Tag: Dance
alone when Viktor Orbán dances the “peacock dance” – EU subsidies are fine but values are not
A more self-confident Orbán is pushing Hungary further and further away from the rest of the EU, writes EU special reporter Janne Toivonen. 11:23•Updated 11:53 The EU has a problem:…
In Togo, dancing on stilts, a voodoo tradition
In Togo, they are still nearly 500 to practice dancing on stilts. A practice stemming from traditional voodoo rites which has become a real job for some. Troupes have been…
“Near future”, the coronation of Jan Martens in the Court of Honor
Jans Martens’ choreography, oscillating between nonchalance and supernatural, is an encouragement to transcend challenges with creativity, without hesitating to get wet, in the literal and figurative sense. A world premiere…
Avignon Festival: “Le Sacrifice”, by Dada Masilo, at the heart of the “Rite of Spring”
After revisiting Swan Lake and Giseletwo classical ballets, Dada Masilo takes on Stravinsky’s masterpiece: The Rite of Spring. The South African choreographer was finally able to present her piece The…
Dance band week in Malung: Hundreds of vehicles at car meetings
Published: Less than 20 minutes ago In addition to seven evenings with six pulsating dance floors and 82 dance bands, there is a huge program to choose from. Alongside the…
A different Guldklavengala inaugurated this year’s Dance Band Week
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to Malung now that Dance Band Week is running again after the pandemic years. Over 80 dance bands will play on the various…
3 artists, 3 disciplines, 3 origins in search of balance
In “It’s only a question of balance”, the versatile artists Ludmilla Dabo, Blade AliMbaye and Ashtar Muallem seek their balance: each for himself and all together. A text and a…
Avignon Festival: “Via Injabulo”, the Pantsula dance as a hymn to life
The South African company Via Kathlehong, named after the eponymous township located southeast of Johannesburg, has two choreographers, a Portuguese and a Franco-Senegalese, to carry the Pantsula culture from the…
In Avignon, the “off” festival opens beyond the sphere of theater
At the Avignon festival, if the “in”, official festival, offers a handpicked program and supports its forty shows, the “off” is the big machine of the festival which this year…
In Montreuil, the Cultural Olympiad highlights hip hop culture
Prelude to the 2024 Olympics, the Cultural Olympiads, events that link art and sport, are the novelty of the Paris Olympics. Graffiti artists, dancers, rappers and beatmaker rocked Parc Jean-Moulin…