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International Dance Day is celebrated every year on April 29 to raise awareness of different dance forms and encourage people to participate in dancing activities..
The Dance Committee of the International Dance Institute (ITI) organises celebrations across the globe...
Explaining the importance of the day, Geeta Chandran, Bharatnatyam Dancer and Padma Shri awardee said, According to UNESCO, International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by ITI, the main performing arts partner for UNESCO..
In India, we mark the date to focus on the problems faced by the dance community, which has become more important since the pandemic hit performing artists badly, adding that the day is a plea to the public at large to focus on what dance means to our culture and the responsibility of everyone to protect and promote it...
The Gotipua dance from Orissa is one of the precursors of modern-day Odissi which was recast in the middle decades of the last century by a triumvirate of Gurus who merged diverse local dance traditions into a single mono-aesthetic..
