Laurence Louppe critiques academicism in 1990s dance

In a 1992 article for artpress, Laurence Louppe argues that early 1990s contemporary dance is becoming academicized. She claims that mandatory conformity to current taste leads to uniform, boring performances and choreographies that rest on their laurels. Louppe observes how procedures replace language and analyzes the authority of the constituted image, calling for a return to a language of desire.