Atelier des revues #1

The first edition of “L'Atelier des revues” was held on the 26th September 2023. This workshop invited professionals involved in dance writing, i.e. editors, critics, journalists.

© Rita Lira

Meeting program

1. A dance publication today

What are the function(s)– critique, documentation, theory – of a dance publication ? How to testify of the diversity of writing practices of their authors and of the roles attributed to them ?

Summary diagram of reflections shared during the first session. © Élise Fontaine.

2. What distribution for dance magazines ?

What distribution networks can help their visibility ? How to – and to what purpose – structure a dissemination of these publications at international level ?

Summary diagram of reflections shared during the second session © Élise Fontaine.

3. Writing (about) dance

Publications give the opportunity to read,write and think dance in singular ways : what would an ideal dance publication be like ?

© Rita Lira

Organizers
Céline Gauthier (editor in chief of Cahiers de danse) and Elisabetta Bisaro (international development manager) at la briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne.

Participants
Katarina Brestovanska (Centre SE.S.TA, Czech Republic), Sarah Briant (Recherches en danse, France), Camille Paillet (Music-hall Magazine, France), Jean-Marc Adolphe (Les Humanités, France), Anne Davier (Journal de l’ADC, Switzerland), Marie Pons (Les Démêlées, France), Laura Cappelle (CN D Magazine, France ; Financial Times, United Kingdom ; New York Times, United States), Angela Conquet (Dancehouse Diary, Australia), Hang Huang (Springback Magazine, European Union ; Dance Visa, online), Greta Pieropan (Operaestate Festival Veneto, Italy), Sanjoy Roy (Springback Magazine, European Union ; The Guardian, United Kingdom), Léa Poiré (Mouvement, France), Marie Kinsky (Centre SE.S.TA, Czech Republic), Paraskevi Tektonidou (Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Greece), Alexia Psarolis (éditions Contredanse, Belgium).