Convened by Emmanuelle Delattre-Destemberg (Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France), Marie Glon (Université de Lille), and Guillaume Sintès (Université de Strasbourg), as part of the ANR ‘En Dansant’

This project aims to explore the many forms that dance communities — of dancers and dance professionals — may have taken at an international level, whether through formal structures, more informal networks, or imagined affiliations.

From the 17th to the 21st century, did dancers develop a sense of belonging to a transnational professional body, beyond political and national boundaries — and even before the acceleration of modern communication? The long-standing and intense circulation of dance professionals across Europe, into Russia, and later to the Americas invites us to investigate the forms, real or projected, of a potential “choreographic international.