EXTENSIONS
EXTENSIONS are artistic and somatic workshops based on dance, meditation, music, self-massage, improvisation… designed to enhance the experience offered by SOUND BODIES, SOUND BODIES FOR KIDS and the BAL MAGNETIQUE. Both playful and creative, EXTENSIONS workshops contribute to develop awareness and perception.
Bal Magnetique workshops
What to expect ? Open to everyone (ages 8 and up), this workshop offers participants the chance to connect with others, become familiar with the musicality of a waltz, develop their memory and coordination by learning a “ballarella”, improvise a dance using just their fingertips and experience the joy of dancing together all while becoming a special audience for the Bal Magnetique.
Sound Bodies workshops
What to expect ? Open to adults of all ages, this dance workshop allows participants to tune into their inner state, learn self-massage techniques to reduce stress, improve their perception, and enrich their body awareness all in order to immerse themselves, through the senses, in the world of Sound Bodies.
Sound Bodies for Kids workshops
What to expect ? Open to children (ages 6 and up) and their accompanying adults, this dance workshop offers families the chance to share an artistic activity, awaken the senses, and create soundscapes, visual landscapes, and tactile experiences all to immerse themselves, in a playful and creative way, in the world of Sound Bodies for Kids.
Oasis Bodies screenings
Oasis Bodies is a dance film project that explore interactions between our bodies and our environment. Based on encounters with residents from different backgrounds, choreographer Massimo Fusco and director Thibaut Ras create choreographic portraits that offers a crossed vision of the city and bodies in movement.
Oasis Bodies – Alive !
A group of isolated women discover the impact of dance on their bodies, gradually releasing their words and revealing their inner strength. Their movements become metaphors, gestures expressing long-held feelings. Their bodies in motion tell stories of strength, resilience and acceptance. This film is a powerful testament to the power of dance to heal emotional wounds and strengthen human bonds.
Duration : 10 min
Oasis Bodies – Bring down the walls
In this film, a group of people from different backgrounds tell us about significants stories that took place in a city district. How does this place still resonate in their bodies ? Following in their footsteps, Massimo Fusco and Thibaut Ras draw a series of choreographic portraits based on their testimonies.
Duration : 48 min
Oasis Bodies – The Origins of the ball
Accompanied by their children or grandchildren, a group of local women pay tribute to couple dances. An attempt to return to the origins of the ball to observe how dance is passed down through the generations.
Duration : 13 min
Team :
Massimo Fusco : choreographer, dancer and masseur
Mai Ishiwata : dancer
Sophie Jacotot : dancer and dance historian
Garance Bréhaudat : dancer and musician
Fabien Almakiewicz : dancer and yoga teacher
Inés Hernández : dancer
King Q4 : musician and composer
Lola Serrano : dancer
Marine Combrade : dancer and specialist in Functional Anatomy for Dancers
Nans Pierson : dancer
Iris Medeiros : dancer and speaker