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#InternationalDanceDay: South African dancers who are making moves Updated
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International Dance Day is celebrated on the birthday (29th of April) of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet, with the hopes of bringing people together through one common language. dance.
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The Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) founded International Dance Day in 1982 and every year since then, the intention behind the day has been to celebrate dance and its many different forms as it breaks political, ethnic, and cultural barriers through its universality.
Each year the Committee chooses a dancer or choreographer from anywhere in the world, who then writes a special message. The message is translated into numerous languages and is distributed globally.
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image captionDance group Likhwezi took part in a protest demanding more help for struggling performers
South Africa s once-thriving cultural scene is under threat because coronavirus restrictions have made it difficult to stage public events but some artists have found new ways to show off their creativity, as Mohammed Allie reports from Cape Town.
News of the closure of Cape Town s Fugard Theatre last month was greeted like the demise of an old friend. Another icon has fallen to Covid 19, John Kani, one of the country s most famous actors, tweeted.
In just a decade of existence the theatre, named after world-renowned playwright Athol Fugard, had become a much-loved venue that put on work by local writers as well as internationally known plays and musicals.