Les rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine Saint-Denis

The origins of "Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Seine Saint-Denis" back to 1969 when a madman of dance, Jaque Chaurand organized a choreographic competition for« the new dance » called « Les Ballets pour demain » which became the legendary « Concours de Bagnolet » which revealed among others Dominique Bagouet, Jean-Claude Gallotta, Karine Saporta, Maguy Marin, Dominique Boivin, Régine Chopinot, François Verret, Catherine Diverrès, Bernardo Montet, Mark Tompkins, Mathilde Monnier, Angelin Preljocaj, Odile Duboc…
In 1988, the competition took a new international scale, at the instigation of Lorrina Niclas and was renamed "Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis", it took place every two years in the MC93 of Bobigny.
Directed by Anita Mathieu since 2002, the competition became festival held annually in a dozen theaters of the department. True talent scout, it witnessed " a poetic and political consciousness where the presented works make us discover peculiarities, solidarities and claim the place of the striking bodies, in resistance in our societies ".
On this occasion, Numeridanse offers you to discover or revisit some shows of the choreographers invited this year.