Danseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique

In 1987 ten dancers from the middle and upper Oyapock River in French Guyana were invited to attend the Festival of Avignon. What meanings did they ascribe to their journey? What did they expect from the spectacle? Through a description of the concrete conditions of the journey I approach these ques...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8c0b3ae61cd94e3290917ad6302db4c62021-12-02T10:32:10ZDanseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.70127https://doaj.org/article/8c0b3ae61cd94e3290917ad6302db4c62017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/70127https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252In 1987 ten dancers from the middle and upper Oyapock River in French Guyana were invited to attend the Festival of Avignon. What meanings did they ascribe to their journey? What did they expect from the spectacle? Through a description of the concrete conditions of the journey I approach these questions and contribute to the general discussion of intercultural spectacle. In fact, this invitation responded to a desire on the part of the dancers to know France and to become known there. To dance at the prestigious international festival of Avignon would have appeared to them as the best possible context for a group of important wayãpi men to make their first visit to France. For these dancers this spectacle was foremost an intercultural political act, an act of diplomacy.Jean-Michel BeaudetCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticlewayãpiFrench Guyanadancefestival of Avignonintercultural policyAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2017)
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FR
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topic wayãpi
French Guyana
dance
festival of Avignon
intercultural policy
Anthropology
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Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
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French Guyana
dance
festival of Avignon
intercultural policy
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Jean-Michel Beaudet
Danseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique
description In 1987 ten dancers from the middle and upper Oyapock River in French Guyana were invited to attend the Festival of Avignon. What meanings did they ascribe to their journey? What did they expect from the spectacle? Through a description of the concrete conditions of the journey I approach these questions and contribute to the general discussion of intercultural spectacle. In fact, this invitation responded to a desire on the part of the dancers to know France and to become known there. To dance at the prestigious international festival of Avignon would have appeared to them as the best possible context for a group of important wayãpi men to make their first visit to France. For these dancers this spectacle was foremost an intercultural political act, an act of diplomacy.
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title Danseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique
title_short Danseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique
title_full Danseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique
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title_full_unstemmed Danseurs wayãpi au Festival d’Avignon. Un spectacle interculturel, un acte diplomatique
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