Centre Pompidou

Dancing Through Life

23 Nov 2011 - 02 Apr 2012

Emil Nolde
Tänzerin mit violettem Schleier (Danseuse au voile violet)
© CA 1920-1925 Neukirchen Stiftung Seebüll Ada und Emil Nolde photo. Nolde Stiftung Seebuell
DANCING THROUGH LIFE
23 November, 2011 - 2 April, 2012

The Centre Pompidou is dedicating a brand new exhibition to the connections between the visual arts and dance, from the 1900's to today. "Danser sa via" ["Dancing through life"] shows how these sparked off modernity and fed the major movements and the figures who constitute the history of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition illustrates its point through works by artistic figures of the 20th Century, through movements that founded modernity, and through the research of contemporary artists and dancers. It presents the common interest of art and dance for the body in movement. "Danser sa vie" ["Dancing through life"] creates a dialogue between all disciplines, of fine art and choreographic art. A wide range of paintings, sculptures, installations, audio-visual work and choreographic pieces, illustrate their incessant exchanges, in a language that is often fusional.