Discover or deepen the great family of bourrées. Bourrées with 2, 4, 6 dancers or collectives.

By visiting the regions of bourrées, Bernard will suggest a method for understanding dance, for appropriating it and adapting to different styles or schools.

Elena's "Frame Games" are about how good dance posture, good technique to lead and/or follow, and some subtle rhythmic and/or body tricks can transform a dance without figures* into a "wow experience".

In this workshop, we will work with the roots of this particular dance, the musicality, the embrace, the body posture, specific technics for leader and follower, the basic step, the movement directions and how to manage with the space.

Beginners are welcome as well as experts. We are exchanging couples and working the basics. Meanwhile we can discover new tricks and improve what we already knew before about this beautiful dance.

Initiation and discovery of the dances practiced today in the Poitevin folk ball, particularly in Haut-Poitou. Marchoises, Avant-deux, Pas d'été, Bal limousine, Gâtinelles, and also Maraîchines, Branle de l'Epine, etc.

These dances of the center-west of France will be perfect for the amateurs of collective and moving moments. A playful, varied and pleasantly dynamic repertoire, accessible to all levels. Bring a good pair of knees, strong feet and ESPECIALLY a big dose of good humor!

Tired of always going back and forward? Rondeau can be one of the most interesting dances in balfolk: add a pinch of creativity and a little bit of technique and you'll yourselves have a full plate of fun!

In this workshop, Sara and Paulo will share how to blur the lines of tradition and what tools you'll need to have a fun conversation with your partner when dancing a rondeau en couple.

Discover or deepen the arrangements in dance, the mechanisms of recomposition or creation. Bourrées with 2, 4, 6 dancers or collectives.

From examples, Bernard will suggest ways to arrange or create bourrées, to allow a collective creation of dance dreams.

A new dance life started since pandemics ended. Something have been forgotten in the lock down, something lost, but a new world awaits us. Old words: connection, musicality, body’s perception, are just concepts and still want to be explored with new eyes.

We will focus on circular motions, the basic way to explore our horizontal space and the shift towards straight line movement, expanding the possibility of expression in our dances (hopefully before bumping into another couple).