To promote choreographic sector and performing art for young people, Le Gymnase CDCN is involved in some professional networks.
Le Gymnase is one of sixteen National Choreographic Development Centres (CDCN) in France. Spread across the country and supported by the State and local authorities, the CDCNs are dedicated to supporting the creation and dissemination of choreographic performances, assisting teams and artists, and promoting and raising awareness of dance.
A-CDN’s website• Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France (59)
• L’échangeur – CDCN Hauts-de-France (Château-Thierry, 02)
• Chorège CDCN Falaise Normandie (14)
• La Briqueterie (Vitry-sur-Seine, 94)
• Le Dancing (Dijon, 21)
• Le Pacifique CDCN (Grenoble, 38)
• La Manufacture CDCN (Bordeaux, 33 + La Rochelle, 17)
• La Maison CDCN (Uzès, 30)
• Les Hivernales CDCN (Avignon, 84)
• La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie (31)
• Atelier de Paris CDCN (75)
• POLE-SUD CDCN (Strasbourg, 67)
• Touka Danses CDCN (Cayenne, Guyane)
• Danse à tous les étages CDCN itinérant en Bretagne (29,35)
• Lalanbik CDCN Océan Indien (Saint-Pierre, La Réunion)
• Boom’Structur – CDCN Clermont-Ferrand · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (63)
Building on the international relations of the LOOP network, Le Gymnase is behind the first international network for children’s and youth dance, bringing together 24 organisations in 15 countries. By strengthening exchanges and sharing, this network aims to extend the support and development of choreographic creation for young audiences on an international scale.
· Tout petit (Hasselt, Belgique)
· Tanec Praha (Prague, Tchéquie)
· Dansehallerne (Copenhague+Aarhus, Danemark)
· The Place (Londres, Angleterre)
· Tin Arts (Londres, Angleterre)
· Annatalo Arts Center (Helsinki, Finlande)
· Le Gymnase CDCN et LOOP (Roubaix, France)
· Réseau Explore dance network : Fabrik (Postdam, Allemagne), Focus Tanz (Munich, Allemagne), Hellerau (Dresde, Allemagne), K3 (Hambourg, Allemagne), Tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, Allemagne), Purple Festival (Berlin, Allemagne)
· Aerowaves (Dublin,Irlande)
· Gender Bender Festival & Teatro Arcobaleno (Bologne, Italie)
· Lithuanian Dance Information Center (Vilnius, Lituanie)
· Dansen Hus (Oslo, Norvège)
· Imaginate (Edimbourg, Écosse)
· Paso a 2 Plataforma (Madrid, Espagne)
· Mercat des Flors (Barcelone, Espagne)
· Young dance market (Malmö, Suède)
· Bibu (Helsingborg, Suède)
· Atta Festival (Istanbul, Turquie)
La Danse en Grande Forme brings together 13 organisations involved in the production and dissemination of large-scale choreographic works (more than 10 performers). The scheme supports the development of ambitious creations and their dissemination to a wide audience. Each selected project benefits from substantial co-production support and shared programming. A new co-production is launched every two years.
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EDN / European Dance Development Network is a European network comprising 55 organisations based in 29 European countries. The members of the network pool their energy and expertise to carry out joint projects and develop partnerships and exchanges. They all pursue the same fundamental goal: the development and promotion of choreographic art in all its forms, supporting artists, audiences and venues for creation and dissemination.
EDN’s website• Lokomotiva – Kino Kultura (Skopje, Macédoine du Nord)
• Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples HIPP – The Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance – (Zagreb, Croatie)
• Le Gymnase CDCN (Roubaix, France)
• Dance Base National Centre for Dance (Edinburgh, Royaume-Uni)
• The Place (London, Royaume-Uni)
• DansBrabant (Tilburg, Pays-Bas)
• Oriente Occidente (Rovereto, Italie)
• Dance Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
• Dance City (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Royaume-Uni)
• Centro per la Scena Contemporanea CSC Bassano del Grappa (Bassano del Grappa, Italie)
• Trafó House of Contemporary Arts (Budapest, Hongrie)
• Tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, Allemagne)
• Centre National de la Danse CND (Pantin, France)
• Dance Gate Lefkosia Dancehouse Lefkosia (Lefkosia, Chypre)
• Pavillon ADC Association pour la Danse Contemporaine (Genève, Suisse)
• Lituanien Dance Information Centre (Vilnius, Lituanie)
• Tanzquartier Wien TQW | Centre for Contemporary Choreography and Performance (Vienna, Autriche)
• HELLERAU European Centre for the Arts (Dresden, Allemagne)
• K3 Zentrum für Choreographie Tanzplan Hamburg Kampnagel (Hamburg, Allemagne)
• O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal)
• DanceEast Jerwood DanceHouse (Ipswich, Royaume-Uni)
• Bora Bora (Aarhus, Danemark)
• Lavanderia a Vapore Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo Collegno (Torino, Italie)
• Dansehallerne (Copenhagen, Danemark)
• Sadler’s Wells (London, Royaume-Uni)
• ICK Dans Amsterdam / ICK Artist Space (Amsterdam, Pays-Bas)
• Station Service for Contemporary Dance (Beograd, Serbie)
• Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture (Ljubljana, Slovénie)
• Duncan Dance Research Center DDRC / The Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center Vyronas – (Athens, Grèce)
• Mercat de les Flors Casa de la Dansa (Barcelona, Espagne)
• Dampfzentrale Bern (Bern, Suisse)
• Dance House Lemesos (Limassol, Chypre)
• Dansateliers (Rotterdam, Pays-Bas)
• Maison de la Danse (Lyon, France)
• DeVIR • CAPa Algarve Centre for Performing arts (Faro, Portugal)
• TROIS C-L Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
• Korzo theater (Den Haag, Pays-Bas)
• La Briqueterie CDCN | Centre de Développement Chorégraphique National du Val-de-Marne (Vitry-sur-Seine, France)
• Tanec Praha PONEC – dance venue (Prague, République Tchèque)
• AREAL | Space for choreographic development (Bucharest, Roumanie)
• Tanssin Talo (Helsinki, Finlande)
• Dansens Hus International Scene of Contemporary Dance / Suède (Stockholm, Suède)
• Tanzhaus Zürich (Zürich, Suisse)
• STUK House for Dance, Image and Sound (Leuven, Belgique)
• KLAP Maison pour la Danse (Marseille, France)
• Derida Dance Center Derida Stage (Sofia, Bulgarie)
• Dansens Hus Oslo (Oslo, Norvège)
• Dance Limerick (Limerick, Irlande)
• Divadlo Štùdio Tanca (Banskà Bystrica, Slovaquie)
• Sin Arts Center, Production House (Budapest, Hongrie)
• Dantzaz, Dantza Garatzeko Elkartea (Errenteriaa Gipuzkoa, Espagne)
• Condeduque, centro de cultura contemporànea (Madrid, Espagne)
• Croatian cultural center Rijeka – HKD (Rijeka, Croatie)
•Plast, Platform for contemporary dance (Bratislava, Slovaquie)
Bringing together nine organisations across France, the association Les Petites Scènes Ouvertes supports and promotes young choreographers. Every year, in a different city, it organises La Grande Scène, a major event dedicated to emerging creativity, as well as co-productions and tours within the network.
PSO’s website• Danse Dense, Pantin (93)
• La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux . La Rochelle (33, 17)
• Danse à tous les étages !, Rennes (35) & Brest (29)
• Le Gymnase CDCN, Roubaix (59)
• L’étoile du nord, scène conventionnée danse, Paris (75)
• CCNT – Centre Chorégraphique National, Tours (37)
• Chorège CDCN Falaise Normandie (14)
• La maison Danse Uzès CDCN, Gard (30)
• Le Laboratoire Chorégraphique, Reims (51)
Founded after La Belle Saison with childhood and youth, Scènes d’enfance – ASSITEJ France brings together all the forces in this sector. It supports cooperative initiatives in the regions and abroad, defends the interests of the profession, and promotes innovative cultural policies that support youth creativity.
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Based in Brussels, L | chercher autrement en arts vivants supports long-term research practices that deliberately exist outside the usual chain of production and representation. Each year, Le Gymnase welcomes artist-researchers in residence, offering them a space for experimentation.
with the support of Wallonie-Bruxelles international
The Nouveau Grand Tour, conceived by the French Institute in Italy, is a residency programme for young European talents under the age of 30, deployed in Italy and France via a network of partner institutions. It supports artists in their artistic research without any production requirements, promoting exchanges with local cultural scenes.
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