it owes its existence primarily to vladimir viktorovich vasiliev, our legendary dancer.que da silve, who at that time was the mayor of the city, later became the governor of the state of santa catarina. these two people, they joined forces and it so happened that today the only, the only school of the big theater abroad, it is located in the city of joyvilly, in the state of santa catarina in brazil, this is a small city with 600,000 inhabitants in the south of brazil and it is in basically, this is about a city in which most people work in industry, but here there is a dance festival, where there is a large theater performed in '98, that's when this idea arose... that let 's, let's not only let children from other cities participate in the festival, but let's open here, for children from the city, for children from santa catarina, let's open good, and there was a project in a large theater, and here it is necessary to highlight it. also our great russian dancer, who initially this idea was his and was supported by vasilev. as a result, today there are 240 children study