The Ambassador pointed out at the reception organised on the occasion of 11th Belgrade Dance Festival, which takes place from March 30th to April 14th and is supported by the EU Delegation to Republic of Serbia and by Republic of Greece, the country presiding the Council of European Union.
Head of the EU Mission in Serbia, Ambassador Michael Davenport, organised the reception in honour of the Belgrade Dance Festival which takes place from March 30th to April 14th and is supported by the EU Delegation to Republic of Serbia and by Republic of Greece, the country presiding the Council of European Union.
“I am proudly announcing that Delegation of European Union to the Republic of Serbia once again provides support to Belgrade Dance Festival, a festival that has been putting Serbia for eleven years into the centre of European cultural events in the field of art and dance,” said Davenport.
He emphasized that 2014 will be remembered as a special year during which the relations between Serbia and European Union were promoted and during which accession negotiations with Serbia were opened.
“This means that Serbia will, with its unique culture, enrich a common, colourful cultural heritage of all the Member States. Dance and music, presented at the Belgrade Dance Festival, are the essential part of our common European culture and an expression of its diversity and creativity.” Ambassador Davenport pointed out.
The catalogue of this year’s Belgrade Dance Festival programme was presented at the reception, which was attended by the Minister of Culture and Media, Ivan Tasovac, ambassadors and chargé d’affaires of EU, Canada and Turkey, as well as editors in chief of many Serbian media.
11th Belgrade Dance Festival will host some of the world’s most famous ballet and dance companies from the UK, Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, USA, etc.
Belgrade Dance Festival, which became a global brand and occupies a prominent position among the best European and world festivals is supported by EU Delegation for the second time.
By organising this festival, Belgrade is once again in the centre of world’s dance scene, and as always, it will promote the values of European Union: multiculturalism, diversity, tolerance, and exchange of ideas among artists.
In 2006 UNESCO declared Belgrade Dance Festival a leading dance project in the Southeast region and the festival got admitted to the World Dance Alliance.
