Retrospective: 2013

Focus on 2013 and the productions of Emmanuelle Vo Dinh, Thomas Lebrun, Kader Attou, and Christian Rizzo

To mark the 30th anniversary of the National Choreographic Centers, 30 short films have been created, using archive footage to recount the history of the CCNs, choreographers, and dance in France over the last 30 years.

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In 2013, thirty years have passed since the first National Choreographic Centers were established. Years of practicing dance alone, in groups, in crowds. A lot of work, momentum, rushing forward, pauses, and questioning.
Thirty years that were not always rosy, during which the world of dance listened to the world around it and reacted to it. Like Thomas Lebrun, who recounts the AIDS years.
Thirty is also the age of maturity for French hip hop. And when you’re thirty, you can afford to look back at your roots.
Choreographic maturity also means delving into universal roots, questioning what makes people perform gestures together and trace the signs of a human community.
And so, thirty years of dance, but not only that… thirty candles that, for the duration of a birthday celebration, will bring back the gems, glitter, and sparkle of artistic creation in our beautiful, diverse country.