{"id":53002,"date":"2021-04-10T12:56:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T12:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=53002"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:29:07","slug":"friedemann-vogels-international-dance-day-message-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/friedemann-vogels-international-dance-day-message-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Friedemann Vogel\u2019s International Dance Day Message 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything starts with movement \u2013 an instinct we all have \u2013 and dance is movement refined to communicate. Much as flawless technique is important and impressive, it is ultimately what the dancer expresses <em>inside <\/em>the movement that is the essence.<\/p>\n<p>As dancers, we are constantly on the move, aspiring to create these unforgettable moments. Regardless of the dance genre, it\u2019s what every dancer strives to achieve. So, when all of a sudden, we aren\u2019t allowed to perform anymore, with theatres closed and festivals cancelled, our worlds come to a standstill. No physical contact. No shows. No audiences. Never in recent history has the dance community been so collectively challenged to stay motivated, to find our raison d\u2019\u00eatre.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, it is precisely when something precious has been taken away from us that we truly appreciate how vital it is what we do, and how much dance means to society at large. Dancers are often celebrated for their physical prowess, when in fact we are sustained even more by our mental strength. I believe it is this unique combination of physical and psychological agility that will help us overcome, to reinvent ourselves to keep dancing, and to keep inspiring.<\/p>\n<p><em>Friedemann Vogel, Principal Dancer &amp; Kammtert\u00e4nzer, The Stuttgart Ballet<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53003\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/RN1_4159-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Roman Novitzky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.international-dance-day.org\">www.international-dance-day.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything starts with movement \u2013 an instinct we all have \u2013 and dance is movement refined to communicate. Much as flawless technique is important and impressive, it is ultimately what the dancer expresses inside the movement that is the essence. As dancers, we are constantly on the move, aspiring to create these unforgettable moments. Regardless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":53005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53006,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002\/revisions\/53006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}