When Paris was designated the Olympic city for 2024, eight performing arts institutions in Seine-Saint-Denis, including the CN D, decided to form a collective.
The collective La beauté du geste
The collective La beauté du geste joined together to imagine what the Cultural Olympiad could be: an artistic, festive and unifying event, combined with a profound reflection on the changes that we need to make in this region.
These eight places, united in the collective La Beauté du Geste, are now combining their energy to organise a large parade in 23 th june 2024 which will be built from September 2022 onwards through a long participatory process.
These long-term artistic projects will eventually form the different segments of the parade titled On ne va pas se défiler, which will be made up of more than 1200 young people. Each segment will be unique, resulting from commissions given by the members of La Beauté du Geste to artists and imagined in close collaboration with the inhabitants. This parade will represent the creativity, diversity and solidarity of the youth of Seine-Saint-Denis.