Special Edition #10

Continuing education program for choreographers / Proposed by La Belle Ouvrage

Édition Spéciale focuses on the processes of choreographic creation, composition, and dramaturgy, as well as on the artist's position as a project leader, their place in a professional environment, and their responsibilities. The training places the group of artists at the center of the work, through exchange, listening, and explanation, and analysis of their practices.

Reflecting on a creation, inventing a style for the stage, imagining projects—for the stage, in situ, or digital—questioning the challenges of creation in relation to the world, and formulating one's artistic approach are some of the challenges faced by a choreographer-author. Being an author also means steering one or more projects, finding the right framework for one's activity, and making positioning choices.

Édition Spéciale offers choreographers a collective training space that combines the artistic dimension of the work with questions of trajectory, professional posture, and project management, issues that are often considered separately.

For its 10th session, Édition Spéciale is setting up in different structures for each module, to enable choreographers to gain practical experience of the challenges of territory, partnerships, and the specific realities of different projects: at the CN D (Lyon), L'Atelier de Paris CDCN (Paris), the Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne (Rennes), and L'échangeur - CDCN (Château-Thierry). 

Applications

6.10 > 31.10.2025

Duration and schedule

20 days of training, divided into four 5-day modules
Total duration: 140 hours of training

Hours: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Module #1 − Putting it back into play
February 9–13, 2026
at CN D Lyon

Module #2 − Sources and resources
March 23–27, 2026
at Atelier de Paris / CDCN and
at La Belle Ouvrage

Module #3 − Processes and pathways
May 18–22, 2026
at CCN Rennes Bretagne

Module #4 − Implementation
June 22–26, 2026
at L’échangeur - CDCN (Château-Thierry)

Speakers

− Mathilde Monnier / Work on choreographic issues and presentation of artistic work
Mathilde Monnier is a choreographer, author of more than forty pieces, director of the CCN in Montpellier from 1994 to 2014, then of the CN D from 2014 to 2019.

− Bojana Bauer / Work on dramaturgical issues and presentation of artistic work
Bojana Bauer is a dance dramaturg, teacher, and author. She currently holds the position of Head of Training and Education at the CN D.

− Albane Guinet-Ahrens and Clara Rousseau / Work on the role and position of project leaders
Albane Guinet-Ahrens is a trainer, facilitator, and co-director of La Belle Ouvrage.

− Clara Rousseau is a consultant, trainer, mediator, and co-director of La Belle Ouvrage.

− Samuela Berdah and Raphaëlle Petitperrin / Legal framework
Samuela Berdah, a lawyer specializing in arts law, and Raphaëlle Petitperrin, a former lawyer, are legal advisors at CN D.

With contributions from teams from various partner organizations.