Young-audience shows, family dance and dance workshops for the little ones at the Playground festival

For the very first time, the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine Saint-Denis is offering Playground, a dance festival for toddlers, teens and children from November 13 to 30, 2023. The program includes dance workshops for the whole family, and performances to dance, laugh and marvel at.

From November 13 to 30, 2023, the Playground Festival will be offering a jam-packed program for the very young (and the very old). Encounters, screenings, snacks, workshops and other surprises await you and your family in twelve towns across the Seine-Saint-Denis département.

It's the brand-new dance festival for young people: Playground celebrates its first edition in style, with no fewer than 42 events offering youngsters their first taste of contemporary dance.

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Don't miss the shows taking place near you, as well as the dance workshops for young and old, or the grand bal dansant des flamants rouges! For an hour, you can explore movement as a family, playing and dancing together in child-adult pairs or with other participants.

On the program:

Old Masters

Old Masters aims to offer children a play that is the home of their spirit. A refuge, a space for consolidation, a safe space for their personal imagination, their creativity, their ability to reinvent the world we think we know.

Where? Théâtre public de Montreuil
For whom? 5 years and up
When? November 13 and 14

Lumi / Sons of wind

The choreographic essay Bounce brings together nine dancers from Sons of Wind. With Bounce, Sons of Wind assert their strong link to freestyle hip hop and revisit the way in which bounce inspires and nourishes the body.

Where? Salle Pablo Neruda, Bobigny
For whom? From age 12
When? November 14 and 15

Corps Sonores Juniors

Corps Sonores Juniors is a sound and choreographic installation that offers children an immersive experience that takes them back to their own bodies while they listen.

Where? Centre culturel Nelson Mandela (Pantin), Archives nationales (Pierrefitte), Préau Crétier (Sevran)
For whom? From age 6
When? November 18-25

The path of the hairy-nosed wombat

Inspired by legends and oral tradition, and based on current ecological issues, two dancers take children on a solar and mineral journey to discover thepath ofthe hairy-nosed wombat.

Where? théâtre jacques Carat (Cachan), théâtre du Garde-chasse (Les Lilas) maison de la Musique de Nanterre
Who? 6 years and up
When? November 20-28

Un oiseau

Un Oiseau was born in response to the current extinction of many animal species, particularly birds.

Where? Théâtre municipal Berthelot, Montreuil

Who? 6 years and up

When ? November 22

Funny game

The performance features three large dolls, playing and bickering around a monumental (broken) rocking horse head. Created on the principle of old dolls made entirely of slices of fabric, they are disjointed and limp, unable to stand upright.

Where? La Courneuve cultural center
For whom? From a few months old
When? November 23 and 24

Histoires décoloniales

The Histoires(s) Décoloniale (s) choreographic series examines the processes of transmission and circulation of the narratives that make up history.

Where? Nadia and Lili Boulanger Conservatory, Noisy-le-Sec
For whom? From age 12
When? November 25

Je badine avec l'amour

"I'm going to question the power of dance to generate sensuality between bodies. I wish to bear witness to this, as a homosexual man who has constructed his perception of seduction through films from the 80s that show highly normalized heterosexual relationships. What kind of gender confusion occurs? What confusion between reality and fiction? What is the relationship to one's own body and to that of others? For the first time, I'll be inviting other dancers to the stage. This will enable me to provoke encounters between bodies, which I feel is essential for dealing with this subject".

Where? le Pavillon, Romainville
For whom? ages 13 and up
When? November 24 and 25

Ball preparation workshop

Ahead of the bal des flamants rouges, come and prepare and try out a few dance steps with dancer Hannah Le Mesle.

Where? le Pavillon, Romainville
For whom?
When? November 23

Le bal des flamants rouges

With this ball, Christian Ubl invites you to join in a collective celebration, dancing short choreographies and sequences inspired by Latin dances, "traditional and folkloric" couple dances from the Central Alps, and the polka.

Where? Le Pavillon, Romainville
For whom?
When? November 25

Little mythologies

Four dancers and a musician stage a bevy of strange characters, as wonderful as they are monstrous, in a series of short pieces performed in an empty space.