Participants of the dance group of choreographer Ekaterina Begencheva performed a chess game in dance on the stage of the Watan cinema and concert hall. As a result, the game ended with the victory of the white chess pieces, and this allegorically confirms the victory of Good over Evil.

This number became, perhaps, the brightest and most creative in the program of the dance show «Benefit of Ekaterina Begencheva», which brought together a hall full of dads and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers, friends of young dancers. In addition, the full house is understandable: the number of participants in the dance show was no joke – 220 children of different age groups, who performed in 18 groups under the guidance of 9 choreographers.

Inflaming music, bright costumes, synchronism of dance elements - all of this created an atmosphere of a cheerful dance holiday, «rejuvenated» grandparents, gave rise to a desire to also engage in modern dances among who came to the show as support groups.

The performers enjoyed the show even more. Girls and boys from 3 to 18 years old, many of whom first appeared on the real stage of a real concert hall, exuded the joy of participating in the dance in their debut.

As the laureate Yekaterina Begencheva noted in an interview with the Golden Age newspaper, the children of new generation have a strong attraction to dances, both modern and national. Therefore, the training program in dance groups necessarily includes dance hits of the peoples of the world, and Turkmen dances occupy the first line here.

Owing to the head of our state, who urges to take care of the cultural and physical development of the younger generation, choreographers have the opportunity to conduct similar shows with the invitation of guests - leaders and participants of other dance groups with a different vision and approach to the formation of dance compositions. Of what was shown in our show, I liked the choreography «Moulin Rouge» by the group of Victoria Streltsova and "Toxic" by the group of Artur Lotfullin the most.

The successful performance of dance groups will surely cause an influx of people who want to join the ranks of our dancers, and we will only be happy to arrange pleasant and developing leisure for young Turkmen citizens.

Tamara Glazunova
Photo by Alexey Gimalitdinov