THE BLOG
Technique
About dance technique
What is dance technique ? If dance technique usually refers to the style, Vaganova in ballet for instance, Graham in modern or Cunningham in contemporary, it also represents the basic tools of dance as a practical technique. Dance technique is one of the...
Health & Fitness
The dancer’s body
Build your body ! The body is one of the main tools of work in the field of dance. It is the first and main aspect the dancer will be judged upon. Without a prepared body, technically there is no dance. Therefore, in the same manner, the dancer learns...
Interviews
Emmanuelle Rousse Interview
Emmanuelle Rousse As a teacher of classical dance, she is the founder of the school and company Temps de Flèche located at the MJC of Carpentras in the Vaucluse (South of France) since 2002. Inspired by great teachers of the Paris Opera such as R. Duflot and S....
Inner well being
The importance of self-esteem and self-confidence
Be positive. Be confident. Aim high. “Dancers work and live from the inside” states Murray Louis. Beyond technique, the main role of an artist is to express deep emotions through the art. By definition, artists are extremely sensible human beings,...
« You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive. » Merce Cunningham