Gaëlle Bourges draws on the Bayeux Tapestry for Guillaume et Harold, a dance-and-theatre production for young audiences. Two versatile performers follow William’s invasion of England through episodes filled with ships, horses and fantastical creatures. Physical performance and object theatre bring humour and poetry to the tapestry’s narrative.
Tag: dance-performances
Les chevaux dansent à la bodega: Equestrian Cabaret
In Les chevaux dansent à la bodega, horses perform to music in an equestrian cabaret in La Gacilly. A Spanish feria supplies the show’s festive theme, with lively rhythms directing the horses’ dancing. Sangria accompanies the audience’s experience, extending the bodega atmosphere beyond the performance itself.
Fiskal: Dance and Skateboarding with C’hoari
Two skateboarders join Pauline Sonnic and Nolwenn Ferry in Fiskal, a performance by Compagnie C’hoari. Contemporary dance meets skateboarding as the choreographers explore the festive, popular character of Breton heritage. The piece looks at how these different movement cultures create a community, placing a generation of young Bretons at its centre.
Bals Champêtres au Jardin
Bourges XIXe, the K’Danse group, brings country dancing into the formal garden at City Hall, close to the cathedral. The tree-shaded setting makes the garden part of the performance, placing historical movement within a civic landscape away from a conventional stage. Different sessions draw on the world of Empress Eugénie, the Art Nouveau era and the age of George Sand, giving each sequence of dances a changing cultural frame. The public is invited to watch and enjoy the dances in an open, sociable atmosphere. Across those themes, the group’s focus remains the physical vocabulary of the period and the pleasure of shared outdoor performance. The program turns a central Bourges garden into a meeting point between urban heritage, historical imagination and living dance practice.
Cap Danse: Dirau by Bilaka
Bilaka’s Dirau takes its title from a Basque word for what endures while transforming. The collective works from Basque dance steps and rhythms, letting walking become choreography and silence become movement. In Tourc’h, the Cap Danse program places Arthur Barat, Zibel Damestoy, Ioritz Galarraga and Oihan Indart in a piece where tradition moves through contemporary physical energy.
Miss Bretagne Election
The Miss Bretagne election is a regional stage event built around representation, performance and the public image of Brittany. Candidates from the four Breton departments appear before the audience in a production tied to the wider Miss France route. The evening turns regional representation into a public performance, selecting the candidate who will carry Brittany’s name onto the national stage.
Les Rues en Scène in Carantec: Street Arts Showcase
Les Rues en Scène transforms Carantec into a route for free street arts and live performance. A poetic storytelling walk leads into Miror, a dance and circus encounter between a performer and a suit of steel, followed by the aerial mechanics of La Panne. Cie C’Hoari connects skateboarding with Breton culture in Da Gouskate, while La Volte-Cirque invites the crowd into a record-chasing giant seesaw act. The varied programme makes the town itself part of the performance.
Festival Hop Pop Hop in Orléans: Emerging Music Experience
Hop Pop Hop turns central Orléans into a broad listening ground for emerging music, bringing thirty groups together across five stages. Its programming is built around discovery, with young artists moving between hybrid genres, amplified performance and more experimental musical languages. Audiences can follow several strands of the contemporary scene across contrasting styles, moving from one venue and atmosphere to another. Dance, collective energy and close contact with new performers are central to the festival’s identity, but the focus remains on musicians who are still shaping their public voice. That commitment gives Orléans a direct role in circulating new sounds and identifying artists before they reach larger stages. Together, the contrasting groups and live settings form a compact portrait of current music in motion.
International Dance Stage Festival in Châteauroux: Live Arts
Châteauroux’s International Dance Stage Festival brings more than 650 dancers together for teaching across 24 disciplines. Modern jazz, flamenco and Bollywood dance are among the styles taught by international instructors. A final performance concludes the training, while concerts at Place Voltaire extend the festival’s programme into the city.