32 students and 27 dances at Sofia Open Dance Festival Kids

31 May 2025

Our last competition before the summer brought 32 Prima Donna ballet school students, aged 3 to 15, onto the stage. At Sofia Open Dance Festival Kids, they presented 27 dances in classical ballet, modern dance and character dance.

For the youngest children, this was among their first experiences of a competition stage, while the more experienced students presented solos, duets and ensemble performances.

Individual awards:

• Sofia Pezhgorski — 1st and 2nd places with variations from “La Fille mal gardée” and “Le Corsaire” in the 8–12 age category.
• Natalia Santos — 3rd place with a variation from “La Bayadère”, ages 8–12.
• Elitsa Todorova — 3rd place with a variation from “Don Quixote”, ages 12–16.
• Hana Pampulova — 1st place with “Russian-Gypsy Dance”, ages 8–12.

Duets and group performances:

• 1st place — Natalia Santos and Nikol Nikolaeva, a duet from “La Fille mal gardée”, ages 8–12.
• 1st place — Elitsa Todorova and Nikol Zagorska, a duet from “La Fille mal gardée”, ages 12–16.
• 1st place — Sofia Pezhgorski and Hana Pampulova, the “Tarantella” duet, ages 8–12.
• 1st place — the “Tarantella” group, ages 12–16.
• 1st place — the “Polka” group, ages 8–12.
• 1st place — the pas de quatre from “La Bayadère”, ages 12–16.
• 2nd place — the pas de trois from “La Bayadère”, ages 12–16.
• 2nd place — the “Pizzicato” group, ages 8–12.
• 3rd place — the “Cupids” group, ages 8–12.
• 4th place — “Dolls”, performed by our youngest students, aged 3–5.

Three-year-old Vyara Kariev received the special “Youngest Participant” award.

The competition was an exciting end to our competition season and an opportunity for children of different ages to share a stage and support one another.

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