Skip to main content
Back to search
  • Add to playlist

Du cercle à la scène

Du cercle à la scène

Du cercle à la scène

Nadja Harek follows the preparation of two of the leading French hip hop companies, the Vagabonds and Pockemon Crew, for a French selection in view of the Battle of the Year international competition (BOTY 2013). The film reveals, supported by testimonies, the richness of a mixed-culture choreographic language, based on constant invention and driven by the desire to shake up this “street dance” as it was considered at the start.

Ever since its emergence in France in the 1980s, hip hop has well and truly found its place in the choreographic landscape and has ended up transferring to the stage its figures (including the essential circle figure) and its dynamic gestures (leaps and floor dance), whether developed solo or conveyed by the group’s force. While the BOTY stage is above all a place of confrontation and the surpassing of oneself, the stages hosting the two companies for the elaboration of their projects tend rather to highlight the uniqueness of the approaches. Under the kindly gaze of two choreographers who have defended the qualities of hip hop (Mourad Merzouki and José Montalvo), the Vagabonds and Pockemon Crew advocate the merging of all dance forms, from the rigour of classical dance to the experimentation of the most contemporary dance, not to mention the spectacular dimension of musicals.  


Source : Damien Truchot

Our videos suggestions
02:57

BiT

Marin, Maguy (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:15

Sketches From Chronicle

Graham, Martha (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:52

Weaving Chaos

Carvalho, Tânia (Portugal)

  • Add to playlist
03:27

Mirage

Kunes, Vaclav (Czech Republic)

  • Add to playlist
07:56

D'indicibles violences

Brumachon, Claude (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:32

Mamela Nyamza et les Soweto Kids

Nyamza, Mamela (South Africa)

  • Add to playlist
02:53

Parades & changes, replays

Halprin, Anna (United States)

  • Add to playlist
18:23

DéBaTailles [remontage 2014]

Plassard, Denis (France)

  • Add to playlist
05:17

Fan Dance [Danse des éventails] [remontage 2014]

De Groat, Andy (France)

  • Add to playlist
09:16

Plissé Soleil [remontage 2014]

Théfaine, Flora (France)

  • Add to playlist
16:57

Ratatat [remontage 2014]

Holm, Hanya (France)

  • Add to playlist
01:04

Burn, rebellious hearts - Work in progress

Ben Aïm, Christian & François (France)

  • Add to playlist
11:05

So schnell [remontage 2016]

Bagouet, Dominique (France)

  • Add to playlist
14:02

Rien ne laisse présager de l'état de l'eau [remontage 2016]

Duboc, Odile (France)

  • Add to playlist
17:57

Passo [remontage 2016]

Senatore, Ambra (France)

  • Add to playlist
12:35

Partita [remontage 2016]

Humphrey, Doris (France)

  • Add to playlist
12:40

Oscar [remontage 2016]

Petton, Luc (France)

  • Add to playlist
16:48

On était si tranquille [remontage 2016]

Larrieu, Daniel (France)

  • Add to playlist
10:18

May B (remontage 2016)

Marin, Maguy (France)

  • Add to playlist
15:26

Sacre #2 [remontage 2016]

Brun, Dominique (France)

  • Add to playlist
Our themas suggestions

James Carlès

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

The American origins of modern dance: [1930-1950] from the expressive to the abstract

Parcours

fr/en/pl/

[1970-2018] Neoclassical developments: They spread worldwide, as well as having multiple repertoires and dialogues with contemporary dance.

In the 1970s, artists’ drive towards a new classic had been ongoing for more than a half century and several generations had already formed since the Russian Ballets. As the years went by, everyone defended or defends classical dance as innovative, unique, connected to the other arts and the preoccupations of its time.

Parcours

fr/en/

Why do I dance ?

Social dances, anti-establishment, protest dances, rhythms or identities, rituals or pleasures... There are a myriad of reasons for dancing and a myriad of points of view. A webdoc to discover, enhanced with extracts from performances and accounts from amateurs... all the right reasons for dancing!

Webdoc

fr/en/

The Dance Biennale

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Vlovajobpru company

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Body and conflicts

A look on the bonds which appear to emerge between the dancing body and the world considered as a living organism.

Parcours

fr/en/

The national choreographic centres

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Roots of Diversity in Contemporary Dance

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Do you mean Folklores?

Presentation of how choreographers are revisiting Folklore in contemporary creations.

Parcours

fr/en/

Dancing bodies

Focus on the variety of bodies offered by contemporary dance and how to show these bodies: from complete nudity to the body completely hidden or covered.

Parcours

fr/en/
By accessing the website, you acknowledge and accept the use of cookies to assist you in your browsing.
You can block these cookies by modifying the security parameters of your browser or by clicking onthis link.
I accept Learn more