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Parkour, the Art du déplacement or freerunning: whatever the name, this new discipline born in the Paris suburbs is rapidly being adopted by people throughout the world. These athletic artists or artistic athletes want to take back the urban environment. Not satisfied to suffer through urban life, they want to thrive in it, all the while earning dignity by daringly reappropriating three fundamental motor skills, running, jumping, and climbing.

Vincent Thibault approaches parkour as an attractive solution for rival gangs, a force against the overwhelming inertia, and an occasion to challenge one’s own fears. Reflecting on the culture of effort, he also avoids the media-based trap that depicts Parkour as just another of those elitist extreme sports. This book is a philosophical and lyrical adventure into martial arts and chivalry in an urban setting. [editor summary]

The first anthology to explore the work choreographers create for nontraditional performance spaces and the thinking behind their creative choices. Combining interviews with and essays by some of the most prominent and influential practitioners of site dance, Kloetzel and Pavlik raise crucial questions about the site-specific dance genre and provide a portrait of an increasingly relevant cultural practice.
The close examinations of the work of such artists as Meredith Monk, Joanna Haigood, Stephan Koplowltz, Heidi Duckler, Ann Carlson, and Eiko Otake offer important insights into what motivates some choreographers to leave the theater and embrace the challenges of unconventional venues." [editor summary]

La danse contemporaine issue des expériences des avant-gardes et des ruptures des années soixante-dix est, depuis quelques années, de plus en plus présente hors des théâtres et des studios. Ses formes sont multiples et croisent Hip Hop et butô, acrobatie et gestes de métier, danse de couple et simple déambulation.
Son inscription dans l’environnement architectural et humain en révèle la texture et favorise un rapport renouvelé avec les spectateurs.

Dans les images ici rassemblées, en relation directe avec l’ouvrage coécrit par Sylvie Clidière et Alix de Morant, le corps des danseurs se confronte aux éléments naturels, aux rues et à la vie quotidienne, les chorégraphies mettent en mouvement aussi bien des édifices patrimoniaux que des amateurs consentants.

Quarante-quatre extraits de spectacles sont présentés dans ce dvd, parmi lesquels des chorégraphies de Daniel Larrieu, Ali Salmi, Kitsou Dubois, Retouramont, Willi Dorner, Membros, Ex Nihilo, Jeanne Simone, Beau Geste, Julie Desprairies, du groupe Bernard Menaut...[4e de couv.]