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Week-end classes and intensives

Dance & Health (D&S) and Dance It Your­self (DIY) week-end events 

The ccn con­tin­ues its series of week­ends open to every­one to exper­i­ment with their bod­ies. To take care of your­self and oth­ers, dur­ing these Dance & Health week­ends which explore the body and notions of well-being, and Dance It Your­self week­ends, which allow par­ti­cipants to dis­cov­er a spe­cif­ic dance style. Wheth­er you are an exper­i­enced dan­cer or a begin­ner, each work­shop is open so that every­one can work at their own level for a week­end and exper­i­ment with artists at the CCN or in oth­er ven­ues. In 2026, three week­ends are already planned for the first semester.

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    Berber dance and traditional rhythms

    from February 7, 2026 to February 8, 2026

    With : Filipe Lourenço

    Filipe Lou­ren­ço pro­poses to explore Ahidous dance, which is a tra­di­tion­al Ber­ber dance, com­bin­ing move­ment and music­al­ity to grasp its artist­ic essence. Par­ti­cipants will learn spe­cif­ic ges­tures and rhythms, then they will integ­rate this to Lou­ren­ço’s con­tem­por­ary cho­reo­graph­ic research. This dia­logue …

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  • Place à demain!

    from March 14, 2026 to March 15, 2026

    With : Laurent Pichaud

    Using a set of cards: Danse tout ter­rain – Com­ment les lieux nous font dan­ser, this two half-day work­shop in pub­lic spaces will help us under­stand how each space/place can offer ima­gin­ary, phys­ic­al, and sens­ory resources to our dan­cing bod­ies. In …

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  • Ecrire & Respirer / Writing and Breathing

    from June 13, 2026 to June 14, 2026

    With : Elaine Konopka

    Today’s world is not an easy place: intern­al ten­sions, rela­tion­al dis­cord, and col­lect­ive upheavals can some­times leave us feel­ing breath­less. This work­shop explores how writ­ing and breath­ing can help us nav­ig­ate these dif­fi­cult times without deny­ing them, while re-learn­ing to …

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