The XIIIth IFMC was held since November 29 till December 3, 2000. Within the frameworks of the Festival the National Contemporary dance Competition took place. Ten Belarusian dance companies took part in the contest:
- “Gostitsa” Folk-Theatre, Minsk. Artistic Director and Choreographer Larisa Simakovich;
- “TAD” Contemporary Dance Group, Grodno. Artistic Director and Choreographer Dmitry Kurakulov;
- “Quadro” Contemporary Dance Group, Gomel. Artistic Director and Choreographer Inna Aslamova; 
- “Gallery” Modern Ballet, Grodno. Artistic Director and Choreographer Alexander Tebenkov;
- Troupe of the sub-faculty of choreography of the Belarusian University of Culture. Artistic Director and Choreographer Svetlana Gutcovskaya, Minsk;
- Radu Poclitaru’s Project, Minsk;
- “Parallel” Studio, Vitebsk. Artistic Director and Choreographer Anastasia Makhova;
- “Garadzenskiya Carunky” Group Of Arts School, Grodno. Artistic Director and Choreographer Galina Vodchits; 
- Vitebsk Art School Group. Artistic Director and Choreographer Nina Ozerets;
- “Dekt” Theatre, Minsk. Artistic Director and Choreographer Elena Plutova.

IFMC’2000 Awards
- Special prize “The best choreography” – “The Three Georgian Songs” miniature. Choreography: Radu Poclitaru;
- Special prize “The best idea” - “The Ghost” miniature. Choreography: Dmitry Kurakulov;
- Special prize “The best performance” – Julia Diatko and Konstantin Kuznetsov (Radu Poclitaru’s Project);
- Special prize “The creative development” – Alexander Tebenkov, “Ode to joy” miniature;
- Special prize “The year 2001” – “Wedding Outline” miniature. Troupe of the sub-faculty of choreography of the Belarusian University of Culture. Choreography: Svetlana Gutcovskaya.

The critics’ Prize - Radu Poclitaru and Alexander Tebenkov

The members of the National Competition Jury
- Valentin Yelizariev - choreographer, professor, artistic director and chief choreographer of the National Academic Bolshoy Theatre Ballet of Belarus, the chairman Jury, Minsk (Belarus)
- Julia Tshurko – doctor of art history, professor, head of the sub-faculty of choreography of the Belarusian Academy of Music, Minsk (Belarus)
- Nickolay Ogryzkov – choreographer, director and chief choreographer of the contemporary dance school, Moscow (Russia)
- Rene Nymmik - choreographer, art-director of the “Fine Five Dance Theatre”, Tallinn (Estonia)
- Hanna Strzemiecka - choreographer, chief choreographer of the Contemporary Dance Group of Lublin Technical University, Lublin (Poland)

 IFMC’2000 performance program

“Evgeny Panfilov’s Ballet” State theatre, Perm
- “Nutcracker” two-act ballet. Music P. Tchaykovski, choreography: E. Panfilov
- “The belle dames of the marquises and russian dukes” one-act ballet. Music S. Rakhmaninov,
   choreography: E. Panfilov
- “Dancing Diaspora” miniature. Music V. May, choreography E. Panfilov

 Contemporary Dance Group of Lublin Technical University, Poland
“Voices” one-act ballet. Music Henry Torgue, Serge Houppin
Choreography: Hanna Strzemiecka, Ryszard Kalinowski

Nickolay Ogryzkov’s Contemporary Dance School, Moscow
- “Gold Section” miniature. Music I.S. Bach. Choreography: Nickolay Ogryzkov
- “Recipe For The Adults” miniature. Music “Moscow art trio”, Choreography: Nickolay Ogryzkov
- “Symbiosis” miniature. Latin American music. Choreography: Annabel Ouray, Christina Ogryzkova

- Tcheliabinsk contemporary dance theatre
  “Cinephile, Or Whether There Is A life On Mars?” one-act ballet. Music Philip McCanthy, Milky Chart,    choreography: Olga Pona

“Iguan” Dance Theatre, St. Petersburg
- “Happiness” one-act ballet. Music: mix, choreography: Michael Ivanov, director Nina Gasteva
- “Pacific Line” miniature. Music V. A. Mozart, choreography: Michael Ivanov

“Kinetic” Dance Theatre, Moscow
“Not There” one-act ballet. Music I.S. Bach, text D. Harms
Choreography: Alexander Pepelyaev

Radu Poclitaru’s Project, Minsk
Adagio from the “Swan Lake”. Music P. Tchaykovski, choreography: Radu Poclitaru.

Poster IFMC'2000