A MEETING OF THE XTH GENERAL ANNIVERSARY ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BALLET COMPETITIONS, WORKING UNDER THE AID OF UNESCO, WAS HELD IN THE BOLSHOI THEATER IN THE FABERGE HALL . The following members were present: Ricci Guido (Italy), Deputy CEO of IFBC; Solomakha Vadim (USA), artistic director of the Open All-Japan Competition in Nagoya; Mehmet Balkan (Turkey), artistic director of the international ballet competition in Istanbul; Xiao Suhua (China), Professor, Beijing Dance Academy; Boncompagny Paolo (Italy), Director of the International Ballet Competition in Spoleto; Bokor Roland (Hungary), artistic director of the International Ballet Competition named after R. Nureyev; Zaynep Sunal (Turkey), artistic director of the International Ballet Festival in Bodrum; Power Shelley (Switzerland), Director of the International Ballet Competition in Lausanne; Prado Carlos (Portugal), Choreographer of the Royal Flanders Ballet; Sieger Natalia (USA), IFBC Coordinator for North and South America Contests; Beiris Lita (Latvia), artistic director of the Baltic Ballet Festival and Competition in Riga; Bessmertny Alexey (Germany), director of the international dance festival “TANZOlymp”; Guziy Svetlana (Russia, Krasnoyarsk), Director of the International Competition “Grand Prix of Siberia”; Kashkova Irina (Italy), artistic director of the International Ballet Competition in Spoleto; Kozlova Valentina (USA), President of the New York Ballet Competition of Valentina Kozlova; Memmedova-Kuloglu Zaire (Turkey), Chief Coordinator, General Directorate of Opera Theaters; Park Jae Keun (South Korea), President, Seoul International Ballet Competition; Savelyeva Larisa (USA), Artistic Director of Youth America Grand Prix in New York; Saydykulova Maria (Russia, Yakutsk), artistic director of the Sterkh International Ballet Festival; Elena Verkhovinskaya (Perm, Russia), director of the Arabesque Open All-Russian Competition; Kasimova Anna (Perm, Russia), Assistant Director of the Arabesque Open All-Russian Competition; Willes Margaret (Great Britain), critic, balletologist, specialist in Russian ballet; Agnes Isrin (France), editor-in-chief of the web magazine dansercanalhistorique.fr; Iifi Ellie (USA), member of the artistic committee of the Jackson International Ballet Competition; Carol Packett (USA), Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jackson International Ballet Competition; Ramona Jean Nicholas (USA), Director of the International Ballet Competition in Jackson; Kaupuha Regina (Latvia), head of the Riga International Ballet Competition; Komarova Milan (Latvia), Deputy Director of the Riga International Ballet Competition; Daaev Khozh Baudi (Russia, Grozny), Minister of Culture of the Chechen Republic – International Dance Competition named after M. Esambaev; Countess Francoise de Coulaincourt (France), commander of the Legion of the Arts, chairman of the Paris branch of the UNESCO International Dance Council.