The Théâtre Molière is preparing for a May 2024 launch dedicated to “joyful, popular and accessible” dance. One of the highlights of the “Parso on danse” programme, on May 25, amateurs and professionals will perform in the city streets of “1 km of dance”.
In May, do whatever you want, but above all dance! This is the invitation launched by Théâtre Molière de Sète, by presenting a distinguished series of meetings on the movement and its creative energies. The fourth edition of “Parso on danse” (May 16-30, editor’s note) promises to be exciting in both the literal and figurative sense, on Sete but also around the Bassin de Thau. To begin with, there are six proposed dance pieces by Brazilian, Montpellier, West Indian or African companies, all of them lively and eclectic (read below). The dancers of the São Paulo Dance Company, welcomed for the second time on the national stage in SET, will have the honor of opening the ball.
In the program “Parso on danse” next May at the Molière Theater
In order to return Sao Paulo Dance Company At SET, four pieces will be shown on May 16 and 17 from the works of four choreographers Henrique Rodofalio, Stephen Shopshire, Jomar Mesquita, and Lelan Telles. Finally, DJ Guy Lamor will mix.
Guadeloupean choreographer Myriam Solanges and Martini choreographer Marlène Mertel will take over the stage of the Léo Mallé Cultural Center in Merivale with “Madar Kibone”, May 22. A futuristic innovation that recalls the Chlordecone pesticide scandal in the West Indies. “Since 2014, we have asked ourselves: How do we deal with the humanitarian, economic and social consequences of this pollution?” Myriam Solanges says.
“Why are we dancing? What does that mean?” These are the questions that are asked “Hip Hop Nakobanda” (Hip-Hop I Love You in Swahili) presented by Yves Mwamba, a dancer and choreographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 22, 23 and 24.
“In its place”a single imagined by Christian Rizzo for dancer Nicolas Fayolle who came from hip-hop and was obscure “In a non-urban environment.”
“love”Radwan Al-Maddad’s play based on a text by the Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gibran. May 28 at 8 p.m
Musician and singer Aleema Hamel and choreographer Jehan Ham Sahi will perform in concert on May 30 at 8 p.m. with “Naq”. “What is missing” in Arabic. The duo interprets, through their bodies and voices, a unique language born from an amputated culture.
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For the 2024 edition, imagined by director Sandrine Mini, in the midst of Sète’s nomination for Capital of Culture, the city will host a major free dance festival, gigantic festival style, on Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to midnight. This festive day, called “1 km of dancing”, promises a wonderful moment “Joyful, popular and accessible in the languages we will offerThree stages will be installed in the unique city along a one-kilometre-long axis, one in the station square, the second in the Place Victor Hugo and the last in the Pont de Pierre.
Amateurs and professionals are mixed
The event, organized simultaneously by the Ministry of Culture and the National Center of Dance in two other cities (Bantin and Chateau-Thierry), will bring together about 350 professional dancers but also amateurs, especially from local dance companies and schools. “Everyone equally, they will alternate between 2pm and 6pm.”, identifies Sandrine Mini. You will perform seven sets in each stage, for half an hour each. The morning will start with a solo by Yann Lheureux in Bouzigues (departure by sea shuttle from 9:30 am, from the station platform for those who have booked.
General fire
Back in Séte, at 2:30 p.m., a tango performance by Sétois A & B Tango will be the starting point. “general fire” This festive afternoon, along Pointe Court. Returning to Sete, one of the highlights of the three scenes is the Society of Histrions. It has now been 15 years of the association, “A little dancing point in Sete” It offers amateurs (28 to 75 years old) the opportunity to discover contemporary dance with emerging choreographers, especially from the Montpellier Dance Centre. Flamenco, Cabaret, Roller Quad, Modern Jazz, Classical Dance, African Dance, Lindy Hop, and even Contemporary will have the greatest selection from the audience.
Local scene for “1 km of dance”
The Grand Dance Festival (1 km of dance) on May 25 required real coordination to present a completely synchronized ballet between the different groups and schools of Sète invited to perform on the three stages. Among them, A & B Tango (Audrey Anselme and Patrice Barthes), Rev’Danse (Frontignan), Histrions Danse, In Tempo (Frontignan), Sentido Flamenco (Sète), Moma danse (Sète, Center de danse Arnal Ibanez (Sète), Intercom Dance (Balaruc), terpsichore (Sète), MJC Poussan, les Bruschettes (Sète), Tangovibratau (Mèze), Sète Up Swing, Accordage (Sète), la Fabrik de la danse (Bouzigues) Flamenco Puro (Sète).
“To Our Battles” Dancers and Boxers
Among the most anticipated moments is the piece “A nos Combats” by Burkinabe artist Salia Sano, founder of Mouvements Perpetuels. Inspired by the legendary match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in 1974 in Kinshasa, Rumble in the forestThis women’s duel, which is performed by a boxer and a dancer, takes place at seven o’clock in the evening on a ring installed in the theater courtyard. About fifty amateurs (girls and boys, part of them from Sete’s boxing clubs) will play the role of enthusiastic supporters, addressed by Soro Solo, the unforgettable host of the France Inter program, L’Afrique enchantée. Between enthusiasm and reflection, the choreographer intends to play with the audience on many preconceptions. The grand “Courif Ball” of Sylvain Groud and the Ballet du Nord, open to all, will conclude today in the Place Victor Hugo at 9 p.m. Then we dance?
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