Contemporary Dance, Non-Dance, Nouvelle Danse
Contemporary Dance, Non-Dance, Nouvelle Danse

Summary/Abstract: Two movements which complete each other have appeared over the last decades in contemporary choreography, Non-dance and Nouvelle danse, two attitudes that are challenging traditionalism in dance. These are “products” of more artistic directions, the most important of which being the reform of the American Merce Cunningham and his influence on the French artistic territory starting with the ‘70s. Other sources – which bring their contribution to the process of consolidation of the new dance – come from the direction of the French mime tradition (Marcel Marceau, Étienne Decroux, Jacques Lecoq) and the German tantztheater. Choreographers combine these tendencies, the body with visual arts in the performance space. New names come forth, for instance Marin Maguy, Jean Claude Gallotta, Boris Charmatz, who create strange and provocative combinations of the body and multimedia performance.

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