April 29: We celebrate the International Day of Dance

On April 29 the entire dancing world celebrates its professional holiday, NOVA reported.

International Dance Day has been celebrated since 1982 by UNESCO decision on the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre.

The French ballet master was born on April 29, 1727. Jean-Georges Noverre is a reformer and theoretician of the art of choreography, who went down in history as the "father of modern ballet". Noverre is the choreographer who introduced the characteristic hand and foot positions that are the basis of classical ballet. dance. In 1759, his work "Letters on Dance and Ballets" was published, which laid the foundations of ballet "legislation". In the book, he substantiates the principles of ballet as a stage art uniting dance, pantomime, music and visual arts.