European dances

On International Dance Day (29.04.), over 1,300 dancers from all over Bulgaria gathered in front of the National Palace of Culture (NDK) and sent a message of peace.

"The longest horo in Sofia" is an initiative of the National Folklore Ensemble "BULGARE" and the Association of Choreographers in Bulgaria, whose idea is that every year the event grows and includes more and more people.

A show adapted for the stage from Miguel de Cervantes' immortal piece "Don Quixote" will meet with the audience on Oct. 16 at Istanbul's Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall with the performance by Spanish José Huertas Flamenco Ensemble.

Describing Don Quixote's emotional world with music and costumes reflecting Spanish folklore, the show will be staged for the first time in Turkey.

Croatian police told BIRN that a Police Academy student in Zagreb who "initiated and published the video" of fellow cadets dancing the Uzicko kolo, a traditional Serb folk dance, and who was also filmed dancing in her police uniform, has been expelled from the Academy.

Music and dance as a healing balm for pandemic-weary souls is what Spain's Joaquin Cortes had in mind for his new show that opens this Christmas ahead of a global tour.

After a year away from the stage, the legendary flamenco artist who has been dancing for nearly four decades, returns to the spotlight on December 23 when his new show debuts at Madrid's WiZink auditorium.

Weddings in Turkey will be held over the summer season, as Turkey will begin allowing people to slowly crawl out of isolation and lockdowns, although they will not resemble any wedding pre-COVID-19 life.

The Embassy of Spain in Bulgaria and the Instituto Cervantes- Sofía, will hold a concert of the flamenco pianist Rosario Montoya, which will take place on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Art Gallery of Sofia (1 General Gurko str.).

"When every village has internet, TV, and every child listens to popular music, I think that this old world is vanishing," Kalezic-Radonjic told BIRN.

The National Folklore Fair "Rozhen 2019" began on July 19. This year it will run until July 21, reports BNT. 

More than 3,500 folklore artists and 80 craftsmen will present their folk dances, songs and artistic works until Sunday on the meadows of Rozhen.

The 36th International Ankara Music Festival will take place between April 4 and 25 this year with the organization of the Sevda-Cenap and Music Foundation. One of the guests of the event, Spanish pianist Manolo Carrasco will be on the stage with his "Sounds from Spain" flamenco show, which is like a musical journey from 19th century to present, on April 12 at MEB Şura Hall.

Multipurpose culture venue Soul Food is staging a traditional "panigiri" fete to celebrate the end of a great summer season on the island of Tinos, in the Cyclades archipelago. There will be a barbecue, wine and dancing to folk music performed by a three-member ensemble with lute, violin and percussion. The festivities start at 8 p.m.