The Estonian Dance Festival is a national dance and gymnastics celebration currently held every five years at the Kalevi Keskstaadion in Tallinn, Estonia. The festival is maintained and developed by the Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation. The Dance Festival is usually held on the same weekend as the Estonian Song Festival.
History
The first Estonian Games, Dance and Gymnastics festival was held in 1934 and was the precursor of the present dance celebration.
In November 2003, UNESCO declared Estonia's Song and Dance Celebration tradition a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
+Estonian Dance Festival CelebrationTimePerformancesParticipants I Celebration June 15–17, 1934 275 aastat Eesti tantsupidusid. Tallinn: Varrak, 2009, lk 19–21. 1500 II Celebration June 16–18, 1939 1 1800 III Celebration June 27, 1947 1 840 IV Celebration July 21, 1950 1 1500 V Celebration June 20–21, 1955 2 3040 VI Celebration June 19–20, 1960 2 3830 VII Celebration July 20–21, 1963 3 3824 VIII Celebration July 18–20, 1965 3 5049 IX Celebration July 18–19, 1970 3 9997 X Celebration June 30 - July 1, 1973 3 5893 XI Celebration July 18–20, 1975 5 6033 XII Celebration July 3–5, 1981 5 7006 XIII Celebration July 19–21, 1985 4 8273 XIV Celebration June 28 - July 1, 1990 4 8874 XV Celebration July 1–3, 1994 3 7599 XVI Celebration July 2–4, 1999 3 7973 XVII Celebration July 2–4, 2004 2 7781 XVIII Celebration July 3–5, 2009 3 7460 XIX Celebration July 4–6, 2014 3 10 082Uudiskirjad . Eesti Laulu- ja Tantsupeo SA. XX Celebration July 4–5, 2019 3 11 500
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See also Estonian folk dance Estonian Song Festival Estonian culture
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