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International Dance Day
● Every year on 29 April, International Dance Day is organized globally.
● The objective of the 41st International Dance Day is to highlight the importance of dance among the masses and to give dance its due place in all systems of education across the world.
● The day was initiated by the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute of UNESCO on April 29, 1982, on the birthday of great dancer Jean-Georges Navarre.
● Dance is an art form consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
● Bharata Muni's 'Natyasastra' (2nd century BC) is available as an ancient treatise on classical dance, which is the source-book of drama, dance and musical arts.
● Indian dance is divided into two categories- (i) classical dances (ii) folk and tribal dances. While classical dance is scriptural and disciplined, folk and tribal dances are conducted by local and tribal groups of different states and they do not have any fixed rules-steps or discipline.
● 'Nrityam-2023' is being organized on April 29, 2023, on the occasion of International Dance Day, under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Indian Folk Arts Board, Udaipur.