Beyond human: Montpellier Danse festival delivers one feat after another

This year’s celebration of contemporary dance in the French city is bold, baffling and breathtaking, with some high-voltage performers Launched in 1981, the pioneering Montpellier Danse festival changed the face of contemporary dance, in France and beyond. In 2024, its own face changed when long-term figurehead Jean-Paul Montanari was succeeded by a four-person directorship of Hofesh Shechter , Jann Gallois, Dominique Hervieu and Pierre Martinez – though the programme currently continues its ethos of spreading dance across the city, and mixing the recherché with the popular. Gallois’ Imminente

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