Lithuanian folk dance group of
Vilnius Gediminas technical university
Lithuanian folk dance group of Vilnius Gediminas technical university "Vingis"

Festivals

It is almost 50 years as folk dance group “Vingis” delights the audience with impressive folk dances and music. Nevertheless, the group is always young – consisting of dancers and musicians who are the students of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Dancers wear hand-crafted costumes and the musicians play the authentic instruments, so the dances are always accompanied with the live music.

The group is proud of the variety of dances it performs – most of them are created by one of the group leaders Ričardas Tamutis, who created more than 220 folk dances and was recognized as the most productive folk dances author in Lithuania. Furthermore, recently “Vingis” took the first place in the youth competition “Kadagys” in Lithuania and also got the “Golden bird” award for high artistic level.

The group takes part in many concerts inside the country and abroad. The countries visited and the festivals in which the group took part are named below.

Recent trip

Year Name City Country
2016 FESTARTE 2016 Leça da Palmeira Portugal
2015 Summerfest International Folklore Festival and Folkart Fair Százhalombatta Hungary
2015 Festival Des Cultures Du Monde Gemenos Gemenos France
2014 XXXI Raduno Mediterraneo del Folklore Internazionale Petralia Sottana Italy, Sicily
2014 PODLASIE OCTAVE OF CULTURES 2014 Białystok Poland
2013 International Küçükçekmece Municipality Lake Festival Istanbul Turkey
2012 XXV Międzynarodowy Festiwal Folkloru “FOLKOWA GÓRA” Zielona Góra Poland
2011 Project “If I were in your shoes” Bursa Turkey
2011 International folklore meeting Fribourg Switzerland
2011 Project “If I were in your shoes” Bursa Turkey
2011 World Culture festival Berlin Germany
2010 Festival Folkloru Warshawa Poland
2010 Festival de Confolens: Arts & Traditions populaires du monde Confolens France
2010 XV International folklore meeting Lublin Poland
2009 XIV INTER FOLK FEST Derventa Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009 The International Folk Festival „Ana Lugojana”  Lugoj Romania
2008 Summerfest International Folklore Festival and Folkart Fair Százhalombatta Hungary
2007 CIOFF. Intern. Student’s Folklore Festival Katowice Poland
2006 Intern. Folk Dances Festival Vila-Real Spain
2005 Intern. Folklore Festival of the CIS and Baltic Countries “Sodruzhestvo” Rostov-on-Don Russia
2004 CIOFF. Intern. Folklore Festival Tournai Belgium
2003 Intern. Folklore Festival Cittareale Italy
2002 Intern. Folklore Festival “Incontro di Cultura Popolare” Macerata Italy
2001 Intern. Folklore Festival Quiaios Portugal
2000 Intern. Folklore Festival near Balaton Lake Hungary
1999 Intern. Folklore Festival „EkoFolk” Kharkov Ukrain
1998 Intern. Folklore Festival Beernem Belgium
1993 Intern. Folklore Festival Toure Austria
1990 Intern. Folklore Festival Montereal Canada
1987 Intern. Folklore Festival Dublin, Scotland, Galsgow, London and Edinburough Ireland, United Kingdom
1983 Intern. Folklore Festival Debrecen Hungary

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We also take part in Baltic States students festival Gaudeamus and Lithuanian song and dance celebration, which are in the UNESCO heritage list.

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