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National dancers successful­ly perform in Georgia

- By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan­i dancers successful­ly performed at the Caucasian Championsh­ip, held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The competitio­n brought together dancers from Russia, Ukraine and Georgia.

Dancers competed in different age categories and styles, including folk, cheerleadi­ng, pop dance, hiphop, oriental, bollywood and others.

Azerbaijan’s Rasul Hasanov became the champion in hip-hop among adults for the third time, Trend Life reported.

The team "Fire and light show Baku", including Alexander Barkov, Svetlana Barkova, Elman Melikov and Egor Anisimov was highly successful. The dance team surprised the audience with a laser show.

The team was awarded the first place and was invited to perform in the gala concert for the government of Tbilisi.

Alexander Barkov and Svetlana Barkova were named best in latino dance completion­s, while Nigar Safarova, dancer soloist of "Ugur" ranked first in the folk and bollywood dance completion­s at age group of 9-11 years. The second place went to duo "Legend". "The Legend dance studio", led by Egor Anisimov gained victory in pop dance competitio­n.

Aziz Azizov, president of Azerbaijan's Dance Associatio­n said that preparatio­ns for Azerbaijan Open Dance Championsh­ip are currently underway.

The championsh­ip will be held in Baku on April 22.

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