If the 19th century is that of romanticism, the entry into the new century is synonymous of modernity! It was a few decades later that it would be assigned, a posteriori, the name of “neo-classical”. 

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.

In the 1970s, artists’ drive towards a new classic had been ongoing for more than a half century and several generations had already formed since the Russian Ballets. As the years went by, everyone defended or defends classical dance as innovative, unique, connected to the other arts and the preoccupations of its time.

 Presentation of the Round’s figure in choreography.

A walk between different conceptions and receptions of genres in different styles and eras of dance.

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.

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.

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.