Skip to main content
Back to search
  • Add to playlist

Gille à Pont

The carnival character of Gille first saw the light of day in the 16th century, when the inhabitants of Binche (Belgium) celebrated, all dressed up, the visit of the emperor Charles V, a visit that coincided with the Spanish conquest of the Indigenous Americans and the Inca civilisation. A tradition that has been continued and now includes even the North of France. This is a chronicle of Pont-sur-Sambre, a small workers’ commune, at the time of preparing the carnival.

In Binche, the first Gille were the town dignitaries. The carnival of Pont-sur-Sambre is first and foremost a workers’ festival. Nineteen years ago, Alain and Josiane, garage owners, founded the Société des Gilles. The association mainly federates people in difficulty for whom the parade is an important moment of reintegration into society. All the members of the families enrolled are asked to help prepare or participate in the parade. Nadine and six of her seven children are part of the group. Such solidarity was of great help to her at a hard time in her life: “It takes away all that’s bad in us”. And it’s with pride that everyone, sporting their feathered hat, wears the famous multi-coloured costume to amuse passers-by and put a smile on children’s faces. In a region with a very high unemployment rate, “instilling the joy of life” is an effective way to beat despair.

Deloeuil, Christian

Director, cinematographer

Gille à Pont

Artistic direction / Conception : Christian Deloeuil (réalisation)

Production / Coproduction of the video work : Mat films, C9 Télévision (Lille), C9 Télévision (Lille), CNC, DMDTS - Direction de la Musique, de la Danse, du Théâtre et du Spectacle

Duration : 55'

Our videos suggestions
02:55

Relâche

  • Add to playlist
03:04

Lobby

Zebiri, Moncef (France)

  • Add to playlist
57:18

Cribles

Huynh, Emmanuelle (France)

  • Add to playlist
46:49

Cribles/live

Huynh, Emmanuelle (France)

  • Add to playlist
08:37

Antigone SR.

Harrell, Trajal (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:37

Couleurs de femmes

Chane, Yun (Reunion)

  • Add to playlist
15:34

Cinderella

Malandain, Thierry (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:58

Impair - focus

Brabant, Jérôme (Reunion)

  • Add to playlist
14:31

DéBaTailles [transmission 2015]

Plassard, Denis (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:27

Le Surréalisme au service de la Révolution

Morau, Marcos (France)

  • Add to playlist
24:23

Triton (audiodescription)

  • Add to playlist
04:00

Tschägg

Eidenbenz, Lucie (France)

  • Add to playlist
04:52

Commedia

Carlson, Carolyn (France)

  • Add to playlist
10:54

Carolyn Carlson et Michel Portal

Carlson, Carolyn (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:18

Under my skin

Tompkins, Mark (France)

  • Add to playlist
03:00

Drumming / Fragment #3

De Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:24

Drumming / Fragment #2

De Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa (France)

  • Add to playlist
02:30

Drumming / Fragment #1

De Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa (France)

  • Add to playlist
04:56

Altered Natives' Say Yes to Another Excess - TWERK

Bengolea, Cecilia (France)

  • Add to playlist
04:26

Думи мої - Dumy Moyi

Chaignaud, François (France)

  • Add to playlist
Our themas suggestions

Vlovajobpru company

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

40 years of dance and music

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Indian dances

Discover Indian dance through choreographic creations which unveil it, evoke it, revisit it or transform it!

Parcours

fr/en/

The “Nouvelle Danse Française” of the 1980s

In France, at the beginning of the 1980s, a generation of young people took possession of the dancing body to sketch out  their unique take on the world. 

Parcours

fr/en/

When reality breaks in

How does choreographic works are testimonies of the world? Does the contemporary artist is the product of an era, of its environment, of a culture?

Parcours

fr/en/

Dance and performance

 Here is a sample of extracts illustrating burlesque figures in Performances.

Parcours

fr/en/

Do you mean Folklores?

Presentation of how choreographers are revisiting Folklore in contemporary creations.

Parcours

fr/en/

The Dance Biennial Défilé

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

The BNP Paribas Foundation

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Maison de la danse

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

Pantomimes

Presentation of Pantomimes in the different types of dance.

Parcours

fr/en/

Dance and visual arts

Dance and visual arts have often been inspiring for each other and have influenced each other. This Parcours can not address all the forms of their relations; he only tries to show the importance of plastic creation in some choreographies.

Parcours

fr/en/

A Numeridanse Story

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

La part des femmes, une traversée numérique

Exposition virtuelle

fr/en/

A Rite of Passage

Classical, telluric, shamanic, revolutionary? On May 29th, 1913, the first performance of Nijinski's "Rite of Spring" made such a scandal. This webdoc tells the story of this key work which inspired so many artists.

Webdoc

fr/en/

Write the movement

A myriad of methods have been invented for analysing dance and putting it into perspective and for accompanying the ‘tool’ that is essential to its memory, the dancer’s body. This webdoc presents the challenges of movement notation.

Webdoc

fr/en/

Why do I dance ?

Social dances, anti-establishment, protest dances, rhythms or identities, rituals or pleasures... There are a myriad of reasons for dancing and a myriad of points of view. A webdoc to discover, enhanced with extracts from performances and accounts from amateurs... all the right reasons for dancing!

Webdoc

fr/en/

Käfig, portrait of a company

Webdoc

fr/en/

Artistic Collaborations

Panorama of different artistic collaborations, from « couples » of choreographers to creations involving musicians or plasticians

Parcours

fr/en/

Hip hop / Influences

This Course introduce to what seems to be Hip Hop’s roots.

Parcours

fr/en/
By accessing the website, you acknowledge and accept the use of cookies to assist you in your browsing.
You can block these cookies by modifying the security parameters of your browser or by clicking onthis link.
I accept Learn more