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. 

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

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

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

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

Stage theater and studio are not the only places of work or performance of a choreographic piece. Sometimes dancers and choreographers dance outside.

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.

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.