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

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.

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,

Explanation of the term « State of the body » when it’s about dance.

 Discovery of improvisation’s specificities in dance. 

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.

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.

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.

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

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