International holidays - International Dance Day

Every year on April 29, all countries celebrate International Dance Day This event is dedicated to all dance styles The founding date of the holiday is 1982, and the initiator was UNESCO The date was not chosen at all by chance It was on this day in 1727 that the world-famous choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre was born, who went down in history as the founder of modern ballet” Among his teachers was the famous choreographer Louis Dupre Noverre's debut took place in Fontainebleau at the royal court of ruler Louis XV At that time, the aspiring dancer was only 15 years old After a successful performance, the young man was immediately invited to Germany Upon returning to his homeland, he got a job in the ballet troupe of the Opera-Comic Theater A few years later, Noverre legalized his relationship with actress Margarite-Louise Sauveur In the same year, after another closure of the Opera-Comique theater due to financial difficulties, Jean-Georges went on a tour of European cities For several years he gave performances in Strasbourg and Lyon, and then moved to the UK (London), where he worked for two years in the team of artist David Garik Noverre maintained friendly relations with this man throughout his life, and subsequently called him “Shakespeare in dance” While performing in his troupe, Jean-Georges decided to create a personal dance show, separate from the opera Indeed, until this time, ballet was used only as a small element in the opera For a long time, he pondered a serious dance theme and choreographic dramaturgy, planning to turn the ballet into a complete performance with the development of the plot and the characters of the main characters In 1754, upon his arrival in France, at the newly opened Opera-Comique theater, Noverre organized his debut ballet performance, which was extremely popular At the end of the 18th century, he summarized all the skills and experience in the field of choreography and noted its key features in the work “Letters on Dance and Ballets”, popular among experts, which became the first theoretical work in the field of dance art The main goal of the holiday is to unite all choreographic styles as a single art form According to the founders, Dance Day is a good reason to overcome political, social, cultural and national boundaries, an opportunity to unite all people in the name of peace and friendship, allowing them to communicate in the same language of dance On this day, the entire dancing society - theater and ballet troupes, modern choreographic groups, folk dance groups and ballroom ensembles and other artists celebrate their professional date The forms of celebration are very different - standard performances and concerts, thematic flash mobs and non-standard performances The official part of the holiday necessarily includes an address to the society by some famous representative of the dance world with a message that reminds people of the importance of this art form such as choreography