01. Dance Day Preparations
It is time to start preparations for
celebrating Dance Day 29 April. This is the most widespread program
of CID-UNESCO, millions of dancers all over the world take part each
year. Read details and proposals in the CID website.
02. CID Members in Haiti
With great sorrow we announce the death
of Dominique Richez at the earthquake in Haiti. She was going to
found the Haiti Section of CID and be its first President. We have
no news regarding the other 20 CID members there. One week before
the disaster they held a meeting to found the Haiti Section. After
the meeting, Michel Francois Jacques, a Haitian member who owns a
ballroom dance school in Florida, flew back to Miami and is thus
safe.
03. Provisions for dancers
Provider of books on dance, magazines,
CDs, DVDs, as well as aromatic oils for dancers invites authors and
publishers to make proposals for collaboration. Searches for rare
dance books and sends orders world-wide.
04. Books and magazines on
dance
Authors or editors of books on dance are
invited to send them for inclusion in the CID-UNESCO Virtual Library
of the Dance. Researchers and dance historians consider it the most
basic tool, a primer. Magazine and DVD editors are also invited.
Inclusion is free of charge, naturally.
05. Honorary Member
Princess Caroline of Hanover, Hereditary
Princess of Monaco, graciously accepted honorary membership of
CID-UNESCO. Her Royal Highness is a patron of Monaco Dance Forum and
a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. During her youth she took ballet
lessons at the Marika Besobrasova School of Dance in Monte-Carlo.
06. Free educational
material
Brazilian dance company sends
documentaries to schools, libraries, dance foundations, ONGs, free
of charge.
07. CID World Congress in
Argentina
Call for presentations for the 27th
World Congress on Dance Research, to take place in La Falda,
Cordoba, Argentina, 5-9 January 2011. Send proposals for
presentations (lectures on theoretical subjects and research
projects, stage performances, sample classes on teaching methods,
exhibitions, video projections etc.) to be included in the program.
All forms of dance, all countries, strictly non-profit, organized by
the Cordoba Section of CID-UNESCO.
08. School director wanted
Opening for a director of a University
School of Dance in Philadelphia, USA. Persons with academic and/or
artistic achievements are invited to apply.
09. Fraudulent conference
announcements
The UNESCO Union of International Associations
warns against fraudulent conference announcements. An increasing
number of email scams are using International NGOs, development
agencies, international conferences, about scams, cheats, criminal
activity in
www.uia.be/node/46358
Ask for the CID-UNESCO checklist on organizations.
10. CID Section in Rostov
Announcing the establishment of a
CID-UNESCO Section in Rostov, Russia. The Section is now officially
recognized and available for direct contacts and cooperation.
Several other Sections are in preparation in Russia, including one
in Siberia.
11. Oriental dance festival
in Spain
23-25 April 2010, including show and
buffet supper, gala, workshops for all levels and all styles,
bazaar, teteria arabe, fashion show.
12. Congress on Arts
Education
The UNESCO 2nd World Congress on Arts
Education will take place in Seoul, South Korea, 25-28 May 2010. CID
members and other experts are welcome to take part.
International Dance Council CID UNESCO 1 rue Miollis, FR-75732 Paris
www.unesco.org/ngo/cid
cid@unesco.org
