BOOKS ON THE MOVE the travelling and online bookstore for dancers, movers and thinkers is a guest of notafe festival. we're very happy to come and celebrate its 25th anniversary.
the nomadic bookstore dedicated to the inquiry of dance, performance studies and movement practices will be present throughout the festival. we will set up a bookstore corner with a selection of mainly english titles on artist writings, theoretical essays, choreography, biographies, as well as texts on somatic practices.
Agnès BENOIT will be present throughout the festival and will invite you to browse through new and rare publications, as well as the unavoidable and untraceable of dance literature. at Books on the Move one can buy books, but one is also encouraged to stop by and read, discuss, browse, meet, write, move...
you may have a look at the selection here
BOOKS ON THE MOVE was initiated by dancer Agnès Benoit in 2008 in Berlin, with the wish to make dance literature available to artists. without a proper shop, this international travelling bookstore unfolded over internet and started going towards readers and dancers by bike, taxi, car, van, train or plane. following the current dance events (performances, conferences, festivals etc), it created a network first in Germany and then all over Europe, working in close collaboration with host curators.
Books on the Move has been a guest of many events and places. to name a few: TanzimAugust/Sommer.bar and HAU in Berlin, Tanzkongress Germany, Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, Centre National de la Danse in Paris, Dañsfabrik in Brest etc.
since 2013, Books on the Move is based in Bordeaux, in the south of France. joined by journalist Stéphanie Pichon, Books on the Move is today expanding into different events, workshops and pedagogical activities focusing on movement, writing, speaking, languages and reading.
