The Krasnodar Institute of Culture banned dances from "unfriendly" countries.
The Krasnodar State Institute of Culture (KGIK) has a list of countries whose dances may not be featured in choreographers' diploma works. University graduate Karolina Gongdze talked about it on Instagram.
The subject of Gongdze's certificate was "Traditional Folklore in the Modern Choreographic Art of Georgia". According to her, she approved the subject and began to prepare her thesis when she learned (by whom - from the video it is not clear) that performing a Georgian dance as a practical part of the work could be prohibited, as Georgia is an "unfriendly" country to Russia.
As a result, Georgia was not included in the list of countries whose dances cannot be performed at the institute. But, according to Gongdze, her classmate was forbidden to perform a Moldovan dance.
In addition, Gongdze claims, a university teacher recently asked her to choreograph an Armenian dance to participate in a "very cool" festival in November. As a result, the performance was removed from the festival because "Russia is not friendly with Armenia".