CND (Centre National de la Danse)

A stunning look at Stravinski's The Rite of Spring, recreated by choreographer Dominique Brun with thirty dancers in 2013.

The French choreographer looks back on his career in a very personal text, both playful and poetic.

The multiple faces of popular dances in contemporary choreographic creation.

A reflection on the aesthetic stakes of baroque dance, resituated in the vast field of contemporary dance.

A reflection on the stakes of the analysis of dance works and the education of the gaze.

This reference book devoted to the figure and work of the choreographer Alain Buffard (1960-2013) brings together rich testimonies, extensive iconography and unpublished archival documents.

An essay on dancing corporality as a complex system of interacting elements.

Analyzing his own work but also the emblematic works of Brazilian artists Luiz de Abreu, Micheline Torres and Marcelo Evelin, the dancer and choreographer Volmir Cordeiro invents here, through writing, a sensitive form where creation is inextricably linked to his position as a researcher and to his view as a spectator

The second volume of a diptych dedicated to the question of the memory of works in dance.

The first volume of a diptych dedicated to the question of the memory of works in dance.

Learning jazz dance.

Amateur practices in contemporary dance.

Historical and aesthetic approaches of jazz dances.

A philosophical and artistic questioning on the singularity of the notion of time in contemporary dance.

A series of previously unpublished lectures by American dancer Jerome Andrews, from 1968 to 1980.

A collective essay focusing on the intersections between contemporary dance and literature.

A fascinating reflection on the reception of butoh dance in France.

Collection of essays on dance revolving around the notion of “body.”

French dancer and choreographer reports on various relationships to the movement in dance, relying as much on classical and contemporary performances as on concepts borrowed from philosophers, linguists and art theorists.

The fictional biography of a dancer, inspired by interviews conducted by the author with dancers of all origins and age.

How to organize introductory dance classes (educational booklet).

This publication gives an overview of a series of signs stemming from Hungarian dance artist Rudolf Laban's notation system for human movement.

Transmitting specific technical skills in contemporary dance (an educational booklet).

The musical education of the dancer (an educational booklet).

This publication gives an overview of a series of signs stemming from Hungarian dance artist Rudolf Laban's notation system for human movement.

A presentation of Pierre Conté's notation system and research on dance and movement.

The Laban system of Kinetography: a handbook (first volume).

The Laban system of Kinetography: a handbook (second volume).

The Laban system of Kinetography: a handbook (third volume).

This publication explores the basic principles and applications of Rudolf Benesh's dance notation system.

The story of a choreographic work, from its beginning to its successive appearances. The testimonies of its various actors (choreographer, dancers, artist) lead to make the aesthetic stakes appear and the strengths which underlie the work.

French dancer and choreographer reports on various relationships to the movement in dance, relying as much on classical and contemporary performances as on concepts borrowed from philosophers, linguists and art theorists.