The 13th General Assembly of the CID-UNESCO took place in the Korean capital of Seoul in October 1988 in connection with the international symposium "Interactive Influence and Evolution of Dance between the East and the West for the last 100 Years".
The next General Assembly will take place in Paris from June 11 to 13, 2000.
The CID-UNESCO is an independent, non-profitmaking organization. It was founded on November 12, 1973, with the support of UNESCO, its headquarters being in Paris.
In 1975 UNESCO recognized the CID as a non-governmental organization (NGO). It thus enjoys the same status as other important cultural organizations, such as the INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL, the INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INSTITUTE, and the INTERNATIONAL THEATRE INSTITUTE, with whom its has established contacts.
The CID-UNESCO consists of founding members and active members, i. e. individual personalities and organizations, as well as honorary members. Among its members are bodies such as DANCE AND THE CHILD INTERNATIONAL and the INTERNATIONAL DANCE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE.
The aim to found National Committees consists in promoting the cooperation of dancers, choreographers and dance scholars as well as their participation in programmes aimed to preserve the national heritage in the field of dance. National Committees represent the dance culture of their country.
- Global Dance Directory, including companies, schools, organizations, individuals, and resources in all countries of the world
- Dance-Mobility, promoting the crossing of national borders by dance ensembles, schools, choreographers and researchers
- Participation in the Cultural Olympics 2001-2004
- International conferences, festivals and competitions
- Regional projects carried out by its members
President: Alkis Raftis (Greece) Honorary Presidents: Janine Alexandre-Debray (France)
Bengt Häger (Sweden)
Milorad Miskovitch (Yugoslavia)Vice Presidents: Susana Egri (Italy)
Jean Robin (France)
Vladimir Vassiliev (Russia)Founding Vice-President: Susana Frugone de Basualdo (Uruguay) General Secretaries Arlet Bon (Argentina)
Nicole Luc-Maréchal (France)Honorary Treasurer: René Prunières (France) Legal Counselor: Charles Dufour (France) Director for Research Gedeon Dienes (Hungary) Counselors: Douglas Blair Turnbaugh (U.S.A.)
Dance and the Child International
Beatriz Durante (Argentina)
Sacha Kochanowski (Gabon)
Sunil Kothari (India)
Doris Laine (Finland)
Katharina Obradovitch (Yugoslavia)
Leila Sebai (Tunisia)
Dietmar Seyffert (Germany)
Prof. Alkis Raftis
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