Summer solstice at the Latvian Ethnographic Open -Air Museum will host the 80th anniversary of TDA Ligo

Folk dance ensemble Ligo History began in war dust in June 1945 – at a time when Riga was still in the ruins. At that time, the first concert took place in Viesturdarza, where the first brave dancing steps were tried. Since Ligo It has become a symbol of how the tradition can live – breathing with time, changing and still maintaining the essence.

Today Ligo There is more than a dance – it is a community with the warmth of the heart and the scenic strength of children, parents and even grandparents. There will also be 12 families on the same stage, but the total Ligo The number of dancers will be 356 participants from different generations. There are people in the collective who Ligo He has been dancing for more than 30 years, and there are 16 married couples this season, but one couple will just say yes.

“We have to be Ligo Not only does it mean dancing – this is a lifestyle, ”emphasizes Choreographer and Doctor of Art, Janis Purviņš. » It manifests our attitude towards life and traditions. We are always looking for new creative ways to let the folk dance flourish and speak to the audience again. This big day will be not only an anniversary, but also a ritual – meeting with the deepest roots of our people in the full maturity of summer flowers. ”

Greater -day Ligo. Blooming is an emotional and scenic multilayered closing for a cycle of concerts that took place in four regions of Latvia in the spring, symbolically revealing the flower Ligo Road – from sowing to swing. At the Summer Solstice, this symbolic flower will bloom in a common experience where art, nature and Latvianness will blend into a moment.

During the day, visitors will have the opportunity to participate in various master classes: crowns, cheese tinging, making baths, making plant scrubs and tea mixtures. Visitors will be able to watch folklore groups – Scandles, Suiti Men, Semigallians And others – who will give this holiday a ritual depth and voice polyphony.

The day’s climax will be the mystery of choreographer Janis Purvins We nine wholesomebased on Latvian folklore in the longest song with 65 articles. The music is based on groups Ilgi Opus issued in 2021. The show is designed as a symbolic journey through the regions and era of Latvia that will be danced Ligo Dancers – 126 participants in a total of 126.

This will be an opportunity to see how the folklore code transforms into contemporary but root -based art – with love, respect and craftsmanship.