Balgarianovinite.com The Dunav Folk Dance Ensemble in Dusseldorf will perform Orisia at the 11th Expats Join Hands in Worldwide Dance travelling Bulgarian folklore festival, which will take place from May 15 to 17 at BMW Park in Munich, Germany. “Orisia is about the fate of a people with life stories, combining the wisdom of the past with the magic of folklore and overwhelming love,” Irina Stefanova, head of the dance ensemble, told BTA.
She noted that in Bulgarian folk beliefs, the people from Orisia are the ones who predetermine the fate of a person at his birth as they carry the thread of life and weave into it joy, trials and love, which is the strongest feeling.
“When I came to Germany to study at the Academy of Sports and Gymnastics, I knew that I would create a folk dance group for Bulgarians living in Dusseldorf and the surrounding area. The group is affiliated with our Dunav German-Bulgarian Society, which is why the name of the dance group is called the same,” she pointed out, adding that she established the ensemble in 2012.
“We have dance groups for children aged 4 to 15, a group for beginners-advanced and of course, a dance ensemble that performs on stage. Each dancer who has joined the group from different parts of Bulgaria brings the spirit of Bulgarian folk dance with their temperament, vitality, playfulness, agility and mood,” Stefanova said.
The Expats Join Hands in Worldwide Dance travelling festival is organized by and for amateur folklore ensembles performing outside Bulgaria. The initiative was launched by the Ot Izvora group in Lyon, France, which hosted both the first edition in 2015 and the tenth edition in 2025. More than 100 dance ensembles and over 4,000 guests are expected at the 11th edition in Munich in May. The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is the official media partner of the event and will present all participants. Dunav Folk Dance Ensemble from Dusseldorf to Perform Orisia Dance in Munich 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-16 11:54:57 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law