Virnist National Dance Group was formed in 1978. The first director of the group was Mykola Milov.
At present Virnist National Dance Group is directed by the talented ballet masters Anatoliy and Liana Folyush.
In 1982 the group was conferred the title of “National” for high masterly performance and professional level of programmes.
Virnist National Dance Group constantly works on the improvement of their performance, new choreographic works realization; it gives a lot of concerts. There are over 20 choreographic numbers in the group’s programme. These are mainly dances of different regions of Ukraine. Congratulatory, Hopak, The Cossacks Were Going, Oh Ra Polissya folk dance, Carpathian Patterns, Hutsulka, Arkan, The Cossacks Family Will Never End choreographic number and others are among them.
The group has successfully given concerts in Greece, Poland, Canada, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, twice in the United States of America over the period of its existence.
Creative enthusiasm of group participants, their fruitful concert activity have put it into the row of leading dancing groups of Ukraine.
It is the laureate of the Ukrainian Festival of Choreographic Groups.