Danza en tiempos de posguerraespacios de intervención cultural en la España de 1940

Abstract

The relations between culture and dictatorial regimes are a constant throughout history, both through regulatory relations that control teaching, and the practice of a certain cultural manifestation, or through the prohibition and repression of activities understood as opposition to the principles in which power is represented. Since the years of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), music and dance were objects of intervention by the nationals' side, an aspect that, after Franco's triumph, was increased through the control of both the spaces of teaching, as well as practice and communication. Based on the reflections of authors such as Arce (2019), Contreras (2009) Martínez del Fresno (2017) or Pérez Zalduondo (2013, 2019), the aim of this article is answering both questions related to the configuration of dance studios in the Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación, as well as its relationship and interweaving with another of the most visible institutions of the Franco regime: the “Coros y Danzas” of the Feminine Section of the Falange.