Sentence examples for dance museum from inspiring English sources
In 2009, when he was made the director of the national choreographic center in Rennes, France, he renamed it Musée de la Danse, or dance museum.
Arakawa's scrappy installation, in which swatches of fabric are printed with dance-related texts (Isadora Duncan's letter to a newspaper editor, an excerpt from Heinrich von Kleist's story "The Dance Museum"), looks like a stage set awaiting performers.
Sweden, with a longer contemporary tradition, stands apart, thanks to two pioneers: Birgit Cullberg, who founded her company in 1967 (Mats Ek, her son, is now one of Scandinavia's most acclaimed choreographic exports), and the impresario Bengt Hager, an early champion of American modern choreographers like Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham, and the founder of the country's national dance museum.
When he got the position, in Rennes in 2009, he renamed the center the Musée de la Danse (museum of dance, or dancing museum) and he has consistently presented work as exhibition rather than theatrical performance.
The site of the 2012 Olympics is to be transformed into a new cultural hub for London featuring a dance theatre, museum and two university campuses.
Excursions such as Greek dance lessons, museum visits, guided walks and local concerts are included and everyone goes along to a sociable first night meal.
They represent music, theater, dance and museum programs from countries large and small.
While crowds streamed in and out of P.S.1's newest Greater New York exhibition, many preferred to remain outside, sipping pricey beers and lounging amid "Pole Dance," the museum's newest courtyard installation.
(Schaefer) ★ 'Musée de la danse' (Friday through Nov. 3) Dance and museums have had a romance for years.
As an experimental answer to the modish question of the place of dance in museums, the project was messy but fascinating and worthwhile.
There is an element of salesmanship, too, given how much France cultivates its reputation as a country of civilization, art, dance, cinema, museums and literature.
