Festival purpose:

The main purpose of the Festival is to discover young talents in the realm of dance, to support their creative initiatives and promote choreography in its various artistic forms, performing and pedagogical aspects. The festival is held to encourage academic, professional cooperation and cultural exchange between choreographic groups.

The festival aims to:

• Discover new names and talents in choreographic arts;
• Create a favorable  atmosphere and environment for professional communication, experience and repertoire exchange between the festival participants;
• Raise the professional level of group leaders (master-classes, workshops and round table discussions for the leaders);
• Strengthen young people’s adequate understanding of other cultures: develop a tolerant attitude to cultural differences and respect for ethnic peculiarities with their unique forms of self-expression and artistic realization;
• Attract producers, festival and concert organizers to establish business contacts with festival participants (arrangement of tours and participation in foreign festivals);
• Foster the spirit of voluntary participation among choreographic students, attracting them to work at the  festival;
• Establish and strengthen international contacts with the near- and far-abroad countries, resume cultural exchange and create conditions for the participant’s close business communication.

Partners:

Participants:

• The choreographic groups from all over the world (minimum 3 dancers, maximum not limited).
• The dance groups of various styles, trends and from different choreography schools  including:
• Professional and amateur choreographic groups (no limitations on the maximum number of dancers);
• Choreographic groups of different age (no limitations on the maximum of age);

Concert venues:

• Concert Hall “Saint-Petersburg” (Pirogovskaya embankment, 5/2)
• The Russian Ethnographic Museum (Inzhenernaya St., 4/1)
• Halls of Saint-Petersburg District Administrations
• Concert Halls of St.Petersburg Universities and schools
• Concert Halls and Palaces of Culture of Saint-Petersburg