Joc dance ensemble

Joc is the oldest folk dance ensemble of Moldova; full name: National Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance "Joc"(Romanian: Ansamblul Academic Naţional de dansuri populare „Joc”)^[1]

Joc was created on August 13, 1945, by Leonid Leonardi and Leonid Zeltsman, then called simply "ensemble of Moldovan dance".^[2]^[3]

In 1954-55, Tankho Israelov was the director of the dance ensemble.

Its 13th director (since 1957) was Vladimir Curbet.^[2]^[3]

Awards and recognition

1953: 1st place at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students
1955:Meritorious ensemble of Moldavian SSR
1968: Lenin Komsomol Prize

References

^ Joc, the Facebook page
^ ^a ^b "История Молдовы: Национальный академический ансамбль народного танца «Жок»".
^ ^a ^b "Тринадцатый руководитель ансамбля "Жок" | ЛОГОС-ПРЕСС". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2015-02-14.

[1] Joc, the Facebook page

[no-2] "История Молдовы: Национальный академический ансамбль народного танца «Жок»".

[lp-3] "Тринадцатый руководитель ансамбля "Жок" | ЛОГОС-ПРЕСС". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2015-02-14.

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