Dance is often reduced, in the public eye, to a formal form of expression.
Yet, beyond its aesthetic appeal, this art form, in practice, proves to be a powerful vehicle for emotions and an unexpected tool for personal development and openness to others. In 2013, the dance company AToU / Anan Atoyama decided to embark on the creation of a performance involving around sixty residents of Vaulx-en-Velin and Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, two towns in the Greater Lyon area. For six months, the Japanese choreographer and the dancer Marc Ribault guided this diverse group through weekly workshops combining technical training and choreographic creation, with the aim of reaching the culmination of the process: the stage.
‘TransForme’ is an exceptional and extraordinary artistic adventure, in which each individual’s unique qualities—regardless of socio-cultural background, age or physical ability—contribute to a shared vision: the belief that others are, above all, a source of richness and shared experience rather than a threat to oneself.
“Nothing is born or perishes, but things that already exist combine, then separate again”
Anaxagoras of Ciozomenes (c. 500 BC)
COLLABORATORS
Dancer: Marc Ribault
Filmmaker: Sylvain Daulin
Costumes: Nadege Cezette, Charlotte M’Bayo
PARTNERS
Charlie Chaplin Cultural Centre
Vaulx-en-Velin Town Hall
Ste Foy les Lyon Town Hall
ADSEA Centre Line Thevenin
ESAT Odette Witkokska
Atelier Gagarine at Mas du Taureau
Courcelles School
Second Chance School
Multilingual workshop at the Vaulx-en-Velin municipal libraries
Peyri Social Centre
ACSE
DRAC Rhône-Alpes
AURA Region, Rhône Department
Ramdam
Emmaüs Bourgoin Jallieu
Acte public Compagnie
CNC
Lyon Capitale TV
