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Deadline for applications: 1 November, Sunday, 2026
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Paris Open Call: Dancers & Movement Practitioners for Lab and Performance Elena Bajo’s “Artemisia Noctis, A Grammar of Darkness”
Deadline for applications: 1 November, Sunday, 2026
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Anorexia and Dance. Looking for the perfect body in dance!
As dancers we are constantly judging ourselves: spending hours day after day in tight-fitting clothing in front of a mirror and scrutinising how we look. Dancers are expected to have slim and toned bodies. It is seen as particularly important for females to be of a slight stature for the ease of pas de deux and partnering work. But what is the impact?
