TEXDANCE · TEXtiles in Etruscan DANCE (8th-5th centuries BC)
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2019-09-01 → 2021-08-31
- EU contribution
- €207,312
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
TEXtiles in Etruscan DANCE (8th-5th centuries BC)
In Etruscan ritual practices, dance had a key role. Thus, TEXDANCE project proposed an original study of Etruscan ritual and religious practices that was conducted from dance props and textiles in particular. Textiles had a powerful impact indeed. The scope was to examine how textiles make us understand the movements of dance, their ritual functions, their diversity, their performativity, the ritual function of costumes in dance, and the social relations that intertwine. TEXDANCE looked into this through seven issues: 1. the types of dress and textiles in dance; 2. dress motion; 3. the acoustics of textiles; 4. Etruscan fashion and dress identity; 5. the Etruscan social organization; 6. the ritual textiles making; 7. the visuality of textiles. Among the issues addressed, the most important were: what kind of textiles and dress are used in dance? How are they used in this context? How do they indicate movements, and which ones? Are they Etruscan productions and can this be confirmed by archaeological finds? If not, what does a Mediterranean origin for the textiles mean in ritual practices and beliefs? Which social differences do the textiles reflect among dancers? Did textiles make sounds during the dance? TEXDANCE has explored Etruscan society and its ritual dance practices between the 8th and the end of the 5th centuries BC. This was important to understand as ritual practices and the use of textiles in dance reflect a different community organisation from the Mediterranean and contribute to questioning our contemporary European community organisation.
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Project objective
TEXDANCE will explore Etruscan dance through textiles from 8th to 5th centuries BC. It will use the visual sources to analyse Etruscan society and its élite’s ritual practices in a multidisciplinary approach. This study will make us understand the movements of dance, their ritual functions, their diversity, their performativity and the social relations which intertwine. This is important to understand as textiles in Etruscan dance in particular reflect a different community organisation from the Mediterranean and contribute to question our contemporary European community organisations. Also, for the first time, the two-way transfer of knowledge between dance studies and costume studies will be connected via an innovative approach. The project combines three types of sources: primarily the iconographic representations as they constitute the most important documentation for Etruria, literary sources and archaeological evidence. TEXDANCE has seven objectives: 1. the types of dress and textiles used in dance; 2. dress motion; 3. the acoustics of textiles; 4. Etruscan fashion and dress identity; 5. Etruscan community organisation; 6. ritual textiles making; and, 7. the visuality of textiles. The comparative and interdisciplinary approach includes the history of dance, rituals and religion, performance studies, ethnoarchaeology, archaeoacoustics, sensory studies, motor praxeology, and visual studies. The application of new digital technologies is a crucial aspect with the opportunity to 3D model how cloths move in dance. Digital humanities will also play a fundamental role in the presentation and diffusion of the results that will be made available thanks to a fully open-access philosophy to the scientific community and the general public. Conceived as such, the project is fundamental for both the proposer and the hosting institution, and it will contribute to European excellence and competitiveness in the creation of a common and widespread European culture and history.
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Participants
- KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET · KOBENHAVNCoordinatorDenmark
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