He started learning Bulgarian and Balkan folk dances when... He started learning Bulgarian and Balkan folk dances when he was a child. Later he began training modern and jazz ballet with Rona dance group. He participated in many concerts and fund-raising performances with this dance group, which also won third place at the International Festival of Modern Art in Varna in 1995. In 1998 he decided to dedicate his efforts to Latin American dances and specialized in social dances - salsa, merengue and bachata, taking lessons with top Bulgarian and foreign instructors. Participated in different salsa festivals and congresses. With dance group "Salsa Tropicana" took part in the opening of the 20th jubilee edition of Apolonia Art Festival held under the patronage of the Bulgarian president Georgi Purvanov. Euronews, CNN and NBC broadcast this opening. Nasko appeared in music videos of different Bulgarian pop and pop-folk performers and danced at various venues and social events. He was engaged as dancer in the American film production "The Black Dahlia" directed by Brian De Palma. In 2004 together with his partner took third place at the Second International Salsa Congress in Hamburg, Germany, becoming the third Bulgarian couple to win such a prestigious award. The same year, together with many dancers from all over the world, they took part in the first Bulgarian Salsa Festival as performers with their own dance show. Since 2005 he has been dancing with Red Candy ballet company and ha appeared on TV and performed at many shows and events throughout the country. He also works with this ballet company for 6 months on the board of a ship-liner sailing under line "STAR LINE" across the Caribbean Sea and Indian Ocean. There, he danced together with Puertorican and Brazilian dancers, who gave him valuable dance experience. He taught series of workshops in the city of Victoria - the capital of the Seychelles islands, on Mauritius Island, La Réunion Island and Mayotte Island. In June 2007 participated in the show, organized by SAMSUNG in Dubai, together with other world famous artists and musicians, amongst which the famous violin player Vanessa May.
Name: Atanas Andreev Country: Bulgaria |