The municipal executive of Lagos unanimously and acclaimed, in a meeting, a Vote of Congratulation for the victory achieved by the Association of Dance of Lagos in Dance World Cup 2012, in the category "national & folklore dance group", in an initiative that was attended by from the group of young students who recently reached 1st place.
Last week, the City Council paid tribute to the group of dancers from the Lagos School of Dance, who participated in the Dance World Cup 2012 held in Austria at the end of last month.
The young women belonging to the “national & folklore dance group” level won with the “Lesginka” dance, in a competition that featured dance classes from countries such as Germany, Austria and Italy.
In addition to this award, the group of dancers stood out, in the absolute general classification, as the 5th best choreography, among the 782 choreographies presented in this competition in which more than 100 groups representing 25 countries competed.
During the tribute paid by the municipal executive, at the last Council Meeting, teacher Ljiljana da Silva said that the result achieved was due to the contribution and work of everyone: students, parents, local authority (which supported the project with the provision of facilities, allowing the growth of the same) and community in general.
Ljiljana also took the opportunity to announce that the Association's next objective for which she is responsible (she is President of the Board of the Lagos Dance Association and Director of the School of Dance) is to achieve teaching articulated with the discipline of Dance, similarly to what already happens with the Academy of Music of Lagos in the areas of Music and Dance.
On this occasion, all members of the executive also spoke praising the work of the Association, the teachers, the students and the parents, leaving words of encouragement for the continuation of this activity of artistic education and training.
At this meeting, the municipal executive also approved an addendum to the Lending Contract with the Association, which will allow the attribution of two more support spaces, in the Youth Space, for the development of the Association's activity.
The students who made up the group that won the competition were: Inês Simmonds, Francisca Pestana, Inês Costa, Inês Cintra, Matilde Nande, Zoe Costa, Ana Pacheco, Francisca Ellison, Mariana Costa, Débora Batista, Mariana Reis, Camila Ribeiro, Maria Correia . The teacher responsible for the winning choreography was Marina Khametova (who could not be present at this honor).
Lagos Dance Association was created in 2004
The Lagos Dance Association (ADL) is a non-profit collective entity, born from the will of a group of people who want more and better for children.
Ljiljana da Silva is the main responsible for the fact that the Association is now a reality.
Between 2004 and 2007, dance classes took place at Espaço Jovem, in Lagos. With the increase in the number of students, a wider space was needed for the realization of classes.
Since 2007, ADL develops its activity at the Old Secondary School Gil Eanes, in Lagos.
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