A myriad of methods have been invented for analysing dance and putting it into perspective and for accompanying the ‘tool’ that is essential to its memory, the dancer’s body. This webdoc presents the challenges of movement notation.
James Carlès, dancer and choreographer and specialist of Afro-American dance, evokes the origin of current-day urban dances. From Africa to the United States via Europe, he emphasizes their hybrid style and puts their social and political dimension into perspective.
A myriad of videos, photos, illustrations and additional resources complement this interview.
Discover the world of dance via webdocs, parcours and virtual exhibitions. Our contents are divided into categories so you can easily choose between great artistic movements, society topics, artist portraits, institution portraits, etc.
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.
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.
Classical, telluric, shamanic, revolutionary? On May 29th, 1913, the first performance of Nijinski's "Rite of Spring" made such a scandal. This webdoc tells the story of this key work which inspired so many artists.
The Dance Biennial is a major event held in Lyon every even-numbered year. Read on and discover the history of this adventure and the timeline of past editions.
On 24th May 1959, Tatsumi Hijikata portrayed the character of the "Man" in the first presentation of a play called Kinjiki (Forbidden Colours).
The Ankoku Butoh was born,
A myriad of methods have been invented for analysing dance and putting it into perspective and for accompanying the ‘tool’ that is essential to its memory, the dancer’s body. This webdoc presents the challenges of movement notation.
<p>Since it was founded in 1984, the BNP Paribas Foundation has stood out for its long-standing backing of projects in a series of areas, including culture. In 1986, it committed to theatrical art to promote new works and lend its support to artists. Discover the different kinds of support provided by the Foundation.</p>
In Poland, the culture of traditional dances has been well maintained : they are still transmitted today. This parcours able a visit between those different dances.
James Carlès, dancer and choreographer and specialist of Afro-American dance, evokes the origin of current-day urban dances. From Africa to the United States via Europe, he emphasizes their hybrid style and puts their social and political dimension into perspective.
A myriad of videos, photos, illustrations and additional resources complement this interview.
Created in Lyon in 1980, Maison de la Danse was the first-ever venue in Europe dedicated exclusively to dance. Welcoming over 150,000 spectators each season and some 200 performances, today the Maison de la Danse draws a large public keen on highly-unifying performances as well as on innovating and research-based works. The Maison de la Danse, a performance venue but also a European Hub for digital innovation and creation, invites you on a journey to discover its projects.
Dance and visual arts have often been inspiring for each other and have influenced each other. This Parcours can not address all the forms of their relations; he only tries to show the importance of plastic creation in some choreographies.
Social dances, anti-establishment, protest dances, rhythms or identities, rituals or pleasures...
There are a myriad of reasons for dancing and a myriad of points of view.
A webdoc to discover, enhanced with extracts from performances and accounts from amateurs... all the right reasons for dancing!
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.
Dance is a rather vast term, which covers a myriad of specificities. These depend on the culture of a country, on a period, on a place. This Journey proposes a visit through dance genres and styles.
This Parcours questions the idea that contemporary dance has multiples techniques. Different shows car reveal or give an idea about the different modes of contemporary dancer’s formations.
A dance show is created in multiples steps between the enunciation of an initial desire which launch the project and the first representation. This parcours presents diff
Dominique Bagouet created more than 45 shows over 15 years, some of which truly left a mark on contemporary dance from 1980 to 1992, the year of his passing. This Exhibition highlights the most emblematic of his work and screens several films about the transmission of Bagouet's oeuvre through the work conducted by the association Les Carnets Bagouet. The association was created by Bagouet's dancers shortly after his death.
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