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Video interview presents the artistic director of KSD“Bambi” who is informing about the work of the groupand the situation in Austria during the pandemicPandemic situation caused by COVID-19 spread affected the processes of preservation and disseminationof folklore worldwide. In accordance with that the European Association of Folklore Festivals - EAFF made a research.The research involved also the artistic director of KSD “Bambi” Mr Vladan Radojkovic. He took part in anonline interview in order to share more details about the work of the group in conditions of pandemic and how isit possible to preserve the traditions in the current situation, according to him.The group represented by Mr Radojkovic is among the winners of the Xth European Championship of Folklore“Euro Folk” 2018 - winner of Golden medal in category “Folklore ensembles - authentic folklore” and the Nominationfor the Grand Prix Golden “Orpheus”. KSD “Bambi” is one of the oldest associations in Vienna and the purposeof the cultural and sports association is to represent the Serbian community who live in Austia since 1970.Here are details about the situation in Vienna and how KSD “Bambi” manages to preserve the Serbian folklore.1. Hi, how are you?Hello. I’m very glad you are interested in us. We aredoing great. We hope so are you.2. Where are you at the moment?Me and my team are in Vienna right now. We are livingand working here.43. Your team is among the winners in X EuropeanChampionship of Folklore “Euro folk 2018”, held under theauspices of EAFF, what memories do you keep from thisparticipation?Yes, we won in the EAFF championship in 2018. Wehave beautiful memories of it...We hope that we can participatein one of your festivals again in close future. Weare telling everyone and and everywhere about it, that wewere part of it and winners.4. What is the current epidemiological situation in yourcountry?The epidemiological situation in Austria is gettingbetter and more stable every day. We are expecting themeasure to be loosened up even more, so that we can goback in the rehearsal room and continue with our work inthe field of traditions and folklore.5. Do you manage to rehearse with the group in pandemicconditions?Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to rehearse due to thesocial distancing measures. In the beginning only peoplewho live together were allowed to have contact. It was reallystrict. We tried to rehearse via the Internet, but didn’treally work out, so now we can’t wait to continue wherewe have stopped.6. How do you conduct rehearsals?Of course this situation is having an impact on thepreservation of every tradition and folklore. It is very problematic.It is a really long period, where it’s impossible torehearse. We tried via the Internet, but it didn’t really workout. As you know, our dances are danced in circles andsemi-circles, where the dancers are connected. So everyonetried to rehearse some dances from home alone.That’s all we managed to do.7. Do you think that the new situation has a negativeimpact on the processes of preservation andspread of folklore?Like I said, it’s really hard to preserve traditions insuch a situation. As you know, we have to rehearsein a rehearsal room and everything is happening inthe rehearsal room or on the terrain. And this is impossiblein the moment.8. Do you have your own idea or observation ofhow traditions can be preserved in the new situation?The only possibility and proposal is to give “homework”via the Internet. Currently there are no otheropinions. But we are expecting the government toallow us to continue our work very soon.9. Would you participate in a webinar with a sampletopic “The folklore in conditions of social isolation”?I, personality, am always open to seminars andall kinds of suggestions. I would be pleased to takepart in one of your seminars, but the biggest problemis that I don’t speak English. Otherwise I would beglad to take part.10. How long after the end of social isolationwould you be ready for a stage performance?In my opinion it will take us at least one to twomonths to get back in shape and regain enough energyso that we can perform some of our programand repertoire. One month is very optimistic, I believethat two months are more realistic. But we willgive our best so that this can happen as soon andwell as possible.Vladan Radojkovic ended the interview with thefollowing words: “Finally, I would like to send greetingsto all of you. I want you to be happy, satisfied,healthy and to continue to preserve the traditions byorganizing your beautiful festivals”.
647 participants from 7 countries performed at theInternational Online Dance Festival “DANCE onLINE”647 participants from 7 countries represented their dance skills in the International Online festival “DANCEonLINE”. The forum was held on 6 and 7 June 2020 in the global internet and provided a field for dancers fromthe Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, Ukraine (Luhansk region), Poland, Italy, Belgium and the UnitedStates. Winner of the prestigious Grand Prix is Alena Kostigina. She was awarded a free trip to one of the nextoffline festivals of the creative association.Three dance groups have been awarded certificates that bring a discount for the participation of 5 dancersin one of the next offline festivals, which will be held by the same organizers. The distinguished ensembles are:Exemplary dance ensemble “Carouse” from the Republic of Belarus, Ballet Studio “Magical shoes” from Russiaand Dance company “E.SPERIMENTI” from Italy.The winner of the “Online voting for the best dance group” is the dance group “Cheleesh” from Kyzyl, Russia.The virtual quiz, held within the event, was won by Alexei Ivanchuk, a representative of the dance group “Souvenir”.The international jury awarded the groups according to all categories and age divisions based on the resultsof the protocols with laureates I - III degree and diplomas I - III place.The festival provided an opportunity, even in a pandemic environment, to overcome the barriers betweencountries and to present the colorful cultures of different nations.5
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