"Ce numéro a été réalisé à l'occasion de la 3e Biennale internationale de danse de Charleroi/Danses, Centre chorégraphique de la Communauté française de Belgique. Il a été édité avec le soutien du Commissariat général aux Relations internationales de la Communauté française de Belgique (CGRI)."-- P. 1.

Dépouillement: Vitesse et oubli: entretien avec Paul Virilio. -- Danse vitesse et mémoire. Douze chorégraphes: des mots, des gestes et des images / José Besprosvany, Patrick Bonté, Michèle Anne de Mey, Olga de Soto, Nadine Ganase, Brigitte Kaquet, Gilles Monnart, Nicole Mossoux, Michèle Noiret, Mauro Paccagnella, Enzo Pezzella, Thierry Smits. -- Édouard Lock: l'accélération du temps / Andrée Martin. -- L'instant, c'est une condensation, un condensé de mémoire / entretien avec Pierre Droulers. -- Juan Carlos Garcia, une mémoire physique / Marjolijn van der Meer. -- Josef Nadj, le devenir à l'oeuvre de la mémoire / Jean-Marc Adolphe. -- Il faut plonger en soi-- / entretien avec Claudio Bernardo. -- Ramon Oller, le saut dans le vide / Carmen del Val. -- Philippe Decouflé: le monde sens dessus dessous. -- Mémoire de la danse contemporaine / Sylvie Alquier, Angela Deluca. -- Transmettre la mémoire de la structure de l'oeuvre / entretien avec Angelin Preljocaj. 'Moving target'. Faire danser l'espace / entretien avec Frédéric Flamand. -- Une architecture de l'immatériel / entretien avec Elizabeth Diller et Ricardo Scofidio. La danse, parce que--. Sections d'un jeu entre premières personnes au singulier / Jeannine Monsieur. Vu de nuit V. Rôle muet et double silencieux / Georges Banu. -- Programme de la 3 Biennale internationale de Charleroi/Danses. -- Répertoire de la danse contemporaine.[-]

"Que s'est-il donc passé pour que la situation provoquée par le 'boom' chorégraphique des années 1980 soit si rapidement et si durement remise en question par le milieu lui-même. Par des danseurs et des chorégraphes regroupés au sein de mouvements informels, qui donneront naissance à ce qu'on appelle désormais la non-danse.
Apparu dans le courant des années 1990, ce nouveau champ de l'art chorégraphique a suscité des discours et inauguré des manières complètement radicales d'être en scène. Il ne s'agit pas d'opposer cette non-danse à la danse, mais de comprendre la démarche complexe d'artistes qui rejettent les codes habituels du mouvement et de l'espace.
Ces chorégraphes axent leurs recherches autour du corps, de la chair, de la peau et des os, jusqu'à jouir de la lenteur, de l'immobilité, jusqu'à atteindre même la disparition du corps. Ils se nourrissent des inventions des arts plastiques et des nouvelles technologies, se les approprient pour créer un territoire commun dans lequel le corps est une matière première, expérimentale.
Nous n'avons surtout pas écrit une chronologie de vingt-cinq ans d'histoire de danse et de non-danse, ni visé à l'exhaustivité et il y a forcément des absents. Nous avons plutôt tenté de dégager quelques-unes des réponses apportées à la question essentielle : que peut-on encore danser au début du XXIe siècle?"--P.[4] de la couv.[-]

Written by a diverse group of cultural insiders from across the globe, "Dance Cultures Around the World" gives students a rich and in-depth look at 25 différent cultures of dance. The text addresses cros-cultural dynamics, colonialisme, disaspora, politics, and more as critical factors in learning about dance around the world.
The contributing writers provide an insider's viewpoint in describing the specific contexts and forces that shape various cultural dances.
Dance Cultures around the World offers a wealth of information:
- It explore dance cultures in nine geopolical regions.
- It reveals patterns that operate in each region, adjusting for historical, political, and geographical differences.
- It enriches the reader's experience of their own culture, as well as those of others, as they learn what danceis in various cultures, who dances, and why they dance.
Each chapiter begins with a vignette descirbing a signature dance or dance-relate feature of the culture, followed by an introduction to its history and geography. Significant events, people, and qualities of the dance culture are highlighted throughout the chapiters.
Dance Cultures Around the World offers readers an overview of dance cultures and an insider's perpective on how dance develops and evolves around the world. Together with the online resources provided in HKPropel, the book gives studients and instructors a well-crafted gateway to dance culture across the globe." 4e de couverture

Contents

Part 1 : North America

1- Native American and first Nations Dance
- Studying Native American Cultures
- History of intertribal Powwows
- Powwows Elements
- Powwows Dances
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

2- Social DAnce in the United States : Expression and Socialization
- Brief history
- Social Dance
- Social Dance as Expression
- Social Dance for Socialization
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

3- Danza Folklórico and Mexican American Culture : i Un Gran Fandango !
- Ever-Evolving Dances of Ancient Culture
- Spanish Conquest and Colonialism
- Mexican Nation
- French Occupation of Mexico
- The Mexican Revolution
- Crosscurrents
- Filklórico as Integrative Learning
- Summary

Part 2 : Central and South America

4- Dance in Guatamala : Source for a Collective Indentity in Motion
- Creating Identity
- Dance as a Calendrial Event
- Continuity of Mayan Practices
- Colonial Period
- The Garìfuna
- Influence From Western Theatrical Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

5- Dance in Brazil
- Geography and History
- Dance and Ritual in Pre-Brazil
- European Dance in Brazil
- Founding of Modern Dance in Brazil
- Regional Dance and Popular Cultural Events
- African Dance in Brazil
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 3 : Caribbean

6- Bèlè Drum-Dance Culture in Martinique
- Defining Bèlè as a Regional Folk Tradition
- Question of Origins
- Bèlè Performance Contexts in Contemporary Martinique
- Bèlè's Pre-Revival Eclipse in Martinique
- Bèlè's Revitalization, Cultural Activism, and Pedagogy
- Annual Holidays and Observances
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

7- Dance in Trinidad and Tobago : "Where Everybody Dance"
- History and Carnival as a Trini Identifier
- Neo-African Dance in Trinidad and Tobago
- From Ritual to Performance
- Indo-Trinidadian Dance TRaditions and Development
- Other Cultural Infusions
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 4 : Africa

8- Dance in Ghana
- Brief History
- Crosscurrents
- A Multiplicity of Costoms
- TRaditional Dances from Ghana
- Social Dance
- Ceremonial DAnce
-Summary

9- Dance in Uganda : Inherent Community-Based Agendas in Dancing and Dance-Musicking Traditions
- Brief History
- Dancing and Dance-Musicking
- A Communitarian Approch to Coexistence
- Activation of Individual and Community Human Social Capital
- Cross Current
- Summary

10- Dance Culture of Zimbabwe
- Brief History and Geography
- Indigenous Zimbabwean DAnces
- Characteristic Features of Indigenous Dances
- Crosscurrents
- Implication of Modernity and Globalization
- Summary

Part 5 : Europe and Russia

11- Dance in Irish Culture
- Brief History
- Irish Dance Culture from the 13th Century CE
- Dance During the Colonial Era
- Dance at the Turn of the 20th Century
- Dance during the Postcolonial Era
- Theatricalization of Irish Dance in Ireland
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

12- Dance in Spain
- Flamenco
- Spanish Dance and Flamenco
- Crosscurrent
- Summary

13- Dance in Croatia : A Small Country With Rich Dance Diversity
- Social Context
- Central and Southeastern European Influences
- Regional Style of Dance and Music
- Legacies of Cross-Cultural Trade and travel
- Institutionalized Dance Education
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

14- Dance in Greek Culture
- Brief History and Geography
- Ancient Greek Dance ( 800-143 BCE)
- Theatrical Dances of the Classical Period
- Greek Dance in the Middle Ages ( 146 BCE-1453 CE)
- Early Modern Dance ( 1453-1821)
- Traditional Dance in Modern Greece ( 1821-Present)
- Popular Dance
- Contemporary Art Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

15- Dance in Bulgarian Culture
- Bulgarian Dance Culture
- The Horo
- Folk Dance Education and Bulgarian Music
- Crosscurrents
- A new Choreographic Culture
- Summary

16- Traditional Dance in Russia
- Brief History
- Ethno Identity Dance and Socialist Realism
- Russian Folk Dance in the Field
- Three Russian Folk Dances
- Russian Ethno Identity Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 6 : Middle East

17- Dance Cultures of Turkey
- Brief History
- Traditional Folk Dance
- Classical Dance
- Religious Movement Systems
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

18- Dance in Iran: Raqs-i-Irani : The Persian Dance
- Myths and Assumptions of Persian Dance
- Historical Highlights
- Modernization of Iran
- Islamic Revolution of 1979
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Parts 7 : South and Southeast Asia

19- Indian Dance
- Brief History
- Classical Dances
- Tradition and Reconstruction
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

20- Dance in Indonesia : Jathilan Trance Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Diversity of Indonesian Dance
- Ancestor Worship, Trance, and Religion
- Jathilan Trance DAnce
- Revival of Traditional Dance Arts
- Summary

21- Dance in the Philippines
- Place-Based Dance Practices
- Music and Dance
- Acapulco-Manila Galleons and the Malding of Forms
- Dance as Part of Festivity
- The "Mother" of Philippines Folk Dance
- Indigenous Peoples
- Kapwa
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 8 : East Asia

22- Dance in Chinese Culture
- Dance in Chinese Culture Over 5000 Years of History
- Classical DAnce
- Chinese Folk Dance
- Martial Arts, Competition, and Military Dance
- 20th-Century Political Turmoil
- Chinese Civil War
- Yangbanxi
- Zhongguogudianwu
- Paths to Contemporary Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

23- Dance in Japanese Culture
- Matsuri
- A Confluence of Cultures
- Japanese Aesthetics
- Kagura
- Noh and Dabuki Theater
- Folk Dance of Indigenous People in Hokkaido and Okinawa
- Crosscurrents
- Popular Dance in Contemporary Japan
- Summary

Part 9 : Oceania

24- Dance of Aboriginal Australia
- Aboriginal Culture
- Rom in Nothern Australia
- Other Contexts of Dance in Arnhem Land
- Central Australia
- Other Traditions on Aboriginal Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

25- Dance in Tahitian Culture
- Brief History
- The Colonial Institution
- Creativity and Innovation
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Index[-]

Dépouillement: 1940. Religious manifestations in the dance / Ruth St. DEnis. -- Dance drama / Doris Humphrey. -- The Mary Wigman I know / Hanya Holm. -- Random remarks / Charles Weidman. -- Notes on choreography / Frederick Ashton. -- Marginal notes on the dance / George Balanchine. -- The educational and therapeutic value of the dance / Rudolf von Laban. -- The dance and pantomime: mimesis and image / Angna Enters. -- 1960. The negro dancer in our time / Donald McKayle. -- Favorable balance of trade / Walter Terry. -- Present problems and possibilities / Helen Tamiris. -- Comedy in dance / Clive Barnes. -- Pauline Koner speaking / Pauline Koner. -- Avant-garde choreography / Selma Jeanne Cohen. -- The living dolls / George Jackson. -- Growth of a theme / Alwin Nikolais. -- What is the most beautiful dance? / Erick Hawkins. -- Dance on film / John Martin. -- Television ballet / Birgit Cullberg. -- In defense of the future / Walter Sorell. -- 1990. About Balanchine / George Jackson. -- La nouvelle dance française / Jean-Marc Adolphe. -- The British scene / Dorothy Madden and Valerie Preston-Dunlop. -- Reconstruction/deconstruction: currents in contemporary german dance / Claudia Jeschke. -- A private view of dance criticism / Deborah Jowitt. -- A very serious thesis and other notions / Gus Solomons jr. -- Music for dance: an overview / Greg Steinke. -- Videamos / Stuart Hodes. -- Capturing the evanescent / Earl Ubell. -- 100 years of dance / Murray Louis. -- By way of conclusion / Walter Sorell. -- Selected reading guide. -- Biographical notes.

Comprend une bibliographie.[-]