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

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,

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

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

La Biennale de la danse est un événement lyonnais que la ville traverse toutes les années paires. Voici l’histoire de cette aventure et un historique de toutes ses éditions.

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.

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.

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

This Parcours introduces several extracts of works by contemporary Quebecois choreographers, situating them in an anthropological perspective.

 Ballet’s evolution from its romantic form until néo-classicism.

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.

A look on the bonds which appear to emerge between the dancing body and the world considered as a living organism.