The 19th staging of the national competitive dance contest, the "Aviva Floral Dance", brought together over 700 young people from all corners of the country at the Sports Hall in Pite?ti on 28 and 29 April 2007.
The 19th staging of the national competitive dance contest, the "Aviva Floral Dance", brought together over 700 young people from all corners of the country at the Sports Hall in Piteşti on 28 and 29 April 2007. The traditional contest in Piteşti, the "Aviva Floral Dance", enjoyed extraordinary performances this year, thanks to the presence of well-known figures from the town and the pop group SIMPLU.
Organised by the Romanian Competitive Dance Federation, the Argeş County Council, the Piteşti Town Hall, the Piteşti Cultural Centre, the Argeş County Directorate for Sport and the Total Dance Competitive Dance Club in Piteşti, the competition's main sponsor was the Aviva Life Insurance company, the number one provider of life insurance and pension plans in Europe.
At the start of the 20 contests, spread across different age groups and levels of performance, the competition brought together dancers from over 60 competitive dance clubs from Bucharest, Constanţa, Bacău, Iaşi, Braşov, Târg Mureş, Reghin, Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Satu-Mare, Timişoara, Craiova, Galaţi, Brăila and Piteşti and was officiated over by a prestigious jury made up of 17 honorary members from all parts of the country.
The winners of first place in the contests took away major prizes, medals, cups and gifts provided by the sponsors. We offer our congratulations to:
- Open 16-35 age group Latino: Mirea Decius - Nechiti Andreea - Reghin
- Open 12-13 age group standard: Oltean Sergiu - Schieb Lisa Maria - Reghin
- Hobby class 10-11 age group: Anghel Daniel - Banica Adina - Braşov
- Open 16-35 age group Standard: Hiruta Marius - Rusu Corina - Braşov
- Open 12-13 age group Latino: Oltean Sergiu - Schieb Lisa Maria - Reghin
- Hobby class 14-15 age group: Angelescu Laurentiu - Onea Florina - Bucharest
- Open 6-11 age group Latino: Andrei Ovidiu - Iordache Platis Ema - Bucharest
- Class D 12-13 age group: Glodeanu Alexandru - Craciun Simina - Reghin
- Hobby class 16-35 age group: Mitrus Sorin - Rosu Irina - Bucharest
- Class E 12-13 age group: Tabac Mihai - Cureliuc Carla - Bucharest
- Class E 6-11 age group: Bica Radu - Mesinger Cristina - Bucharest
- Basic 16 - 35 age group Latino: Leonte Emil - Rau Patricia - Bistriţa
- Basic 14-15 age group standard: Pop Sergiu - Soim Andreea - Cluj-Napoca
- Basic 16-35 age group standard: Leonte Emil - Rau Patricia - Bistriţa
- Class E 14-15 age group: Ghenciu Robert - Roman Roxana - Timişoara
- Basic 14-15 age group: Iancu Andrei - Bultean Ana Maria - Bucharest
- Open 6-11 age group standard: Tufan Cristian - Stan Carmen - Bucharest
- Class D 14-15 age group: Stanciulescu Robert - Savu Denisa - Bucharest
- Class D 16-35 age group: Leonte Andrei - Urziceanu Arina - Bucharest
- Class E 16-35 age group: Pavel Florin - Muntean Roxana - Braşov
"To Aviva, the Floral Dance means the celebration of talent and the joy of living. These two things form the basis of Aviva's values and attitudes towards its employees and its clients, so we are delighted to be sponsoring an event like this," stated Shah Rouf, director general of Aviva Life Insurance.
"The Aviva Floral Dance national competitive dance contest is a renowned and traditional competition in Piteşti, starting off every year with a line-up of contestants from across the country. This year we have enjoyed the support of the Aviva Life Insurance and Pensions company, without which we would not have succeeded in holding the contest again this year. We would like to thank them for their involvement and the support that they have given", in the words of the organiser of the competition, Alfred Schieb, president of the Total Dance Competitive Dance Club, in Piteşti.
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For further information, please contact:
Lavinia Orăscu
PR & Events Officer Aviva Life Insurance
E-mail: lavinia.orascu@aviva.ro
Telephone: 021 203 84 73
Notes to editors:
About Aviva
Aviva Life Insurance is a part of the Aviva group, the largest provider of insurance in Great Britain and one of the first two life insurance companies to have been authorised by the Oversight Committee for the System of Private Pensions (CSSPP) as an administrator of optional pension scheme funds.
The Aviva group is the number one for private pensions and life insurance policies in Europe. Aviva is the market leader on the markets in which it operates. In Poland, the pensions fund administered by Aviva has been named the highest performing in Central and Eastern Europe. The group administers €535 billion worth of assets*, representing the money of over 40 million clients worldwide.
In Romania, Aviva has over 400,000 clients and agents and development centres in 19 towns.
Sponsorship schemes in Great Britain
In Great Britain Aviva (Norwich Union) supports the staging of athletics championships. In 2001 Norwich Union announced a five-year sponsorship partnership with the Athletics Federation worth £20 million. In 2001 this was one of the largest events on the British sporting scene. But in April 2006, Norwich Union announced an arrangement of even greater proportions, committing itself to donating 50 million pounds sterling to the Athletics Federation between then and 2012, thus supporting over 10 million children. This represents the largest sponsorship deal on the British sporting scene, excluding football.
The Aviva Pelendava Cup
The Aviva Pelendava Cup is a national aerobic gymnastics competition which took place in Craiova in May 2007 and was supported by Aviva Life Insurance as official sponsor. It is the second year running in which Aviva has sponsored this competition, specifically because we are convinced of the importance of sport to the positive development of young people.