The creative project "Follow the Dream" brought together professionals and amateurs of ballroom dancing of different generations at the Educational Theater of Derzhavin University. Young talents who are just taking their first steps in the world of dance and experienced professionals who have achieved solid achievements and recognition appeared on the stage.
At the anniversary event, the staff of the Center, its students and parents were congratulated by the Vice-Rector for Education, Youth Policy and Educational Work of Derzhavin University Yana Radyukova, who noted a significant contribution of the Center to cultural life of the university and the region, the high level of performing skills of the dancers and wished them further creative victories.
To the applause of the audience, Yana Radyukova handed over a symbolic key to the new educational space for choreography classes to the heads of Fiesta-TSU - Professor of the Department of Performing Arts of the University Svetlana Shankina and President of the Federation of Sport Ballroom Dancing Yuri Shankin. It is these masters of ballroom choreography who have contributed to the development of dance sport in the region for many years, educating the younger generation on the best examples of harmony and aesthetics.
The concert program opened with a bright prologue in which the youngest dancers of the Center performed. Models of the planet Earth in the hands of the children symbolized the unifying philosophy of sports and choreographic art.
Initially, the Fiesta group was formed in 1990 and worked on the stage of the former Avangard Cultural Center in Tambov. Over time, a large dance group was formed from a small children's studio, which has been operating at Derzhavin University since the mid-90s, becoming a structural division of the University. Over the years of the Center's existence, the students of Fiesta-TSU have visited many dance venues in Russian cities, where they took part in prestigious All-Russian tournaments and festivals in sports ballroom dancing, became winners, diploma holders and prize winners of competitions of the highest level.
The dance couples of "Fiesta-TSU" successfully represented Russia at international tournaments, festivals in sport ballroom dancing in Italy, Poland, Finland, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Great Britain and China.
The International Children's Center "Artek" plays a significant role in the creative life of the group. The highly qualified work of the group's teachers and their contribution to the development of ballroom choreography have been repeatedly recognized with diplomas from the management of "Artek". Prestigious awards were given to the sports and creative achievements of the members of the group.
For the high creative achievements and performing skills, "Fiesta-TSU" was awarded the title of "People's Amateur Group".
– The teachers of the Center have carried out significant scientific research work in the field of sports ballroom dancing. Scientific and methodological materials, programs for various categories of citizens in ballroom dancing, classical dance, social dancing, sports and health gymnastics, modern trends in choreography have been developed and successfully implemented. As a result, a large number of the group's graduates are students, postgraduates, graduates of TSU named after G.R. Derzhavin, who continue their work in the field of ballroom choreography, – comments Svetlana Shankina, professor of the Department of Performing Arts of Derzhavin University, head of the Ballroom Choreography Center.
Ballroom dancing is a beautiful and organic symbiosis of art and sport, which gave the audience a real celebration of youth, beauty and talent.
The Ballroom Choreography Center "Fiesta-TSU" has many plans and interesting ideas ahead, as it is a large creative family that is constantly developing and searching for fresh ideas.
