About
Contredanse
Contredanse is a dance resource center open to all, located in the heart of Brussels for more than 30 years. Its activities aim to provide anyone interested in movement with materials that can nourish their work or curiosity.
In 2023, Contredanse launched Parade, the platform of archives and documentation about dance, to provide wider access to the resources of its documentation centre. In reference to the play Parade (1917) by Cocteau-Satie-Picasso-Massine or Parades and Changes (1965) by Anna Halprin, this parade against oblivion dialogues with Scapin, led by the Archives et Musée de la Littérature (AML).
Find in the catalogue of the dance documentation collection
Documentation centre for dance
A tool for creating, teaching, researching and communicating in dance, the documentation centre offers a wide range of resources on artistic practices and approaches.
There are over 35.000 resources in the documentation center which includes more than 2,000 books in French and English (on the history of dance, choreographers, composition, improvisation, somatic techniques, pedagogy, etc.) and nearly 3,000 audiovisual documents (recordings of performances, documentaries, interviews, dance films, musicals, etc.).
Thousands of periodical articles from all over the world have been collected and indexed since the 1980s. And still to this day, daily and weekly press is being scrutinized in research of dance-related articles, in order to provide additional information on shows, their programming and their reception by the press.
Last but not least, the documentation centre keeps the memory of Belgian and international creations alive. Here you can consult information and archives on the artists and companies of the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles.
Do you have a question about our document collection?
Contact centrededoc@contredanse.org
Access to the documentation centre:
The team welcomes you on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 1pm, and from 2pm to 5pm.
Contredanse, Rue de Flandre 46, 1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 550 13 00
Contact centrededoc@contredanse.org
Parade - Platform of archives and documentation about dance
Discover thousands of documents from the dance documentation center on Parade! The online platform lets you:
Do your research in the catalog and save in your wishlist the references of the books, articles and periodicals you wish to consult in the documentation centre.
Consult and watch online digital resources, dance photographs and videos for teaching and research purposes.
Having a technical problem?
Contact support@contredanse.org