IDD - International Dance Day 29 April 2014 Invariably, every one dances to celebrate every other occasion and it does call for one occasion to celebrate dance itself by dancing. According to Martha Graham acknowledged as the Picasso of Dance, Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion. To quote Friedrich Nietzsche Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? One of the major objectives of the International Theatre Institute - ITI which is an NGO in formal associate relationship with UNESCO is to promote international exchange of knowledge and practice in the domain of the performing arts. In 1982 the International Dance Committee - IDC of the ITI founded International Dance Day - IDD to be celebrated every year on the 29th April, the birth anniversary of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810) acknowledged as the creator of modern ballet. The main purpose of IDD is to celebrate Dance, to revel in the universality of this art form, to cross all political, cultural and ethnic barriers and bring people together with a common language known as Dance. One of the highlights of the celebrations every year is to circulate across the world a message from an outstanding choreographer or dancer. The personality is selected by the founding entity of the International Dance Day - the International Dance Committee of the ITI, which collaborates with World Dance Alliance, a Cooperating Member of the ITI. For the year 2014 which is the 32nd International Dance Day, the message author is the top ranking French choreographer and dancer Mourad Merzouki. The message in short goes as “I have, for dance, not only the pride of a dancer and choreographer, but profound gratitude. Dance gave me my lucky break. It has become my ethics by virtue of its discipline and provided the means through which I discover the world daily.”
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:54:44 +0000
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