International Dance Day 2025: Dance has unifying power to transcend cultural and geographical boundaries

International Dance Day (IDD) is celebrated every year on the 29th April since 1982 on the birthday of the creator of modern ballet Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), promoted The observance is coordinated and promoted by the International Dance Council (CID) and the International Theatre Institute (ITI). It is said that dance the 'unifying power to transcend cultural and geographical boundaries.'

According to the ITI, IDD celebration is meant 'for those who can see the value and importance of the art form “dance”, and acts as a wake-up-call for governments, politicians and institutions which have not yet recognised its value to the people and to the individual and have not yet realised its potential for economic growth.'

The main aim of IDD is to attract the attention of the wider public to the art of dance and its importance as a medium of expression, cultural understanding, education and wellbeing. According to UNESCO, dance promotes in a lively manner reciprocal knowledge and respect of diversity.

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world," says Voltaire.

Here is my acrostic on DANCE.

D: Depictive and rhythmic body movement

A: Art form as

N: Non-verbal

C: Communication to

E: Express emotions, ideas or a story in performance setting