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The ultimate truth of dancing
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or
abstraction from life; it is life itself. /Havelock Ellis/
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their
technique, they are great because of their passion. /Martha Graham/
Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another.
Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body. /Martha Graham/
You don't stop dancing from growing old, you grow old from stopping to dance.
Visit Jumprava!
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Welcome to folkdance collective's "Saime" official webpage!
We are folkdance collective "Saime" from Latvia, civil parish Jumprava. "Saime" is a new collective and is
dancing together only since the year 1999, though dancing traditions in Jumprava have began already in the very beginning of the
previous century.
In the collective there are more than 24 dancers and six of them are family couples, therefore, such a name has derived –
"Saime" – which means a united and friendly family.
In the course of time “Saime” has established different traditions. An integral part of our cultural activities have become
congratulating those whose name day is being celebrated. Usually lots are drawn to determine who is going to congratulate whom. And
of course we do not dispense with common social and recreational activities together with children and our families.
The motto of our dance collective is:
"Heart Rouses Inspired Energy of Love in a Dance!"
Every year the collective is participating in different concerts, dance festivities and city festivals in Latvia. Every year we
also try to go to international festivals to foreign countries as much as possible. Although "Saime" is a very new
collective, we have participated in several international festivals and festivities of our fellowship cities.
Thus in the year 2001 the collective performed in a folklore festival in Poland, Pizice city for which an hour long performance
was prepared about Latvian traditions of celebrating Lîgo.
In the summer of the year 2004 we participated in an international competition in Italy, Castiglione della Stiviere which was
organized by International Red Cross. There we gave two performances to the participants of the competition and local people in the
occasion of the 145th anniversary of the city’s central square. On our way to Italy we gave one more performance in Poland, in Þory
recreation centre.
In 12th of June, 2005 we participated in Põlva city festival, in Estonia. Among the audience of the main concert of this festival
was also the president of Estonia.
Year 2006 will be remembered as the year of Turkey. In June and July "Saime" participated in 7th International
Büyükçekmece Culture and Art Festival and in 7th International Şişli Culture and Art Festival. Both festivals took
place in the same time but in different suburbs of Istanbul. Both of them were competitions and we had the honor to present Latvia
for the first time in both of these festivals among the best Russian, Canadian, Algerian, Czech and other dance groups.
We will be honored if you choose to invite our dance collective "Saime" to participate in festivals and other
activities that you are organizing. In our program we have folklore traditions, national dances as well as ethnographical and
stylized dances both with accompaniment of Latvian national music group and qualitative recording music.
You can find "Saime" in the following ways:
E-mail:
knjumprava@inbox.lv
Address:
Dance collective "Saime"
Jumpravas kultûras nams
Jumpravas pagasts
Ogres rajons
LV-5022
LATVIJA
Tel./fax:
00371 65057616
Nationwide Latvian Song and Dance celebration
If you are interested in Latvian folkdance traditions and festivals and want to receive more in-depth information, please visit
www.dziesmusvetki2008.lv
Next Nationwide Latvian Song and Dance celebration will take place in Riga,
summer 2008! |
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