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<H1><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>International Dance Day <BR>29th April 2002</FONT></H1></CENTER>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd.htm#A.2">2002 International Dance Day Message</A> </FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd.htm#A.3">Background - International Dance Day - 29th April</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd.htm#A.5">Biographical Information - Katherine Dunham</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd.htm#A.4">Authors of the International Dance Day Message 1982 -2002</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd.htm#A.6">International Dance Links </A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/danceboard.htm">International Dance Committee of the ITI</A></FONT> </LI></UL><A name=A.2></A>
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<H4><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#00cc00><FONT size=+2>Year 2002 - International Dance Day <B>International Message</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></H4></CENTER>
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<H2><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>Dancers are, as are all artists, made to feel and to make others feel. </FONT></FONT></H2><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>We are suddenly plunged into the all-consuming fires of feeling since the</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>cataclysmic happenings of September 11, 2001.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>Dancers are given the great gift of motion and design. They live</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>holistically, body, mind and spirit molded into single and continuous acts.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>Do not stop dancing. Whatever happens and God willing, we have seen the</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=+1>worst, I say to you, "NEVER STOP DANCING !"</FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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<CENTER><B><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#00cc00><FONT size=+1>Background - International Dance Day - 29th April</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>In 1982 the <B><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/danceboard.htm">InternationalDance Committee</A> of the International Theatre Institute, </B>UNESCO, created <B>International Dance Day</B> to be celebrated every year on the <B>29th April</B>. </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>The date commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727 - 1810), the creator of modern ballet. </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>Every year a message from a well-known dance personality is circulated throughout the world. The intention of <B>International Dance Day</B> and the <B>Message</B> is to bring all Dance together on this occasion, to celebrate this art form and revel in its universality, to cross all political, cultural and ethnic barriers and bring people together in peace and friendship with a common language - <B>DANCE</B>. </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>The <B>International Dance Committee of ITI </B>is collaborating with World Dance Alliance for the celebration of International Dance Day. </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P><BR><B><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>The<A href="http://iti.unesco.org/"> International Theatre Institute/UNESCO</A> - Dance Committee </FONT></FONT></B>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1><A href="http://www.idanews.com/">The World Dance Alliance</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER><A name=A.5></A>
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<H3><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#ff6600><FONT size=-1> </FONT> Katherine Dunham</FONT> - <B>author</B> - <FONT color=#00cc00>International Dance Day Message - 29th April 2001</FONT></FONT></H3></CENTER>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>Katherine Dunham was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1909. She became one of the first African Americans to attend the University of Chicago where she earned bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees in anthropology. She completed groundbreaking work on Caribbean and Brazilian dance anthropology as a new academic discipline. </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>In 1931, Miss Dunham established her first dance school in Chicago. Her successful dance career in the American and European theater started in 1934 and led to leading roles in musicals, operas and cabarets. She appeared in the films "Stormy Weather" and "Cabin in the Sky" which she co-choreographed with George Balanchine.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>In the late 1930's Miss Dunham established a school and touring company in New York City that won critical acclaim while performing more than 100 of her original works. In 1967, Miss Dunham joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, where she helped create a performing arts training center and established a dance anthropology program. In 1969, Miss Dunham created a community-based arts education program in East St. Louis, the region's only multi-disciplinary arts organization devoted to the study, appreciation and celebration of diverse cultures. This was prompted by Miss Dunham great concern for racial equality.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica>Miss Dunham's awards, include among others ten honorary doctorates, the Presidential Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, French Legion of Honor, Southern Cross of Brazil, Grand Cross of Haiti, NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award, Lincoln Academy Laureate, and the Urban Leagues' Lifetime Achievement Award. Her life was celebrated in the book, "I Have A Dream". Miss Dunham recounts her cultural and theatrical experiences in 8 books, numerous articles and short stories she has authored.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><A name=A.4></A>
<CENTER><B><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#00cc00><FONT size=+2>Authors of the International Dance Day Message 1982 - 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1982: Henrik NEUBAUER </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1983: anonymous </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1984: Yuri GRIGOROVITCH </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1985: Robert JOFFREY </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1986: Chetna JALAN </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1987: Dance Committee Board </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1988: Robin HOWARD </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1989: Doris LAINE </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1990: Merce CUNNINGHAM </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1991: Hans VAN MANEN </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1992: Germaine ACOGNY </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1993: Maguy MARIN </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1994: Dai AILIAN </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1995: Murray LOUIS </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1996: Maïa PLISSETSKAÏA </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>1997: Maurice BEJART </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd98en.htm">1998: Kazuo OHNO </A></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd99en.htm">1999: Mahmoud REDA</A></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=-1><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd00en.htm">2000: Alicia ALONSO, Jirí KYLIÁN, Cyrielle LESUEUR</A></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=-1><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/idd/idd01en.htm">2001: William FORSYTHE</A></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=-1>2002: Katherine DUNHAM</FONT></FONT></FONT> </LI></OL>
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<H3><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>S</FONT><FONT size=+0>ome International Dance Links : </FONT></FONT></H3>
<OL><B><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>Events under the auspices of the <A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/danceboard.htm">ITI International Dance Committee</A></FONT></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1><A href="http://iti.unesco.org/pages/danceboard.htm"> :</A></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>Varna International Ballet Competition (Bulgaria) email : <A href="mailto:varna_ibc@bulgarianspace.com">varna_ibc@bulgarianspace.com</A> website : <A href="http://www.bulgarianspace.com/music/varna_ibc">http://www.bulgarianspace.com/music/varna_ibc</A> </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>USA International Ballet Competition, Jackson, Mississippi.(USA) <A href="http://www.usaibc.com/">http://www.usaibc.com</A> </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>Helsinki International Ballet Competition (Finland). <A href="mailto:anneli.kurki@teatteri.org">anneli.kurki@teatteri.org</A> Website : <A href="http://www.teatteri.org/balkilp.htm">http://www.teatteri.org/balkilp.htm</A></FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>New York International Ballet Competition (USA) <A href="mailto:nyibc@nyibc.org">nyibc@nyibc.org</A> website <A href="http://www.nyibc.org/">http://www.nyibc.org</A></FONT></FONT> </LI></OL><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1><B>Other International Dance links</B> : </FONT></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>Switzerland : <A href="http://www.tanznetz.ch/welttanz">http://www.tanznetz.ch/welttanz</A> </FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica><FONT size=-1>World Dance Alliance : <A href="http://www.idanews.com/">http://www.idanews.com</A> </FONT></FONT>
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