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A Special Issue of Dance Chronicle
This special issue is intended to make available to a broader Anglophone public a wide range of essays on dance originally written in French. The editors aim to include both foundational essays representative of earlier—and sometimes contested—approaches, as well as recent works that showcase new voices and perspectives. Of special interest are essays that enter into dialogue with foundational texts in French and Francophone Dance Studies or discuss the institutional structures (and philosophical or political underpinnings) of dance cultures in francophone regions, but we will also consider essays that break out in new directions.
Ce numéro spécial a pour but de mettre à la disposition d'un public anglophone plus large un éventail d'essais varié sur la danse écrits à l'origine en français. Les éditrices souhaitent inclure à la fois des essais fondamentaux représentatifs d'approches antérieures - et parfois contestées - et des travaux récents qui mettent en avant de nouvelles voix et perspectives. Un intérêt particulier est porté aux essais qui entrent en dialogue avec les textes fondateurs en études de danse françaises et francophones ou qui traitent des structures institutionnelles (et des fondements philosophiques ou politiques) des cultures de la danse dans les régions francophones, mais nous prendrons également en considération les essais qui s'engagent dans de nouvelles directions.
In the French context, Dance Studies (Recherches en danse) found its first promoters in the disciplines of Somatics and Philosophy; accordingly, dance was approached from the start as an “embodied” art form (as opposed to an offshoot of Visual Studies or Art History). Founding theorists such as Michel Bernard and Hubert Godard studied movement from the angle of phenomenology, focusing on anatomy, perception, the nervous system, and the epiphenomenon of expressivity. As a result, the body—and, of course, “dance”—were largely defined by conceptions developed within the French philosophical tradition and examples were drawn exclusively from modern Western dance (known as “la danse contemporaine” in France). Similarly, Laurence Louppe’s ground-breaking work on notation and the poetics of dance focused primarily on modern and postmodern American choreography, movements that had a disproportionate impact on conservatory curricula and thus on definitions of what the terms “contemporary” and “dance” might mean.
Dans le contexte français, les Recherches en danse ont trouvé leurs premiers promoteurs dans les disciplines de la Somatique et de la Philosophie ; par conséquent, la danse a été abordée dès le départ comme une forme d'art « incarnée » (plutôt qu’une simple branche des « Visual Studies » ou de l'histoire de l'art). Les théoriciens fondateurs, tels que Michel Bernard et Hubert Godard, ont étudié le mouvement sous l'angle de la phénoménologie, en se concentrant sur l'anatomie, la perception, le système nerveux et l'épiphénomène de l'expressivité. Ainsi, le corps - et bien sûr la « danse » - ont été largement définis par des conceptions issues de la tradition philosophique française et les exemples ont été exclusivement tirés de la danse occidentale moderne (connue sous le nom « la danse contemporaine » en France). De même, les travaux novateurs de Laurence Louppe sur la notation et la poétique de la danse se sont principalement concentrés sur la chorégraphie américaine moderne et postmoderne, des mouvements qui ont eu un impact disproportionné sur les programmes des conservatoires et, par conséquent, sur les définitions de ce que les termes « contemporain » et « danse » pouvaient signifier.
Since at least the millennium, however, these initial approaches have been challenged and refreshed by theorists and practitioners from all over the French-speaking world. “Foundations and Futures of Dance Scholarship in French” thus hopes to introduce readers not only to seminal texts in French Dance Studies that have not yet been translated, but also to new ways of understanding dance and its relation to cultural constructions of race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as explorations of the somatic experience of movement.
Depuis au moins le début du millénaire, ces approches initiales ont été remises en question et réactualisées par des théoriciens et des praticiens de toute la francophonie. "Fondements et avenirs de la recherche en danse en langue française" espère ainsi présenter aux lecteurs non seulement des textes pionniers de la recherche française en danse qui n'ont pas encore été traduits, mais aussi de nouvelles façons de comprendre la danse et sa relation avec les constructions culturelles de race, d’ethnicité et de genre, ainsi que des explorations de l'expérience somatique du mouvement.
Possible topics for submissions:
--What are the theoretical commitments of today’s dance scholarship in French and how have these changed over time? Which foundational texts or ideas remain significant, and which have been revised or rejected?
--How have the methodologies of French dance scholarship evolved? What is the relationship between the practice of dance and the practice of dance scholarship?
·--There exists a dynamic circulation among the various venues where today’s dance takes place. Dance styles move from the street or ceremonial setting to the concert stage, the tourist venue, and the international festival. How does scholarship in French account for what dance is, how it is differently embodied, as it moves from site to site?
--Dance scholarship in French has expanded its purview since the 1990s to include dance practices in South and East Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, West and East Africa, the Maghreb, South America, various regions of Canada, and Eastern Europe. How does scholarship in French contribute to our understanding of dance in these regions?
--How has the colonial past of the French Empire influenced the nature of dance scholarship in French, both in its earlier years and more recently?
--What is the future of Dance scholarship in French? How is it evolving? In which direction(s) will it go?
Submissions may be in either French or English. Only full papers will be reviewed, not proposals.
Sujets possibles pour les contributions :
--Quels sont les positionnements théoriques de la recherche actuelle en danse en français et comment ont-ils évolué au fil du temps ? Quels sont les textes ou les idées fondateurs qui demeurent significatifs, et quels sont ceux qui ont été retravaillée ou rejetés ?
--Comment les méthodologies de l'étude de la danse en français ont-elles évoluées ? Quelle est la relation entre la pratique de la danse et la pratique de la recherche en danse ?
---Il existe une circulation dynamique entre les différents lieux où se déroule la danse d'aujourd'hui. Les styles de danse passent de la rue ou du cadre cérémoniel à la scène de concert, au lieu touristique et au festival international. Comment la recherche en français rend-elle compte de ce qu'est la danse, de la manière dont elle s'incarne différemment, lorsqu'elle se déplace d'un lieu à l'autre ?
--Depuis les années 1990, la recherche en danse en français a élargi son champ d'étude pour inclure les pratiques de danse en Asie du Sud et de l'Est, en Afrique subsaharienne, en Afrique de l'Ouest et de l'Est, au Maghreb, en Amérique du Sud, dans diverses régions du Canada et en Europe de l'Est. Comment la recherche en français contribue-t-elle à notre compréhension de la danse dans ces régions ?
--Comment le passé colonial de l'Empire français a-t-il influencé la nature de la recherche en danse en français, à la fois dans ses premières années et plus récemment ?
--Quel est l'avenir de la recherche en danse en français ? Comment évolue-t-elle ? Dans quelle(s) direction(s) va-t-elle s'orienter ?
Preliminary inquiries may be sent to Carrie Noland at cjnoland@uci.edu or Gretchen Schiller at gretchen.schiller@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
For inquiries about book or performance reviews, please contact Olivia Sabee at osabee1@swarthmore.edu
Image description: Stéphanie Pons dancing in rehearsal at the Performance lab, Maison de la création et de l'innovation at the Université Grenoble Alpes, drawn by Lisa Moore. An abstract drawing suggesting three dancers outlined roughly in black pencil, their vectors of energy moving outward from center to periphery in rubbings of yellow, violet, and blue.
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