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Instituto el Cimarron
“El Cimarrón” Institute was founded on 17th April 1976 as a folk dance and tango school Currently it is directed by Catalina Murphy and Omar Fiordelmondo, both professors, and has more than 3500 students all over the country. Only 30 students are selected every year to participate in festivals abroad. In their repertoire we find dances from all Argentinean regions including tango and malambo, very well known worldwide.
Internationally, it has performed in Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Canada, France, Spain, Polond, Turquey, Greece, Uruguay, Belgium, Holland, the UK, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Portugal, the USA. |
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Ballet Folclórico da Amazónia
The group was founded in September 1990 in Belém – Pa – Brazil and has the aim of promoting the popular culture of Amazonia where it portrays a mysterious and erotic universe: rituals, legends, myths, sacred and profane manifestations. The group has 25 dancers who performe dances from Amazonia and also from other Brazilian regions. Singings and dances are accompanied by 10 musicians who play typical instruments from the region like the “curimbo”, maraccas, ganzá, claves, flute, banjo and guitar. The Folk Ballet of Amazonia performed in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and Portugal.
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Conjunto Artístico "Maraguán"
Founded in 1981 in the city of Camagüey, this group is one of the most prestigious cultural symbols of Cuba. Maraguán conquered a great number of prizes in Cuba where it has presentations in the majority of the main cities, including the room Garcia Lorca of the Great Havana Theatre, the most important theatre in the island. The performances abroad, also very successful, are mostly in more than non competitive events, most of them organised by CIOFF. Around 180 places in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, France, Spain, Portugal, Paraguay, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Italy etc. mark the trajectory of the "Conjunto Artístico MARAGUAN".
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Klub Peminatan
Klup Peminatan (KP) was created to follow the aspirations of the psychology students from the University of Indonesia in dancing, particularly traditional dances, respecting and preserving the Indonesian rich culture. Founded in 2007, it quickly won the admiration both from the public and other prestigious groups, having participated in several shows and dance competitions, winning various first prizes. In 2010 they participate for the first time in different international folk festivals in Spain and Portugal and have already confirmed their participation in the U.S.A. in 2011.
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Companhia de Dança Tenochtitlan
In February 1988 the Tenochtitlan Folk Dance Ensemble Company appears as an independent artistic company in the city of Puebla – México. Founded by Saulo Romero Espinal who, through the investigation of the Mexican culture and adding his artistic experience, achieves an innovative production, maturing a concept in Mexican folklore. The company made more than 30 international tours representing Mexico in Germany, Belgium, Egypt, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Uk, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey and Portugal, receiving several prizes and recognition in more than 80 international folklore festivals. Today, the company has 150 dancers divided in three groups: children, amateur and the first company. |
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Poloniny
"POLONINY" – Artistic group from University of Technology in the city of Rzeszów - started its activity in 1969. The University of Technology is the oldest University in Rzeszów, the home town of "POLONINY". The group has more than 2000 performances and countless prizes. In October 1995, it represented Poland in Israel during the “3000 Anniversary of Jerusalem”.
Its international experience consists in the participation in various world festivals in Sweden, Italy, Malta, Czech Republic, Hungary, Great-Britain, Germany, Germany, Holland, Slovakia, Spain, turkey, Switzerland, Vatican, Austria, France, Greece, Belgium, Ukraine, Israel, Lithuania, Bulgaria, San Marino, Russia, Portugal, Porto Rico and the U.S.A.
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Grupo Etnográfico HUC
(Casa Pessoal Hospitais da
Universidade de Coimbra)
Founded in April 2003 by initiative of the Hospital Staff with the aim of involving the partners in cultural activities, namely in ethnography and folklore. The group has 50 elements, the majority of them employees of the Institution. It presents costumes of the late XIX century: outfits to work, boatman and washwoman, connected to the Mondego River and also street hawkers of water, fruit and vegetables and melons.The ethnographic group has participated in feasts and pilgrimages as well as in national and international festivals in Holland, Spain
and Luxembourg.
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Rancho Folclórico Casa do Povo de Barbeita
Founded in 1959, it has completed 50 years of existence. It is internationally well known having participated in the world’s greatest CIOFF (International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts) folk festivals, it has been showing the Portuguese culture in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Holland, Hungary, Canary Islands, Italy, Switzerland, Andorra and Turkey. Since 1986 it organizes the International Folk Festival “Ponte do Mouro and Avarinho” .
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Grupo Folclórico Vila Nova Sande
(Guimarães)
The group was founded in June 1978 in a place mostly agricultural. Today its inhabitants work in the textile, shoe and cutlery industries. There are also a few artisans like blacksmiths, plasterers, embroiderers and basket-makers. The group performed all over Portugal and internationally in France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Monaco and Brazil. It also participated in TV and radio programmes in Portugal, the Netherlands and Brazil. The costumes are: engaged couple, market day, milkwoman, couples, Sunday best and outfits to work
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African Tumbas
African Tumbas is one of the most important groups in Kenya. Founded in 1996 in Nairobi – the capital city – it represents more than 42 ethnic groups. In its repertoire we can find typical dances for weddings, births, harvest, war, religious and parties. Clearly these dances are followed by typical and powerful drums and string instruments, gathered from several different communities of the country which give a strong rhythm to its folklore. The instruments are Kigamba, Nyatiti, Orutu, Ohangala, Mabumbumbu, Mchirima and Msondo. This group has a vast experience both nationally and internationally having participated since 1998 in festivals in countries like Slovakia, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia and Portugal. |
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Ballet Jammu
This folk ballet was created in Dakar in 2008. It is the result of an ambitious project based on two ideas: to form a stable group focused on folklore and a dance school. The group gathers young musicians and dancers of all ethnic groups from Senegal - Wolof, Bambara, Peul, Toutcouleur, etc. In the shows, we can enjoy the most traditional dances like Sabar, Djembe, Dulumba, etc with its usual charisma and virtuosity. The name of the group “Jammu” means peace. In this dance – Africa – all the people are showed in harmony, holding hands, in a symbolic gesture of unity and love among fellow Africans. The group has a vast international experience in CIOFF festivals in several countries.
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Ballet Folclórico Simyonov
Tucovic
Founded in 1986 by Dejan Simyonovsky, the director whose background is in the "Frula" and "Tucovic" groups, he has succeeded in making this company one the most popular and admired among Serbian groups. Simyonov exhibits the rich Serbian folklore in a new and attractive form that captures the public's attention during the whole representation. Simyonov has taken part in different festivals in USA, Canada, Mexico, Greece, Bulgaria, Finland, Luxemburg, France, Thailand, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Egypt, India, Israel and Portugal. It's the fourth time they participate in "Ponte do Mouro e Alvarinho". |
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