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Understanding contemporary dance, training, auditioning, coming to a show in Nantes: clear bearings, no jargon.
A word heard everywhere and rarely defined. Here is what it really covers, where it comes from, and what sets this dance apart from the rest.
Three broad families, three ways of inhabiting your body. Enough to find your feet before choosing a class or stepping into a theatre.
From the first class to the stage, there is a continuous path. Here is how it takes shape in Nantes, whatever age you begin.
An audition is more frightening than it deserves to be. Here is what it really is, how it unfolds, and how to approach it with a clear head.
You need not be an expert to be moved. A few bearings for coming to see contemporary dance and getting the most from it.
The question comes up all the time, from parents and from adults tempted to give it a go. The answer takes few words.
People often confuse the school and the company. They are two different things, and the distinction is worth making.
Behind the lightness of a show lies a hard profession and a daily discipline. What to know before dreaming of it.
Dancing does you good, and not only for morale. Here is what the body and the mind gain from it, at any age.
