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"FRIENDSHIP" DANCE ENSEMBLE AND DANCERS OF U.S. DANCE SCHOOLS CONDUCT CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Noyan Tapan
Jul 6, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Barekamutiun"
("Friendship") state dance ensemble and the dancers of the U.S. dance
schools, who presented dance items of different genres in classical,
Armenian, modern, and jazz styles, gave a final concert in Yerevan
within the frameworks of the Armenian-American cultural exchange
program.
According to Arevik Ashkharhoyan, the Head of the the "Friendship"
dance ensemble, 12 students from the U.S. Greensboro and Archdale
schools, Bethesda royal academy, as well as from Universities of
Arkansas and Maryland and three leading ballet masters from the New
York Broadway: Debbie Chodyniecki, Freddie Li Hede, and Natalia
Davidson, conduct courses of modern dance in Armenia within the
framework of the exchange program. At the same time the American
students become acquainted with Armenian national and classic dance
art due to the dancing-masters of the "Friendship" dance ensemble.
Artak Alexanian, the producer and author of this program, mentioned
that this cultural program will be continued and declared that the
head of the American side of the program is Natalia Davidson, who
has Armenian nationality. There was a time when she danced in the
"Friendship" ensemble for a year, then left for the United States,
where she founded her dance school. The author of this program
is convinced that this Armenian-American cultural program can be
considered successful.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Noyan Tapan
Jul 6, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Barekamutiun"
("Friendship") state dance ensemble and the dancers of the U.S. dance
schools, who presented dance items of different genres in classical,
Armenian, modern, and jazz styles, gave a final concert in Yerevan
within the frameworks of the Armenian-American cultural exchange
program.
According to Arevik Ashkharhoyan, the Head of the the "Friendship"
dance ensemble, 12 students from the U.S. Greensboro and Archdale
schools, Bethesda royal academy, as well as from Universities of
Arkansas and Maryland and three leading ballet masters from the New
York Broadway: Debbie Chodyniecki, Freddie Li Hede, and Natalia
Davidson, conduct courses of modern dance in Armenia within the
framework of the exchange program. At the same time the American
students become acquainted with Armenian national and classic dance
art due to the dancing-masters of the "Friendship" dance ensemble.
Artak Alexanian, the producer and author of this program, mentioned
that this cultural program will be continued and declared that the
head of the American side of the program is Natalia Davidson, who
has Armenian nationality. There was a time when she danced in the
"Friendship" ensemble for a year, then left for the United States,
where she founded her dance school. The author of this program
is convinced that this Armenian-American cultural program can be
considered successful.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress