Fête de la Danse 2016

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Date 12.05.2016
Hour 12:0013:00
Speaker Association Vaudoise de Danse Contemporaine (AVDC), Cie Nuna / YoungSoon Cho Jaquet & DanceSquare EPFL
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Category Cultural events
Born in Zürich in 2006, The "Fête de la Danse" has become a unique event nationwide. Today 21 cities in Switzerland celebrate all kinds of dance for a weekend. At EPFL, dance is celebrated first on the Esplanade during lunch break, and for the evening at the Rolex Forum with the show "Les Oiseaux" by the Rudra Béjart's School Lausanne.

PROGRAMME:
  • 12-12:30 - DanceSquare demonstration: about ten students invite you to discover their choreographic creations on current music.
     
  • 12:30-1 pm - Rope performance, Nuna Company / YoungSoon Cho Jaquet : All the wrists in the public are bond together with ropes of variable lengths, quickly forming a whole choreography of its own. Ropes cross and intertwine creating new shapes.
     
  • 6:30 pm - Les Oiseaux (The birds) : The forty dancers of the Rudra Béjart's School Lausanne invite you to discover Les Oiseaux, a show inspired by Aristophanes’ work, famous Greek playwright from the 4th century before our era.

Practical information

  • General public
  • Free

Organizer

  • Affaires culturelles et artistiques EPFL

Contact

  • Virginie Martin Nunez

Tags

danse fête performance esplanade midi

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