Siberian dance troupe UDI was founded in 1998 in the city of Tomsk. The name comes from initials of the first names of the three founders: Yuri (or Uri) Bakin, Denis Vishnyak and Igor Andrikevich. They were later joined by Sergei Sharov, Vladimir Lee, Dmitry Titov, Vladimir Sarafan, Andrey Bakhtin and Nikolay Mitkin. “ It happened a long time ago - they were aged around 12, recalls Igor's mother, Svetlana Andrikevich. Denis first met Yuri and later Igor, and they have stayed together for more than twenty years. They used to go to the same sports center together and taught themselves to dance. Before each session they watched films about acrobatics, marshal arts and break dancing, learning the moves to practice later. Worried mum At first she did not like the direction the boys were taking: “ As a mother, I was worried about my child’s well-being, especially since they actually learned dancing by themselves, without a coach. I was scared, especially about all those jumps. The pressure was so intense Igor even fell ill with fever a couple of times. Later, after seeing the spark in the children’s eyes, I accepted it.” Nowadays, Svetlana is not just an ordinary mother — she manages the dance school UDI runs, which teaches acrobatics and break dancing to 650 people aged from five to thirty. The groups are diverse: there are disabled people, orphans and teenagers from low-income families. Svetlana says she has always believed in the group, knowing that the guys were sincerely and passionately into dancing - and that always gets rewarded. Despite this, on the night of the final of Britain’s Got Talent, she was extremely anxious. And she was not alone. The dance school students, their parents - we were all agitated, we all wanted UDI to succeed. The next day at school I asked if anyone was watching the final, and almost everyone raised their hands. It is very nice of them to.
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Russian dance/illusion group, UDI, in the Britain's Got Talent 2015.
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