{"id":1053,"date":"2013-03-05T04:21:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T04:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rebeccadavisdance.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2015-09-24T22:02:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T02:02:40","slug":"a-gift-has-arrived-from-the-usa-and-it-all-started-from-rebecca-davis-dance-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindleaps.org\/en\/2013\/03\/05\/a-gift-has-arrived-from-the-usa-and-it-all-started-from-rebecca-davis-dance-company\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Gift has Arrived from the USA, and it all Started from Rebecca Davis Dance Company\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Osijek, Croatia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Croatian News Source: Glas Slavonije by Reporter Tomislav Levak<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The management and the members of the dance group of Osijek\u2019s National Theatre<\/em> had their hands full \u2013 but full of doing wonderful tasks. They had to open, look over, classify and take care of the contents of many boxes that had just arrived from the USA. \u00a0In those boxes were donations of ballet clothing and footwear costing approximately $51,724.<\/p>\n

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Much of the credit for this extremely worthy donation goes too Vuk Ognjenovi\u0107, the Artistic Director of the dance group and ballet studio of the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.\u00a0 This is indeed a huge remedy for ballet. It has been more than a year and a half since from the beginning of this idea to its realization.<\/p>\n

Ballet artist Rebecca Davis from Philadelphia was in Osijek three years ago on the premiere of Osijek’s Peter Pan<\/em> ballet. She was than acquainted with the situation, including: the war in Osijek, the falling apart of the ballet ensemble, and the need for funds. Already at that time, she promised to help. \u00a0Some time passed and Rebecca came again, a year and a half later.\u00a0 By then, she was working in Bosnia and Herzegovina in a humanitarian program with her Rebecca Davis Dance Company.<\/p>\n

Rebecca put Vuk in touch with Elaine Sisler of \u00a0the Dance Guild Association, which is engaged in promoting the culture of dancing in America, but which also helps those lacking funds. \u201cThey examined our website, saw it was a serious work, and decided to help,\u201c explains Ognjenovi\u0107. He also acknowledged that he wasn\u00b4t expecting such a huge donation. \u00a0\u201cWe were only informed that a great number of things are arriving from Massachusetts, which have been collected for a year and a half.\u201c\u00a0 Sisler’s organization also created a fundraising concert for the dancers in Croatia and Armenia. Half of the donation went to Armenia, and the other half went to Osijek. \u00a0He emphasizes that Mirena Bagur, the president of the Friends of Croatia Association, from Boston, provided the transportation money, and Berislav \u0160ipu\u0161, the Deputy Culture Minister took care of exempting the shipment from the customs duty. The theatre manager, Bo\u017eidar \u0160najder, also endorsed and helped the shipment.
\nVuk said, \u201cThey [Sacred Dance Guild] sent us really everything – character shoes, pointe shoes, soft shoes, dresses, tights, leotards, and dancing socks. The best of all – the clothing and the shoe wear – are of all sizes and of famous and good quality brands, such as Capezio, Grishko, Bloch and others. I believe that we will be able to dress up all of our members, momentarily counting around 12, as well as 30 apprentices\/students of the ballet studio, aged from 10 to 20.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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