Interview with Anne Décoret-Ahiha, dance athropologist who tells us about the arrival of new French dance in the 80s.

ANNE DECORET-AHIHA

Anne Décoret-Ahiha is a dance anthropologist and holds a PhD from Paris 8 University.

As a lecturer, trainer and consultant, she develops proposals that focus on dance as a pedagogical resource and creates participative processes that concentrate on corporality. She runs the “Echauffements du spectateur” (Spectator warm-up sessions) at the Maison de la Danse.

Selective bibliography

- Les Danses exotiques en France : 1880 – 1940, Editions du Centre National de la Danse, 2004)
Grand prix de la critique 2004/2005 Palmarès danse, Outstanding Publication 2006 Award, décerné par The Congress on Research in Dance, New York.

- "Appréhender l'oeuvre chorégraphique autrement : les "Echauffements du spectateur" ", in Denis Cerclet & Michel Kneubühler (dir), Ré-inventer la politique culturelle ? Genouilleux, Editions La Passe du vent, 2012, pp. 325-335.

- "Danses du monde", livret du DVD Kit Chorale 21, outil pédagogique et artistique pour comprendre le développement durable, Tin-Tal production, 2008.

- « Le Tour du monde en 80 danses », livret du DVD réalisé par la Maison de la danse (Charles Picq) en partenariat avec le Centre régional de Documentation Pédagogique (CRDP), 2007

- « L'Exotique, l'ethnique et l'authentique : regards et discours sur les danses d'ailleurs », in Civilisations, vol. III, n° 1-2, Bruxelles : Université Libre de Belgique, 2006, p. 149-168.

More information

www.adea-mouvement.fr

Updating : January 2013

She dances almost every day from 4 to 20 years old, then discovers at the CNDC (Centre National de Danse Contemporaine) that movement can take place other than by dancing. She then followed a master's degree in cinema, particularly motivated by video dances. It is moving towards the production of documentary films and recordings of live shows mainly oriented towards contemporary dance for many production companies. As advisor, then columnist and director, she participated in the birth and development of Numeridanse. She coordinates for the ACCN and the Ministry of Culture, delegation to dance, the digitization of French choreographic heritage and created the site 30ansdanse.fr. She is in charge of the artistic direction and production of the "Histoires d’espaces" virtual reality collection for the Aix and Avignon Festivals, as well as the production of some of the episodes. She produces and co-directs with Yvan Schreck, Nous, la danse, a 52-minute documentary, which follows CNDC students for a year. She develops and produces in situ projects where performance poetizes everyday life, awakens creativity, highlights neighborhoods, architectures and reveals the movements of all.

Source: 24 images production