International Dance Day

1. International Dance Day

Student: Emilia Rakhmatullina
Group:106
School: Lysva
Teacher: Tetyueva N.N.

2. The history of the festival

International Dance
Day was introduced in
1982 by the International
Dance Council,
UNESCO.
It's also the day when
the French dancer and
ballet master JeanGeorges Noverre was
born.
He is known as the
Founder of modern
ballet.

3. When and where the festival is celebrated

When and where
the festival is
The festival is celebrated
celebrated
on April 29th in many
countries, like
France, Russia,
Germany, Japan,
Poland, Australia and
others.

4. What is the purpose?

The main purpose of
Dance Day is to attract
the attention of lots of
people to the art of
dance.

5. Events

On this day there are
a lot of interesting
activities:
-street shows
-flashmobs
-parties
- dances
- TV programs

6.

7. Awards

A lot of world best ballet
dancers and
choreograprs get a
special prize – the statue
“Oscar Benua de la
dance”– for their dance
skills and artistism.

8. World famous Dancers

Yuriy Grigorovich,
Maya Plisetskaya and
Rudolph
Nureev(Russia)
Robert Joffrey and
Isadora Duncan(USA)
Maris Liepa (Latvia)
Stephen Paige
(Australia)

9. A few words about Modern Dancers

10. Alla Dukhova

A famous dancer and
choreographer,
the founder of the world
famous ballet school
“Todes”.

11. Yegor Druzhinin

A famous Russian dancer,
choreographer
and music theatre artist.
His popular project “Dance”

12. Nickolay Tsiskaridze

A famous Russian ballet
dancer who was a
member of the Bolshoi
Ballet for 21 years.
Now he is the rector of the
Vaganova Academy of
Russian Ballet in Saint
Petersburg.

13. Michael Jackson

Called the King of Pop,
he was an American
singer, songwriter, record
producer, dancer, and
actor.
His “Moon Walk” is very
popular all over the
world.

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15. DANCE IS OUR LIFE. SO LIVE AND DANCE!

16. Thank you for your attention!