De la nudité en danse

Abstract

«Nudity in contemporary dance » In French contemporary dance, nudity ha s recently become a meaningful chorégraphie theme. It caused a scandal. In fact, its social status is complex. Analysis shows it is marked by noticeable polysemy from an historical political cultural and a esthetical point of view. It can mean everything but also its opposite. As the arts have their own autonomy, nudity in art takes on only the meaning determined by the work of art and accepted in the given period. Indeed, the experiences of Body Art have opened up contemporary dance to nudity. This development is not simply the effect of the other arts, but also a development of modem dance. The awareness that it is a show changes the perception of nudity into an aesthetical form, like in the other arts. The dance movement «dresses » the nude dancer and changes nudity into a sign, an idea, or an aesthetical feeling.