DC Mara

{{Short description|Dance club in Belarus}} The '''Dance Club Mara''' ({{langx|be|Мара}}, literally: "dream", in the meaning "hope") is a ballroom dance club in Belarus with the official IDSF formation team representing Belarus in IDSF world ranking competitions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091203115853/http://www.tkmara.by/ Клуб бальных танцев "Мара"], an official website of the dance club</ref> The dance club itself was created in 1965.<ref>[https://bis.nlb.by/by/documents/155098 Народная студыя сучаснага бальнага танца "Мара"]</ref> The first competition of the team was in 1991.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130928083859/http://tkmara.by/docs/history_formation.html История формэйшена],{{dead link|date=May 2024}} History of the formation</ref> The team manager is Lydia Kats-Lazareva.<ref>[http://ballroom.by/o-balnyh-tancah/balnye-tantsy-v-belarusi.html Как Беларусь стала спортивно-бальной страной]</ref> The team competes both in Standard and Latin categories.<ref>[http://vminsk.by/news/27/30985/ Лидия Кац-Лазарева: “Для меня все они — дети, и я их очень люблю”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620095028/http://www.vminsk.by/news/27/30985/ |date=2013-06-20 }}, An interview with Lydia Kats-Lazareva. {{in lang|ru}}</ref> {{As of|2013}} the highest achievement for the team in World and Europe championship was finals,<ref>[http://www.danceplaza.com/index.tpl?style=results&action=team&what=53 Mara profile] at the danceplaza.com</ref> with the second place at the Austrian Open Championship in 2008.<ref>[https://professionaldanceleague.by/history_article/kacz-lazareva-lidiya-petrovna-i-tk-mara/ Из истории танца Беларуси ЛИДИЯ ПЕТРОВНА КАЦ-ЛАЗАРЕВА И АНСАМБЛЬ ТАНЦА «МАРА»]</ref>

The Palace of Culture of Minsk Tractor Plant hosts the club.

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==External links== *[http://www.danceplaza.com/index.tpl?style=foto&action=overview&gallery=Peter_Rommers/Formation_WK_2007/BY_Dance-Club-MARA-Minsk&dirid=2089 Mara at the IDSF World Formation Standard tournament - Stuttgart, Germany 2007-11-24] *https://vk.com/club52550167, ''v kontakte'' page of the club

Category:Ballroom dance Category:Formation dance teams Category:Culture of Belarus Category:Performing groups established in 1991 Category:1991 establishments in Belarus