Joc dance ensemble

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Joc is the oldest folk dance ensemble of Moldova; full name: National Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance "Joc"({{langx|ro|Ansamblul Academic Naţional de dansuri populare „Joc”}})[https://www.facebook.com/ANADPJOC Joc], the Facebook page

Joc was created on August 13, 1945, by Leonid Leonardi and Leonid Zeltsman, then called simply "ensemble of Moldovan dance".{{Cite web|url=http://press.try.md/item.php?id=141194|title = История Молдовы: Национальный академический ансамбль народного танца «Жок»}}{{cite web |url=http://logospress.md/node/17667 |title=Тринадцатый руководитель ансамбля "Жок" | ЛОГОС-ПРЕСС |accessdate=2015-02-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141102030850/http://logospress.md/node/17667 |archivedate=2014-11-02 }}

In 1954-55, Tankho Israelov was the director of the dance ensemble.

Its 13th director (since 1957) was Vladimir Curbet.