masterpieces has been polished for years, if not centuries. Most of the existing modern trends originated precisely from folk compositions and movements. People will always dance - which means that folk dance is eternal, like life itself!

    From the depths of time

    Think about how long each folk dance went before becoming what we know it now. These are real preserved pieces of memory of ancient times, and each has its own story. And we, doing folk dances, can not only touch it, but try on these images for ourselves.

    Informative!

    Studying the dances of different peoples, you can better understand the nature of these nations, get to know the roots. The dance very accurately conveys temperament, for example, Spanish dances are famous all over the world for their passion and emotionality.
    It's amazing how much the dances of peoples from different parts of the world differ, and at the same time they all have one thing in common - people from time immemorial loved to dance and expressed their feelings through dance.

    For whom?

    There are no age restrictions in folk dances, since ancient times they have been performed by people of all ages. If you want to dance amazing and diverse folk dances, just come to us.

    And if there is no partner?

    This is not at all an obstacle to folk dancing! Even if you don't meet your ideal partner in the class, most of the compositions are danced both in couples and solo.


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