The British experience of preserving the national folk dancing culture
During our research we discovered that in 2009 the Scottish press and television reported that one of the most popular folk dances in Scotland – Morris dancing – was dying out because very few young people were taking it up. Today, there are over twenty adult teams and hundreds and hundreds of teams in the schools and Urdd clubs across Wales. The Urdd National Eisteddfod promotes Welsh dancing and attracts thousands of young people in dancing competitions every year. The Gwent Children’s Festival and the Welsh Children’s Festival are very successful with thousands of children taking part, mainly from South Wales. The St John’s Eve Festival (Gwyl Ifan) in Cardiff every midsummer is one of the great events of the folk-dancing year attracting hundreds of adult dancers from all parts of Wales in traditional costume.Researching the issue of promotion of folk dances among children we have come across the first dance dedicated website for teenagers in England (http://www.young-dancers.org/main.html). It was interesting to know about the variety of catching rubrics: information, dance exercises, dance quotes, games, jokes, news, contests, interviews with some of today's leading dance stars . They are aimed at attracting young visitors. And we suppose that it will be a reality to create a web site of promoting folk dancing among Belarusian teenagers.