The show was opened on the Friday with traditional and international performers.

The Asian nations, traditional high performers, did not take part in the high school portion.

Indeed, he wanted traditional performers to be able to compete within the economic and political realities of modern society.

"I wanted to get back to the old way of doing things," said Kankuro, who, like all traditional performers here, is known by his first name.

The other traditional performers become similarly depressed and destitute.

A roots revival stimulated interest in folk traditions, led by writers, collectors and traditional performers.

Other young magicians take pride in upending the world view of the traditional performer.

Best of all they were handsomely performed, with a nice attention to period practice while concentrating on the traditional performers the Y has always cultivated.

The two were widely recognized in the republic and were some of the Soviet Union's leading traditional performers.

Though men are the traditional performers (exception made for the sworn virgins), women have increasingly been taking part in epic balladry.