The dance groups from South Ossetia took prizes at the XX All-Russiaт festival "The Russian Students Spring", which is being held in Chelyabinsk from May15 - 20. As reported by Head of the Youth Policy Department under the Ministry of Education of the RSO Emilia Gagieva to IA "Res", today, May 19, the final gala concert will take place in Chelyabinsk, where the winners of the festival will be awarded.
"At the festival the South Ossetian students’ ensemble "Art" took second prize in the category
"Folk dance", another dance group "Ars", which also represented our republic, won the third place in nomination "Modern Dance"," - said Gagieva. She emphasized the highly trained participants of the festival from South Ossetia. "We are very pleased with the results of the festival, we are proud of our contestants, who have shown such a high level of dancing skills," - underlined Gagieva.
The anniversary festival "The Russian Students Spring" opened this year in Chelyabinsk on May 15. The event attracted a record number of participants - 2 300 people from 70 regions of Russia.
It should be noted, that South Ossetia has been taking part in the All-Russian festival "The Russian Students Spring" since 2006.