An iconic choreographer of postmodern dance, Lucinda Childs transforms space into a playground made of lines, circles, and perfectly controlled trajectories.
This retrospective of the work of American choreographer Lucinda Childs explores the practices and methods that shaped the development of postmodern dance at the intersection of pop art and minimal art. The exhibition examines the porosity of these movements canonized by art history, while highlighting the central role of bodily experience in the transformation of the arts during the 1960s and 1970s. An iconic choreographer of postmodern dance, Lucinda Childs transforms space into a playground made of lines, circles, and perfectly controlled trajectories. Refined, it is a poetry of gesture that unfolds, repeats, sketches, and thinks to choreograph movement in space. Through archival documents provided by the choreographer to the Centre national de la danse in 2016, as well as films, videos, drawings, and photographs, this is a rare opportunity to discover an innovative practice of dance. Featuring: Trisha Brown, James Lee Byars, John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Ruth Childs, Philip Corner, Judith Dunn, Gene Friedman, Katherine Helen Fisher, Babette Mangolte, Peter Moore, Ugo Mulas, Hans Namuth, Sidney Philip, Terry Schutte, Nathaniel Tileston, and Andy Warhol. Curated by: Lou Forster. Opening reception open to all on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 6:30 PM – Free. Lucinda Childs – dancing page in hand constitutes the first chapter of a cycle of three exhibitions. This cycle is designed by curator Lou Forster. The next two parts will be presented at Frac Franche-Comté and the art center Le Lait. The exhibition is realized in partnership with the CND Centre national de la danse.
Event from the official agenda of Rennes Ville et Métropole; location: Frac Bretagne; address: 19 Avenue André Mussat, Rennes, France.
Source: Rennes Ville et Métropole