Dance will very often be at the heart of IFM passions for this second part of the year, in any case, it will be immediately, and for the next three weeks. Indeed, Pulse, the IFM program, in a prelude to the 2025 Time Dance Festival begins this Monday, August 25. This is a three -week event dedicated entirely to dance. It includes choreographic residences, which make space choreographers available for their creation and research projects. Internships and workshops are also planned, through masterclasses Free and accessible to everyone on various styles of dances such as dancehall, breakdance, hip-hop, locking, house and newstyle … These workshops will be led by international professionals. They will notably see the intervention of 7ven Kriptic, a Jamaican dancehall dancer, from Kingston, based in France. This founder of the emblematic collective Kriptic Klique makes it a point of honor to transmit the history and the context of the movements, while diffusing internationally a vision of authentic dancehall, anchored in Jamaican culture. This passionate teacher will share his conception of dance: a way of translating lived experiences and transmitting messages of resilience.
Shany Arzeux, a Reunionese dancer-choreographer and committed cultural actor will also lead these workshops. This dance professional whose journey crosses the languages of hip hop (Breaking), contemporary and experimental dance with Reunionese traditions like Moringue and Maloya, is rather focused on the exploration of links between popular inheritances and contemporary scriptures. His artistic work feeds as much by scenic performance as in cultural action, affirming a vision where dance becomes a tool for transmission, memory and social transformation.
These two dance professionals will also be part of the jury of the great choreographic competition deployed as part of this program. This competition will bring together groups which will therefore have the opportunity to present their original creations before an international jury.
The objective of the event is clear: to support Malagasy choreographers by residences and professional support, promote artistic exchanges and stimulate choreographic practice but also to discover and encourage the practice of different dance disciplines to the public. All event activities will be free until September 13.
Hanitra Andria
