Contredanse is a documentation center for contemporary dance funded by the French Community of Belgium and is located in Brussels.
In 1990 Contredance launched their review Nouvelles de Danse as a resource for dancers to link theory to their studio practice.
[3] Contredanse informs the dance scene with regard to auditions, festivals and trainings in the French-speaking community as well as internationally.
Contredanse hosts master classes and covers topics such as composition, somatic techniques, (contact) improvisation and new technologies, etc.
In the past Contredanse already hosted Susanne Linke, Trisha Brown, Dana Reitz, Jennifer Tipton, Barre Phillips, Josef Nadj, Julyen Hamilton, Katie Duck, Simone Forti, Susan Buirge, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Mark Coniglio, Dawn Stopiello, Steve Paxton, and others.