AZG Armenian Daily #086, 13/05/2005

Karabakh diary

DANCERS FROM ARTSAKH TO WIN GRAND PRIX IN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

In “New Stars of Dance” international festival in Yalta dancers of Gyurjian
dance school of Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) won the Grand Prix and
diplomas. Both the festival organizers and the participants were pleasantly
surprised saying that such a dance program may well be represented in
respectable festivals and pretend to more serious awards.

Forth in number, this international festival hosts participants from CIS
countries and various regions of the Russian Federation. The festival always
sent invitation to Artsakh’s dance group but the latter could not
participate having no sponsors. This year, they managed to leave for Yalta
only thanks to the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
of Nagorno Karabakh as well as Stepanakert Municipality.

The triumphant performance of Gyurjian school dancers won them an invitation
for another festival coming June in Yalta. But it is very unlikely that they
will take part in the festival due to financial problems. We can hope that
the Artsakhi dancers will go on with their successful performance on
international stages and will win more awards in honor of their school and
Artsakh.

By Kim Gabrielian in Stepanakert