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The groups in Le DéfiléStéphane VahiéLe peuple du rire“The Rigolus live in a harmonious worldof laughter and dance. These bons vivantsenjoy life to the full, up until the dreadfulday when the Tristus virus appears andsnuffs out their joie de vivre... But the virushas no power over children, who still brimwith life and hope. Through games anddances, they invoke the gods to bring backlaughter. Dance – whether sacred, tribalor festive – has found its place in everycivilisation. And among these laughingpeople it becomes a hymn to life thanks tothe (soon-to-be) famous laughter dance. Alegend is in the making…”L’Arbresle et l’ouest lyonnaisMJC de l’Arbresle04 74 01 15 91 / r.maurand@acolade.frMourad Merzouki / Cie KäfigDans les temps“At a time when the future looks fairlygloomy, I’d like to bring out the colours ofa past shared by all, a huge patchwork ofthe identities, cultures and personnalitiesthat make up today’s world – as reflectedby Bron’s participants in the parade. Morespecifically, I’ve dreamed up a piece ofgroup choreography: the dance of theclones. This vision then generates danceflashbacks that conjure a not-so-distant past– the 1920s, ’50s, ’70s.”BronVille de Bron04 72 36 13 65 / festivites@ville-bron.frJulie Serpinet / Cie SongesSisyphe heureux“Julie Serpinet, artistic director ofCompagnie Songes, has chosen to workon the myth of Sisyphus. This parade,created in the Drôme and Ardècheregions, is called Sisyphe heureux (HappySisyphus) and explores themes such as selfaffirmation,the poetics of happiness, andembracing difference. This emphaticallycross-disciplinary piece uses doubledsidedspherical masks to catch spectators’attention and disconcert them withstrangely moving bodies.”Bourg-lès-Valence et Drôme-ArdècheCompagnie Songes / 04 75 55 16 62contact@compagnie-songes.comDominique Guilhaudin /Cie GambitExemplum“And what if the 2008 Biennale Défilé werea legend of the future? We have devisedour parade around the theme of gardens,in a spirit of shimmering and ecologicalgreen sets and costumes. Like rumours,which give rise to legends, our paradewill be amplified, distorted and rendered“extraordinary”... by movement, music andvoice.”Chambéry, Savoie et AnnemasseCompagnie Gambit06 27 41 40 63 / gambitcie@yahoo.frMaude Bulinge / Cie IntersignesDemain l’humain“Demain l’humain is a poetic vision of thehuman condition faced with the challengesof the future. Humankind, currentlyheaded down a road of suffering, choosesanother path to the future that will givefull expression to its deep humanity – assymbolised by a red nose that will be passedlike a torch from dancer to dancer and viathe public…”Grigny, Pierre-Bénite, Saint-Genis-LavalCompagnie Intersignes04 78 19 75 24philippe.bulinge@worldonline.frChristophe DelachauxEt ça continue …“The world spins away and we spin with it,from legend to legend. We have focusedon the legends of religions. They will flowthrough our bodies, creating their ownlanguage. In unflashy style, we’ll have anorchestra of wind instruments amid singersand dancers from the various youth andculture centres of the Isère region, as wetravel the world from Africa to India, fromEurope to America, and finally telling youthat we’re not stopping there…”IsèreAssociation Départementale desMJC de l’Isère04 76 86 67 67del.isere@mjc-rhonealpes.orgNadia Lobet and TiémiBalleydier / Cie GuesméRéveils du monde(inspiré du roman de Lewis Carroll, Alice auPays des Merveilles)Featuring Alice Clones, Fortune Tellers, PinkRabbits controlling the Time Float, and thedisturbing Forest of Transgenic Plants – notforgetting the Mad Hatters, the Antipathiesand sundry other weird and wonderfulcharacters, Réveils du Monde offers afuturistic take on Alice in Wonderland thatblends dancers, stilt-walkers, roller skaters,Circassians, theatre games, hip-hop andgospel music, and human beatboxes.Lyon 3 èmeMaison pour Tous - Salle des Rancy04 78 60 64 01coordination@salledesrancy.comAurélien Kaïro and LaurelineGelasFace à Face dans la ville Monde“An age-old prophesy comes truein a cosmopolitan city wracked bymisunderstandings between its inhabitants.The advent of ‛Zage’, a spiritual entityrepresented by a monumental, agelesshead from nowhere, sparks fear andastonishment, then leads to reconciliationand the restoration of tranquillity.”Lyon 7 ème , 4 ème et agglomérationLes Zurbamateurs08 73 61 34 40leszurbamateurs@yahoo.frAnnick Charlot / Cie Acte& Natacha Paquignon / CieKat’chaçaC’est quoi demain ?“And what if, tomorrow, we stoppedwasting people and things? And decidedinstead to gather them together andembrace their stories, to create newnarratives with them? This seventableauparade, built around a hugecollection and reclamation project ledby two choreographic teams workingjointly, espouses the idea that creativetransformation is always possible. Everyonehelping to stage this work has gambledon giving a second chance to things thatwere thought ‛defunct’ – living the dreamof a non-disposable world that cannot bebought.”Lyon 8 èmeCompagnie Acte04 78 56 29 83cieacte@free.fr92