Retour en Avant / Past Forward Biennale de la Danse Lyon - France

Le RendezvousAt the Palais du CommerceFrom Monday to Saturday, 10am to 7pm, 20 place de la Bourse - Lyon 2e - Metro station: Cordeliersin partnership with the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and IndustryOpen every day of the week except Sunday, Le Rendezvous – at the Palais du Commerce in the heart of Lyon – is thereto help you get the most out of the Biennale. On offer:- press conferences with Biennale choreographers every morning at 11am- discussions, encounters, round tables, etc.- visitor services centre providing information, publication and documentation- screenings of dance films and videos each afternoon- book boutique run by Lyon’s Musicalame bookshop, unique in France for its coverage of music and dance- the Café Danse cafe and restaurantA great place to talk and exchange ideas, Le Rendezvous is also the meeting-point for dance professionals, media and artists.The programme for Le Rendezvous de la Biennale will be available in September at the Galerie des Terreaux ticket office and at the Palais du Commerce.The Café Danse and Le Rendezvous venues were designed and built by Pierre David. www.pierredavid.netSupported by Habitat and Beatrice Collin Fleur florist’s shop.Encounters, debates, dialoguesBriefing“Culture: the European Union programme for2007–2013“Organised by Nouvelle Agence Culturelle Régionale–Rhône-Alpes(NACRe) and Relais CultureEuropeThis information session outlines the supportmechanisms for cultural cooperation in Europe.Operators in the performing arts field will giveparticipants guidance on accessing and usingthe programme.Friday 12 September 2.30 to 5pmRegistrations:+33 (0)4 78 39 01 05 / c.palluy@arsec.orgwww.relais-culture-europe.orgConversationbetween Geneviève Vincent, writer, and MitiaFedotenko, choreographerOrganised by Le Pacifique/CDC, GrenobleTaking as their starting point Trop de Corps (pub.Indigène), the book’s author Geneviève Vincentand choreographer Mitia Fedotenko (Cie AutreMina) present Dans sa Peau, an upcoming workresulting from an experimental workshop at LePacific/Centre de Développement Chorégraphiquein Grenoble. Geneviève Vincent, whoteaches the history of the performing arts in anumber of French universities and art schools,has been writing on contemporary choreographyfor more than twenty years. Trained at theNational Centre for Choreography in Angers,then at EXERCE in Montpellier, Mitia Fedotenkoworks with Didier Théron, Mathilde Monnierand François Verret.Tuesday 16 September 4pmDetails:+ 33 (0)4 76 46 33 88contact@pacifique-cdc.comwww.pacifique-cdc.comDemonstrationof the “Dance skills pack“With Catherine Liepin of the Moodoux dancecompany, creator of the pack.Presentation of an educational tool for outliningthe various dance professions – dancer, technician,wardrobe master, etc. – via play-basedworkshops with children aged 3–12. For culturalliaison workers and primary teachers.Wednesday 17 September 2.30 to 5pmRegistrations:Biennale audience department,+33 (0)4 72 26 38 00 / public@biennale-de-lyon.orgEncounterDance and the Audiovisual Media: Author’sRights IssuesOrganised by the Centre national de la danseWhen an existing audiovisual work is usedas the basis for an original, multidisciplinaryproduction, the creative processes chosen by thechoreographer raise a range of issues regardingauthor’s rights: identification of the variousholders of rights; the procedure for obtainingtheir permission for the use of existing images;negotiation of usage rights for archival materialand the role of image banks; the conditionsunder which the video-maker is consideredco-author of the dance performance; and thecost of video rights as part of a productionbudget.Thursday 18 September 2.30 to 5pmRegistrations:+33 (0)1 41 839 839 / metiers@cnd.frwww.cnd.frTalksabout the place of independent companies inthe choreographic field in FranceOrganised by the Syndicat National des ArtsVivants (SYNAVI)Thursday 18 September 5 to 7pmwww.synavi.free.frArcadi Roundtableby the Paris regional body for artistic creationand disseminationConsultation with companies and the developmentof a database on dance diffusion in theIle-de-France region has made it possible toanalyse the field and to extend consultation tochoreography stakeholders nationally. Arcadi willpresent its findings to generate a debate aboutthe conditions of creating and diffusing newwork.Friday 19 September 3 to 5pmwww.arcadi.frEncounterThe concept of outreachOrganised by Transmissions, the association ofgraduates and students of the MA in Culture &Communication at the University of Avignon.As contributors (organisers or spectators) to thecultural scene, how do individuals see their roleas observers and mediators of the art of today?With artists, teachers and former MA students.Saturday 20 September 3 to 6pmContact:association.transmissions@gmail.comDaily press conferenceswith the artistsThe festival’s choreographers talk about theirwork in the presence of international danceprofessionals and journalists: a vital opportunityto hear what choreographers have to say theday before their first performance.Chaired by Guy Darmet, artistic director of theBiennale de la Danse, and Benjamin Perchet,assistant programmer at the Maison de laDanse, Lyon.Monday to Friday 11am to 1pm96