INTRODUCTION

The present world rhythmic gymnastics championship is closing to its end. Bulgarian girls are on the awarding step-ladder again. The national anthem is sounding. The home tricolour banner is arising proudly over the heads of the charming girls. Reporters' cameras are flashing, TV-cameras from all over the world are demonstrating the new triumph of the Bulgarian school. The audience is giving a standing ovation to the winners. This is no beautiful dream. Art gymnastics fans know well that Bulgarian women are always top-ranked at World and European championships and Olympic Games. Most commonly, they win the gold medals. That is why they are called the "golden girls" of Bulgaria. Art gymnastics competitions become a true show. Music, dance, vivid colours of tights and apparata, spotlights, and moulded figures of the girls become one. This represents a fairy-tale vision incomparable according to its beaty and fantasy. There are only few people who know the answer of the question: WHICH IS THE SECRET OF ART GYMNASTICS?

We are going to tell you how one achieves such a perfection and which is the specificity of the Bulgarian school. We want that you could learn something more about our favorite sports. We do hope that you will become fans of it, too. We could, probably, pass on our love to art gymnastics to you yourselves or to your children.