Events

screenings dance and the cinema

Clearly, motion pictures can be of great help in the transcribing of dance performances and their choreographers' intentions. Just as the human body moves through space to create new forms, so the cinema is entirely dependent on motion. With that correlation between film and dance in mind, the Audiovisual Archives of the Principality of Monaco will seize the opportunity offered by the Ballets Russes Centennial to present a program of screenings entitled "Dance and the Cinema". The Audiovisual Archives of the Principality of Monaco were founded in 1997 to collect, preserve, archive and exploit Monaco's audiovisual heritage. Its collections comprise gifts and loans numbering some 45,000 documents: short and full-length films including fiction, documentaries, newsreels, journalists' reports, advertisements, radio shows, recorded artistic performances… even amateur and family film strips.

Since 1998 the Audiovisual Archives have distributed the audiovisual heritage of the Principality under the label "Monaco on Film". In collaboration with the Prince Pierre Foundation and the New National Museum of Monaco the institution will lend its support through visual means to the Centennial of the Ballets Russes.

heritage day The 14th european

The Ballets Russes and Monte-Carlo

The history of early 20th century culture in Monaco is dominated by the presence of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The most prominent creative artists of the day met in the Principality to join in the fervent renewal and development going on there in many fields of artistic expression. By organizing the 14th European Heritage Day, the Office of Cultural Affairs hopes to offer the public a stimulating overview of that unique period in cultural history and its and ever evolving heritage.

monaco dance forum

meetings, conferences and creations

What lessons can be drawn from the “Sacre du Printemps” and “L'Après-midi d’un Faune” ? Why are there so many outstanding choreographers or experienced artists still inspired today by this secular repertoire ? How have the Ballets Russes survived in the 20th century and its succession of artistic trends ? What message do Diaghilev and his dancers send to future creators ? The Ballets Russes continue to surprise and question us about the way in which art is developed, displayed, endures or disappears. Wanting to tackle these questions through a new method of debate, the Monaco Dance Forum has set up a program of meetings where writers, artists, choreographers, philosophers and historians mingle. After these discussions, writers and choreographers are invited to continue the debate, not only around a table but on the floorboards of a studio where they will combine their expertise to design choreographic pieces between them.