Jiskřička
Plzeň, Česká republika
Festival years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
The children's song and dance ensemble Jiskřička was founded in Plzeň in 1982 as a source of dancers for the adult ensemble Jiskra. In 1986, a children's folk music group was added to the two dance groups. Since its founding, Jiskřička has been working with children's folklore from southwestern Bohemia, especially from the Plzeň and Chodsko regions.
Jiskřička regularly participates in festivals and showcases both in the Czech Republic and abroad and has received numerous awards. The ensemble's children's folk music group recorded for Czech Radio Plzeň and released a CD entitled V tom našem mlejně ("In Our Little Mill").
Currently, Jiskřička consists of children aged 5 to 16 years.
Ensemble Leader: Jana Bísková
The festival is a regular member of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts CIOFF.
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