The State Dance Ensemble of Belarus (Ensemble)
The State Dance Ensemble of Belarus is a leading
choreographic collective of the country. It was created almost 50 years ago and
after a number of years it became the best professional collective of Belarus.
In October 1999 the government of the republic conferred the ensemble an
honorary title of Honoured Collective of the Republic of Belarus.
There are more than 50 actively used concert turns in the group repertoire,
which are combined into several big programs. The Program "Belarusian Casket"
has gathered traditional and genre Belarusian folk dances, the program "Round
Dance of Friends" is composed of the world peoples dances and of the peoples
that inhabit Belarus, the program "The Song about Bison" is dedicated to the
most interesting pages of the centuries-old history of the Belarusians.
Repertoire of the Honored Collective of the Republic of BelarusState Dance
Ensemble of Belarus State Institution
Concerts of the State Dance Ensemble of the Republic of Belarus enchant the
audience with wonderful colours of costumes, beautiful melodies, masterly feats,
exciting performance of dances. The Ensemble is renowned in every corner of
Belarus and in the CIS-states. The mastership of artists was repeatedly greeted
with applause in China, the USA, Italy, France, Spain, Brazil, Germany, India,
Sri Lanka, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Egypt, the Lebanon and other countries
of the world.
The press of all these countries has always appreciated professional and
artistic level of the concerts of the troupe of the State Dance Ensemble of
Belarus Honorary Collective of the Republic of Belarus.
Valentin Dudkevich
For the last twenty years the ensemble is directed by the People`s artist of
Belarus, professor Valentin Dudkevich. The Folklore Art is a way of conservation
of the generation-binding historic traditions for him. The synthesis of folklore
and of the best achievements of the world choreography is an artistic credo of
Valentin Dudkevich as a ballet-master and the most precise definition of the
contents of all the program of the State Dance Ensemble of Belarus.
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