BGB dancers performing in Barcelona
Six dancers from the Brigitte Gauci Borda school of ballet will be performing in an International Dance Festival in Barcelona today.
Brigitte Gauci Borda will be accompanying the dancers who will be performing three Ballet solos and a Hip Hop number. Desiree Azzopardi and Rita Bonello will be performing Classical Ballet solos from Paquita and Don Quixotte and they will also be dancing with the rest of the group: Alison Camilleri, Stephanie Young and Alison Zammit this time a completely different style of dance Hip Hop choreographed by Sue Vassallo, who is also one of the dancers.
The six dancers were selected to perform in last weekends KSU Students Festival which was held at Sir Temi Zammit Hall at the University of Malta. This year a record number of applicants submitted their request to participate in this festival but only 13 items were selected, the group were one of the selected after auditioning for this event.
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MALTESE DANCERS PLACE THIRD IN INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL BARCELONA
Six dancers from the Brigitte Gauci Borda school of ballet; Desiree Azzopardi, Rita Bonello Alison Camilleri, Sue Vassallo, Stephanie Young and Alison Zammit,
have recently participated in the Grand Prix International Dance Awards Festival 2007 which was held in Barcelona over the Easter weekend. They presented two different styles of dance Hip Hop choreographed by Sue Vassallo and Classical Ballet Repertoire prepared by Ivelina Dimitrova.
Brigitte Gauci Borda who accompanied the dancers was responsible for the lighting design of the numbers presented by her school. The school was awarded 3rd price in the Classical Ballet category. The dancers who represented this section were Desiree Azzopardi and Rita Bonello who performed Classical Ballet solos from Paquita and Don Quicotte. Before this award was presented the organizer Mr Girogio Mordenti explained that this is the most difficult category since the dancers have to be so precise in their technique, artistry and style of the original choreography.
Brigitte Gauci Borda said ‘This is the first time I have presented my students in an international competition, I took them up for the experience but when we won third place it was an added bonus and very encouraging indeed! This is full proof that we are on an international level and our standards are high. It is important for young dancers to see what there is out there, meeting and mixing with dancers from all over the world is a very good learning experience’.
Over 50 countries took part in this competition some of these were from Croacia, Luthinia, America, Canada, Scotland, England, Italy , China, California, Isreal and Russia
For more information about the school please call 21341755, 79341755
