VARNA International Ballet Competition

VARNA International Ballet Competition is rated 3 out of 5 in the category arts and crafts. Read and write reviews about VARNA International Ballet Competition. Varna – International Ballet Competition” was established in 1964. Its first edition was held from 2 – 13 July at the Open-Air Theatre in the same city – the biggest sea resort of Bulgaria. It is the first professional international ballet competition in the world. Years later on its analogy similar events have been established in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Kazan and Yalta in Russia, Jackson and New Yorkin the USA, Osaka and Nagoya in Japan, Paris, Lausanne and Ulgat in France, in Helsinki, Budapest, Luxembourg, Kiev, Shanghai and Prague, etc. They continuously increase in number. During the Competition concomitant events are also being held, among which the traditional “International Summer Ballet Academy” with classes in classical ballet, contemporary techniques and jazz. World-famous pedagogues from France, Great Britain, Russia, Denmark, the USA, Holland, etc. are being invited to teach. It is quickly gaining speed and it is expected that it will catch up with the popularity of the Competition in the nearest future. The regular international theoretical conferences are also of a definite significance. At these prestigious forums different issues of classical and contemporary choreography are widely discussed. After 1992 the Competition is being organized, financed and carried out by Foundation “International Ballet Competition – Varna”. It raises funds only thanks to the noble donations of contributors from Bulgaria and abroad. Mr. Dimitar Dimitrov is Chairman of Foundation “International Ballet Competition – Varna”