Education and outreach with amateur performers and the public have always been an intimate part of the Company's work.  Scheduled during gaps between different periods of creation, they both feed into and enrich the final result.  They also help us concretely experience our connection to society at large in a combat against illiteracy using the body and the imagination, the relation of the musician to his own body, or to guide, transmit, introduce, share… all with a great deal of love.

Educational projects in the region

Projects in schools and universities in a partnership with SUAPS / University of F. Rabelais in Tours, SUAPS / University of Blois and la Halle au Grains / Scène Nationale, OCCE 37, IUFM – Tours and the Académie, Inspection Académique, Danse au Cœur.

Presentations developed in the context of educational projects within the schools: "Aux arts lycéens » (C.R. centre), "Classes APAC"/ Atelier de pratiques artistiques (DRAC – Centre / Rectorat)

Since 2006, development of a project to combat illiteracy

Choreographic workshops for adults challenged by illiteracy in a partnership with organizations working in reintegration, the Red Cross, Lire et Dire, and DRAC-centre

Development of a training project in cooperation with Jazz à Tours and the Petit Faucheux

Project to develop the relationship of the body to the instrument and music to dance, exploring questions involving the musician's body in interaction with the instrument.  

Organization of a workshop for professionals and an encounter between a group of musicians and a group of dancers in an art residency program at Petit Faucheux.

Public presentation in January, 2008

Collaborative project with CEPRAVOI (Centre des pratiques vocales et instrumentals)

Commission for a 4-minute spatial/dance piece with an original musical composition by a composer for an amateur chorus.

Public presentation in May, 2008

Participation in an experimental laboratory sponsored by the Tours CNN: "International choreography"

One-week workshop to develop a collaborative piece with a young choreographer from outside France.

Presentation of the work and cross-fertilization at "Transchoreographics" in March 2008.

Program organization

High points of various pieces involving combinations of dance and music.  Research on the body as sound, the body as instrument, combined and collective creations, choreographic composition as a score, movement as the musician's medium..

First phase planned for September 2008.

Partnership with Petit Faucheux, CCNT, and Tours.