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Sikkim Dance Academy to Represent India at Vietnam Festival
A dance academy from Sikkim will travel to Vietnam to perform at an international folklore festival.
The group is called Dynamic Flickers Dance Academy.
It will perform from October 6 to 11.
The festival brings together dance groups from different countries and has a theme about dancing for world peace.
The academy wants to share Sikkim’s traditional dances and culture.
It is using prize money from a competition called Golden Feet to help pay for the trip.
Sikkim officials said the opportunity could help local performers reach audiences beyond the state.
Dynamic Flickers Dance Academy will represent India at the International Ethnic Folklore Festival in Vietnam from October 6 to 11.
The festival’s theme is “Let’s Dance for World Peace” and it brings together traditional and folk dance groups from different countries.
The academy plans to showcase Sikkim’s traditional dance forms and cultural heritage.
Co-founder Dilu Tamang said the academy is using its Rs 30 lakh Golden Feet competition prize to fund the trip.
Sikkim officials said the festival offers the academy an international platform after its success in the state competition.
- Who
- Dynamic Flickers Dance Academy of Sikkim will represent India; its co-founder is Dilu Tamang.
- What
- The academy will perform at the International Ethnic Folklore Festival.
- Where
- Vietnam.
- When
- October 6 to 11; the article is dated October 5, but does not specify the year.
- Why
- To showcase Sikkim’s traditional dance forms and cultural heritage to an international audience.
Key facts
- Academy
- Dynamic Flickers Dance Academy (DFD), Sikkim
- Festival
- International Ethnic Folklore Festival
- Festival dates
- October 6 to 11
- Festival location
- Vietnam
- Festival theme
- “Let’s Dance for World Peace”
- Golden Feet prize
- Rs 30 lakh, which the academy said it is using for travel
- Previous achievement
- DFD won the National Tribal Dance Competition in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, in 2022
Quotes
Yougan Tamang
Sikkim Chief Minister’s Press Secretary
“This is exactly the kind of outcome Chief Minister Shri Prem Singh Tamang Golay envisioned through Golden Feet and the series of Golden competitions. The idea was never limited to a competition or a cash prize, but to create meaningful platforms where Sikkim’s talent could be identified, encouraged and given opportunities to grow beyond the state.”
theprint.in
“We are really grateful to Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang for conceptualising a competition like Golden Feet. We had won a cash prize of Rs 30 lakh, and we are using that winning amount to travel for this international festival.”
theprint.in
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