The creative project of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie couldn’t be as broad and diverse as it is without the support and diversity of our partners with whom we work in constant collaboration to program pieces together or support projects that mean a lot to us. We thank them for their commitment towards dance and their understanding of the fact that a partnership has to evolve with each piece and each artist. The diversity of our partnerships in the artistic and cultural field and the variety of social issues we engage with allow us to deploy our activities in a variety of ways – through senses, political action, knowledge, …
What’s on
Shows — Installations
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Faits et gestes
Shows - installations
January 10, 2024
Conception : Noé Soulier
With Faits et gestes, Noé Soulier’s writing unfolds in a kaleidoscope of lively movements, echoing the Baroque music played on stage by harpsichordist Maude Gratton. Four performers embody this fragmented vocabulary for a performance that is both highly written and open to …
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Gentle Unicorn
Shows - installations
February 21, 2024
Conception : Chiara Bersani
Alone on stage, Italian choreographer and dancer Chiara Bersani explores the fantastical figure of the unicorn. A delicate, subtle reflection on the body and otherness. The unicorn is singular in the sense that it is a mythological creature without myth, without anything …
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Temps de Baleine
Shows - installations
March 12, 2024
Conception : Jonas Chéreau
With Temps de Baleine, dancer-choreographer Jonas Chéreau adapts his first solo for younger audiences. A burlesque and poetic “meteodance” to take the temperature of our moods. In 2019, Jonas Chéreau created Baleine, a solo on climate change, imagining a danced meteorological study in which …
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Contes Immoraux – Part 1 : Maison Mère
Shows - installations
from March 20, 2024 to March 21, 2024
Conception : Phia Ménard et Jean-Luc Beaujault
Alone on stage, Phia Ménard arms herself with courage, determination and tape to build a house out of cardboard. Her performance is marked by an impressive tension between the body and the elements, casting her as a modern Athena. For the past …
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L’homme rare
Shows - installations
June 4, 2024
Conception : Nadia Beugré
In a single movement, Ivorian choreographer Nadia Beugré both offers up and conceals from view the naked bodies of five dancers. A daring and radical play on perception and representation. Who is this rare man, to whom Nadia Beugré dedicates the setting …