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Guest lecture and a workshop
with Yves Defrance (Rennes, Bretagne)

Guest lecture with film: Fest-noz. A dance festival in Brittany
Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m.

Workshop: Singing dances of Brittany
Friday, October 25, 7 p.m.

Venue for both events: Seminar room AW U0213, mdw

Yves Defrance teaches ethnomusicology at the Center for Breton and Celtic Studies at the European University of Rennes. His areas of research include Africa, Asia and the Americas as well as European traditional music. He is the author of journals such as Musicologies (Paris, Sorbonne) and Cahiers d'Ethnomusicologie (Geneva) and is also represented as an editor in the publications of the ICTMD. He has also produced 40 audiovisual documentaries. From 2006 to 2009, Yves Defrance was chairman of the Société française d'ethnomusicologie.