Vertical Dance Kit May, 13 to 19 2019 Paris 13 and Val-De- Marne County Vertical Dance Kit

VERTICAL DANCE KIT MAY, 13 TO 19 2019 PARIS 13 AND VAL-DE- MARNE COUNTY VERTICAL DANCE KIT

takes place from 13 to 19 May 2019. This meeting is organised by Retouramont / Pôle de Danse Verticale in Charenton-Le- Pont, Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) and Paris. This event is the 6th meeting of the Vertical Dance Forum, a project realized with the support of Creative Europe.

VERTICAL DANCE KIT is a one-week-program. It will offer a full range of encounters and trainings with prominent European choreographers and institutions involved in the development of Vertical Dance as circus, dance, street art and architecture. The programme includes practical training and vertical dance workshops, panel discussions to reflect on the potentials of Vertical Dance as urban art, street acts and live performances. The general participation are open to the general public to learn more about Vertical Dance and/or to get involved. This event will open up new perspectives for the network and vertical dance.

In partentership with Coopérative de Rue et de Cirque (2r2c) - Paris 13ème for the openning of « TEMPS DANSE #3 » (May12 to June 8th ), La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de -Marne, la Biblio- thèque nationale de France and Artcena as resources-partner.

Venues and partners:

Ressources-partener

Our supports: During this meeting, we will offer to everyone to discover a «toolbox» that gives the materials to explore the verti- cality of a given territory and the tech- niques to understand Vertical Dance.

We will find the concept of the Kit / toolbox throughout the event and in all its forms, in areas of the Val-de-Marne County and Paris area. Each appointment of the meeting of- fers a part of the « Kit / toolbox » that will put together like a puzzle to design the full picture of a vertical dance map.

OUR OBJECTIVE is both to open a large debate in France and Europe between artists who practice this art form, and to cross our approach with other disciplines and professionals, such as artists, philosophers, scientists, architects, mobility experts, etc. We will also associate cultural organisations and institutions who welcome dance, circus, street arts and mountain climbing… and at the same time offer access to a wide audience. 2019 13-19

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Physical experiences of gravity: workshops, practice open to all and filmscreenings Performances of «1 movment for 6choreographers». VERTICAL DANCE FORUM © Histeria Nova / Gates of Velebit, 2014-Paklenica National Park, photo by Stipe Surac 4 3 Created on Retouramont company’s initiative in 2014, the Vertical Dance Forum is a network of 7 vertical dance companies working in Europe and Canada.

Il Posto (Italy) – Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre (Ire- land) – Gravity & Levity (UK) – Histeria Nova (Croatia) – Aeriosa (Canada) – Retouramont (France) – Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence VDKL (Wales).

The Vertical Dance Forum gathers to exchange and reflect on its practice in all its artistic, teaching and technical diversity. Our approach aims to increase the appreciation and recognition of this art form, while respecting the safety it requires, in order to share it with everyone: artists, institutions and the public.

© Il posto A network reflecting on the diversity of Vertical Dance Vertical Dance was born from diverse arts and practices: circus, dance, climbing, speleology, parkour... Our group reflects on the diversity of origins and current practices ranging from urban sites and architecture to working in natural landscapes : cliffs, trees, and also in theatrical stage setting.

The collective VDF objectives are to experiment with new working me- thods that increase capacity building of vertical dance professionals by sharing knowledge and experiences through peer-to-peer relationships; facilitating the international mobility of knowledge, artists and artistic projects between Europe and the rest of the world; developing and supporting professional network strategies; stimulating experimentation with new collaborative working forms; raising new audience awareness; nurturing intercultural dialogue; capacity building education and training. Each member proposes activities related to their individual expertise, loca- tion and interest in order to share it with other VDF members and invited sector professionals.

This is the first time that vertical dance creators have formally come together to exchange, learn from each other, work collaboratively and act collectively towards strengthening the wider vertical dance community and promoting this art form across a larger audience

VDF is co-funded by the Creative Europe pro- SINCE 2017 gramme of the European Union: « The Culture component helps to finance cooperation projects, literary translation, networks and platforms in the cultural and creative fields in the broad sense (per- forming arts, visual art, fashion, design, architecture, heritage, video games, books, etc.). »

29 OCTOBER - 4 NOVEMBER 2017 ITALY - IL POSTO For the first time ever, a new kind of Hub/Lab Vertical Dance, focusing on investigation and creation, is introduced in Venice. 13-19 JUNE 2018 IRELAND - FIDGET FEET « Blanck canvas » Lab : how to apprehend a vertical space ? At the Irish Aerial Creation Centre, Limerick, Ireland. 15-21 SEPTEMBER 2018 CROATIA - HISTERIA NOVA Workshops and meeting « Vertical Dance in new territories », city of Zadar, Croatia. 21-25 JANUARY 2019 ENGLAND- GRAVITY & LEVITY Laboratory and Workshops «Alternatives Perspectives» and meeting « Accessible Aerial »: vertical dance and disability. 13-19 MAY 2019 FRANCE - RETOURAMONT Vertical Dance KIT or to make Vertical Dance your own, Paris and Val-de-Marne County

9-16 JUNE 2019 CANADA - AERIOSA Conferences, preparatory workshops for a collaborative event, the «Vancouver Interna- tional Vertical Dance Summit» CONTACTS Fabrice Guillot Artistic director [email protected]

Lucie Jacquot Communication, VDF coordination [email protected]

Sarah Bruat Communication, coordination [email protected]

Retouramont / Pôle de danse Verticale 197 rue de Paris - 94220 Charenton-Le-Pont +33 1 43 96 95 54 www.verticaldanceforum.com www.retouramont.com