Tango
Tango connects music, dance and poetry in Argentina and Uruguay.
UNESCOStories that move us.
Three short editorial studies. Follow each question into the source and continue with a learning route.
From a scene to a story
An editorial story needs a clear subject, a source and a point of view. A sequence of three images can show a setting, an encounter and a change without pretending to be a complete biography.
Open the original records below for documents and any media offered by their publishers. Links lead outside this local preview; access conditions and available languages belong to those publishers.
Flamenco
Flamenco brings singing, dancing and musicianship together; Andalusia is its heartland.
UNESCOCapoeira circle
The Afro-Brazilian capoeira circle combines movement, music and shared learning.
UNESCOGanggangsullae
Ganggangsullae is a Korean communal singing-and-dancing tradition associated with seasonal celebrations.
UNESCOAn American Ballroom Companion
Explore historical dance manuals alongside etiquette texts and other documents.
Library of CongressJerome Robbins Dance Division
Begin with the dance division’s own information about its collections and access.
New York Public LibraryBeyond the stage
A performance gives us a point of view. To investigate a practice, ask who gathers, how people learn and what the occasion means. Start with the UNESCO record on capoeira; distinguish its description from your own interpretation.
What sits outside the frame?
A book is a trace
Read a dance manual as a document with an author, audience and date. Notice what the text explains and what it leaves unstated. A written instruction can guide questions without showing every detail of a lived encounter.
Can a page preserve movement?
One date, many questions
Choose one dated event in an official biography. Separate the event from your explanation of why it mattered. Follow the people and collaborations around it, and write down what another source would need to clarify.
How do we read an artistic life?
Furyu-odori · UNESCO
Watch the UNESCO source film about Furyu-odori in Japan.
UNESCO · YouTube