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,

Presentation of how choreographers are revisiting Folklore in contemporary creations.

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

First part of the Parcours about dance in Quebec, these extracts present how bodies are being used in a very physical way.

 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.

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

Panorama of contemporary dance practices in Italy during the 2000s.