Joc is the oldest folk dance ensemble of Moldova; full name: National Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance "Joc"()
Joc was created on August 13, 1945, by Leonid Leonardi and Leonid Zeltsman, then called simply "ensemble of Moldovan dance".
In 1954-55, Tankho Israelov was the director of the dance ensemble.
Its 13th director (since 1957) was Vladimir Curbet.