Joc dance ensemble

Joc is the oldest folk dance ensemble of Moldova; full name: National Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance "Joc"(Romanian: Ansamblul Academic Naţional de dansuri populare „Joc”) The Romanian word joc means "game, play (amusement activity)" and may refer to various festivities.

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• Awards and recognition
• References

Joc was created on August 13, 1945 by Leonid Leonardi and Leonid Zeltsman, then called simply "ensemble of Moldovan dance".

In 1954-55 Tankho Israelov was the director of the dance ensemble.

His 13th and current director (since 1957) is Vladimir Curbet.