In all the arts and here especially in dance, the artist sometimes creates to defend a cause, to denounce a fact, to disturb, to shock. Here is a panorama of some "committed" choreographic creations.

Discover Indian dance through choreographic creations which unveil it, evoke it, revisit it or transform it!

 Unconventional contemporary dance shows which reinvent the rapport to the stage.  

Panorama of different artistic collaborations, from « couples » of choreographers to creations involving musicians or plasticians

Collaboration between a choreographer and a writer can lead to the emergence of a large number of combinations. If sometimes the choreographer creates his dance around the work of an author, the writer can also choose dance as the subject of his text.

 Here is a sample of extracts illustrating burlesque figures in Performances.

This parcours presents different video extracts in which hands are the center of the mouvement.

Panorama of contemporary dance practices in Italy during the 2000s.

This Course introduce to what seems to be Hip Hop’s roots.

In France, at the beginning of the 1980s, a generation of young people took possession of the dancing body to sketch out  their unique take on the world. 

Presentation of how choreographers are revisiting Folklore in contemporary creations.

Focus on the variety of bodies offered by contemporary dance and how to show these bodies: from complete nudity to the body completely hidden or covered.

The relationship between music and choreographic works varies throught dance history.

Découvrez de quelles manières ont collaboré chorégraphes et éléments percussifs.

Some shows are the meeting place of different trades. Here is a preview of some shows where the arts intersect on the stage of a choreographic piece.

Discover how the notion of ritual makes sense in various dances through these extracts.

A dance performance takes place in a defined spatial area ... or not. This course helps to understand the occupation of the stage space in dance.