Freestyle, the unmissable street culture festival, is back at La Villette! Dance, street-art, fashion, music, sport... The free street culture festival returns for an even more incredible edition, on June 22 and 23, 2024. Not to be missed!
A whole weekend dedicated to street culture in all its forms, for a total immersion in urban art. The ninth edition of this not-to-be-missed event will take place at La Villette on June 22 and 23, 2024. The free Freestyle festival is back in an extra-special edition, with a special Cultural Olympiad, for all our enjoyment!
This year, the Freestyle festival takes place outdoors, day and night, for even more discoveries and surprises. We'll be meeting on the Prairie du Cercle Nord by day, and in the Périphérique area between Kilomètre25 and Jardin21 by night. An open-air event, to enjoy the freedom offered by these wide-open spaces, and to have fun in the beautiful June sunshine. Performances, workshops, demonstrations and parties await us during this memorable weekend.
On the program? Dancing, roller dancing, street-art, basketball, fashion shows, DJ sets, artistic battles and numerous activities open to all. In short, it's a popular festival that's not to be missed! Sweet and savoury food trucks are on hand every day, so we can make the most of the festival.
Find out more about the festival program:
Saturday, June 22nd
- 3:15pm, 4:15pm, 5:15pm (10 min.) - Moon, Compagnie Barks
Part space voyage, part gravity-free poem, part lunar circus, Moon is a small anti-gravitational form. Mechanical and organic, like our constantly evolving universe, Moon invites us to explore and contemplate. Between whimsical invention and impossible acrobatics, it's a search for variations in gravity, a form of farewell to our weight, a way of altering space and time.
- 3 pm to 8:30 pm on the triptychs - Street Art live
Scattered across the 18,000 m² of lawn, Amsted, Zeko and David Bruce paint large-scale frescoes live. Little by little, the meadow sees the blossoming of their worlds: organic for Amsted, urban for Zeko and sporty and fruity for David Bruce!
- 3pm to 8:30pm - Photo exhibition: Singeli 2 the world
Born in the blockparties of working-class neighborhoods on the outskirts of Dar Es Salaam, singeli became a fixture at kigodoro, the marathon parties nicknamed after the foam mattresses on which the dancers collapsed from exhaustion. Produced in February 2024 in the capital's seething underbelly, at the crossroads of Arab, Indian and African histories, the Singeli 2 the world exhibition is a plunge into the heart of dancefloors, studios and high points of Singeli culture.
- 4.30pm - CCN Ballet de Lorraine: Discofoot
The choreography of this match-performance is based on the rules and mechanics of soccer matches. The only way to play is to dance! But not just any kind of dancing... Each team is assessed by a panel of judges, who award points in the same way as judges in figure-skating competitions. The aim is not only to score goals, but also to show the greatest creativity in doing so!
DJ: Ben Unzip
- 5pm to 6pm - Trampoline initiation with Compagnie Kiaï
Trampoline discovery workshops will be led by Pulse artists. After a joint and muscle warm-up, participants will be guided step-by-step in a fun way to familiarize themselves with the different jumping techniques: sit-down fall, back fall, grouped jump, split jump, pirouette...
- 7pm - Compagnie Kiaï: Pulse
A bouncing space nine meters in diameter propels acrobats in an aerial ballet where the musical pulse sets the pace. Six heads, twelve arms and twelve legs synchronize in an acrobatic trance. Heat rises, heart rate accelerates and bodies push the limits of physics. There's no gravity, no up, no down, no right or wrong.
- 6:45pm - Amapiano show
- 7pm - Giant amapiano class with Andy Dlamini
- 8pm - DJ set by DJ Siba
Originally from the townships of South Africa, amapiano is now being danced all over the world. Thanks to videos of choreographies that have gone viral, this dance, which mixes Zulu steps with deep house and kwaito sounds, has created a gesture that has become as popular as the sounds that accompany it.
- 3pm to 8:30pm - The Children's Olympic Village
Children are entitled to their own Olympics too! Freestyle Extra offers a mini village with games, competitions, sports initiations, creative workshops and a shooting studio to photograph all the champions!
Initiation to Pole Vaulting with the Cap vers les Étoiles association
Finger Skate competition hosted by Koozy Kooz
Sonic Billes competition, giant marble run with sound, hosted by Tapetronic
Printstation, screen-printing workshop, hosted by Chienpo
Digital medal-making workshop with the Fanmobile
Shooting studio with Henrike Stah
- 3pm - 3×3 initiation with the French Basketball Federation
- 16h - Animation and 3×3 competitions
- 5pm - Dunk contest
- 6pm - 3×3 tournament and pick-up games
For the 3rd year running, the French Basketball Federation is honoring us with its presence. New this year: the inauguration of the 3×3 court at the Prairie du Cercle Nord!
- 3pm - Tricking initiation
- 4pm - Warm-up session
- 5pm - Battle Temple Gathering
- 6pm - Tricking session
A freestyle superhero sport, tricking combines acrobatics and martial arts, extreme sports and artistic performance. In aerial battles without nets or special effects, tricksters challenge each other with tricks combining gymnastics, capoeira, taekwondo and kung fu. With their bodies as their sole driving force, these athlete-artists perform one trick after another, pushing physical limits to the extreme. For Freestyle Extra, the Tricking Paris association is organizing a Battle in which the best trickers will face off in the open air and in the air! And to share their passion, the athletes will be offering sessions and initiations throughout the weekend.
- 3.15pm and 5.15pm - Freestyle soccer show with the Footstyle team, French champions
- 3.30pm and 5.15pm - Introduction to freestyle soccer
- 7.30pm to 8pm - Footstyle Block Party
The art of juggling one or more soccer balls with a mixture of acrobatics, dance and soccer moves, freestyle soccer is a show that delights soccer fans and neophytes alike. Seven-time world champion and star of the discipline, Gautier Fayolle has made films with MBappé, Messi and Zidane... For Freestyle Extra, he is organizing the Footstyle Cup, and offering the public the chance to discover his discipline through shows and initiations.
- 3pm - Free Jump
Thrills and chills guaranteed! Accessible from the age of 6, freefall on a giant airbag invites children and adults to try their hand at freestyle jumps and tricks in complete safety. You'll learn to go beyond your limits, concentrate and move through the air. No special equipment or training is required.
- 3pm to 8:30pm - Mini Block Party
Introductory DJing workshop with the Scratch Truck Do Your Blaze Graffiti workshop with Zaek Vinyl Throwing Competition Dancefloor Hip Hop Showcases: Amapiano, My Summer Frequency, Footstyle, Twerk Alert Crew, Nyege Nyege...
- 7:30 p.m. - Kinact
Kinshasa's performance artists, kings of upcycling and heroes of the Kinact Festival (@kinact_festival), will stroll and dance with the Freestyle Extra audience. To bridge the gap between Freestyle Jour and Freestyle Nuit, they'll be meeting at the Prairie du Cercle Nord and inviting the public to follow them to Périphérique, on the dancefloor of their friends from Nyege Nyege!
- Espace Périphérique from 7pm to 2am
- All night long- Kinact
Kinshasa's performance artists, kings of upcycling and heroes of the Kinact Festival, will stroll and dance with the Freestyle Extra audience. To bridge the gap between Freestyle Jour and Freestyle Nuit, they'll be meeting at the Prairie du Cercle Nord and inviting the public to follow them to Périphérique, on the dancefloor of their friends from Nyege Nyege!
- 7pm - MY SUMMER FREQUENCY
My Summer Frequency is the annual summer event for the international electro dance community. In a 3×3 battle, the best dancers in the world (Mexico, Japan, Spain, Russia...) take to the Périphérique stage, determined to win Europe's most prestigious trophy!
- 7pm - Wheelz and Feet
Paris' hottest roller jam meets under the Périphérique! Wheelz and Feet is an invitation to dance freestyle, whether on skates (loaned on site) or on foot. There's no set choreography, just a funky sound system and an open space where you can get together for the pleasure of moving as a community!
Sunday June 23rd
- 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:30 pm - Moon, Compagnie Barks
At once a space voyage, a poem without gravity and a lunar circus, Moon is a small antigravity form. Mechanical and organic, like our constantly evolving universe, Moon invites us to explore and contemplate. Between whimsical invention and impossible acrobatics, it's a search for variations in gravity, a form of farewell to our weight, a way of altering space and time.
- 3pm - 8.30pm on the triptychs - Street Art live
Scattered across the 18,000m² lawn, Amsted, Zeko and David Bruce paint large-scale frescoes live. Little by little, the meadow sees the blossoming of their worlds: organic for Amsted, urban for Zeko and sporty and fruity for David Bruce!
- 3pm - 8:30pm - Photographic exhibition: Singeli 2 the world
Born in the blockparties of working-class neighborhoods on the outskirts of Dar Es Salaam, singeli made its mark in kigodoro, the marathon parties nicknamed after the foam mattresses on which the dancers collapsed from exhaustion. Produced in February 2024 in the capital's seething underbelly, at the crossroads of Arab, Indian and African history, the Singeli 2 the World exhibition is a plunge into the heart of dancefloors, studios and high points of Singeli culture.
- 4pm - CCN Ballet de Lorraine: Discofoot
The choreography of this match-performance is based on the rules and workings of soccer matches. The only way to play is to dance! But not just any kind of dancing... Each team is assessed by a panel of judges, who award points in the same way as judges in figure-skating competitions. The aim is not only to score goals, but also to show the greatest creativity in doing so!
DJ: Ben Unzip
- 4pm-5pm - Trampoline initiation with Compagnie Kiaï
Trampoline discovery workshops will be led by Pulse artists. After a joint and muscle warm-up, participants will be guided step-by-step in a fun way to familiarize themselves with the various jumping techniques: sit-down fall, back fall, grouped jump, split jump, pirouette...
- 5:45pm - Compagnie Kiaï: Pulse
A bouncing space nine meters in diameter propels acrobats in an aerial ballet where the musical pulse sets the pace. Six heads, twelve arms and twelve legs synchronize in an acrobatic trance. Heat rises, heart rate accelerates and bodies push the limits of physics. There's no gravity, no up, no down, no right or wrong.
- 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. - The Children's Olympic Village
Children are entitled to their own Olympiad too! Freestyle Extra offers a mini village with games, competitions, sports initiations, creative workshops and a shooting studio to photograph all the champions!
Initiation to Pole Vaulting with the Cap vers les Étoiles association
Finger Skate competition hosted by Koozy Kooz
Sonic Billes competition, giant marble run with sound, hosted by Tapetronic
Printstation, screen-printing workshop, hosted by Chienpo
Digital medal-making workshop with the Fanmobile
Shooting studio with Henrike Stahl
- 3pm - 3×3 initiation with the French Basketball Federation
- 4pm - Animation and 3×3 competitions
- 5pm - 3×3 Tournament and Pick-up games
For the 3rd year running, the French Basketball Federation is honoring us with its presence. New this year: the inauguration of the 3×3 court at the Prairie du Cercle Nord!
- 3pm - Introduction to tricking
- 4pm - Warm-up session
- 5pm - Battle Temple Gathering
- 6pm - Tricking session
A freestyle superhero sport, tricking combines acrobatics and martial arts, extreme sports and artistic performance. In aerial battles without nets or special effects, tricksters challenge each other with tricks combining gymnastics, capoeira, taekwondo and kung fu. With their bodies as their sole driving force, these athlete-artists perform one trick after another, pushing physical limits to the extreme. For Freestyle Extra, the Tricking Paris association is organizing a Battle in which the best trickers will face off in the open air and in the air! And to share their passion, the athletes will be offering sessions and initiations throughout the weekend.
- 3.15pm and 7pm - Freestyle soccer show with the Footstyle team, French champions
- 3.30pm and 7.15pm - Introduction to freestyle soccer
- 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Footstyle Block Party
The art of juggling one or more soccer balls with a mixture of acrobatics, dance and soccer moves, freestyle soccer is a spectacle that delights soccer fans and neophytes alike. Seven-time world champion and star of the discipline, Gautier Fayolle has made films with MBappé, Messi and Zidane... For Freestyle Extra, he is organizing the Footstyle Cup, and offering the public the chance to discover his discipline through shows and initiations.
- 3pm to 7pm - Free Jump
Guaranteed to thrill! Accessible from the age of 6, freefall on a giant airbag invites children and adults to try their hand at freestyle jumps and tricks in complete safety.
- 3pm to 8:30pm - Mini Block Party
Introductory DJing workshop with the Scratch Truck Do Your Blaze Graffiti workshop with Zaek Vinyl Throwing Competition Dancefloor Hip Hop Showcases: Amapiano, My Summer Frequency, Footstyle, Twerk Alert Crew, Nyege Nyege...
- 7:30pm - Kinact
Kinshasa's performance artists, kings of upcycling and heroes of the Kinact Festival (@kinact_festival), will stroll and dance with the Freestyle Extra audience. To bridge the gap between Freestyle Jour and Freestyle Nuit, they'll be meeting at the Prairie du Cercle Nord and inviting the public to follow them to Périphérique, on the dancefloor of their friends from Nyege Nyege!
- Espace Périphérique from 6pm to midnight
- 7pm to 10pm - Wheelz and Feet
Paris' hottest roller jam meets under the Périphérique! Wheelz and Feet is an invitation to dance freestyle, whether on rollerblades (loaned on site) or on foot. There's no set choreography here, just a funky sound system and an open space where you can get together for the pleasure of moving as a community!
- 7pm to 8pm - Twerkshop with the Golden Girl$$$, Patricia Badin and the Twerk Alert Crew
Twerking dance class with Tanzania's Golden Girl$$$ and choreographer Patricia Badin. To open the second Nyege Nyege night devoted to Singeli, whose tempo fluctuates between 180 and 300 bpm, Tanzanian dancers Golden Girl$$$ will warm up your bodies! Pioneers of twerking, which they have integrated into their chura dance, the Golden Girl$$$ join choreographer Patricia Badin for a class that promises to make your buttocks jump like pancakes and give you a shot of energy for the night!
A crazy program for a festive weekend! June ends on a high note, with Freestyle extra at La Villette.
Freestyle 2024 is also for children: free activities for young people at La Villette
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Freestyle 2024 is also for children: free activities for young people at La Villette
