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Crèches de France group decided to invite art at the crèche Champs d’Étoile (Paris) to enable young children to experience it on a daily basis. As a powerful catalyst for emotions and interactions, the art naturally enters into the educational programme.

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The artistic programme is conceived by curator Amélie Couillaud ; this first season gives prominence to photography, music and dance, all artistic expressions chosen for their high interactivity potential with very young children.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographer Stéphane Perche conceives a series of three photographs printed in very big format and successively exposed in the motricity space. As the seasons go, each new picture transforms the space and suggests a new point of view. The three photos have one common feature: an enflatable character named Bulle, both contemplative and mischievous.

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MUSIC

Composer and sound designer Pierre Aviat composes Doiiing, an original sound piece in two parts, succession of known or unknown sounds to listen, feel and express.

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DANCE

Three times in the year, two contemporary dancers come and live with the children for one and a half hour. They warm-up, stretch, dance, alone or in duet, enabling the children to observe but also, if they wish, to go with, mime, improvise. Not a workshop nor a demonstration, Roulé Boulé ! is the occasion to put together two daily and sometimes very close body languages: the one of the children at the crèche, and the one of dancers at work.

Dancers session 1 (December 2016) : Ariane Guitton and Dimitri Chamblas

Dancers session 2 (February 2017) : Olga Dukhovnaya and Kerem Gelebek

Dancers session 3 (June 2017) : Julie Guibert and Sylvain Prunenec

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Artists biographies and pictures on the website of the crèche Champ d'etoile.

Vidéo extracts from the first dancers session here.

TV report La Maison des Maternelles / France 5, broadcasted on 27 February 2017 here

Article in MILK magazine

 

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Conception Amélie Couillaud

Crèches de France Marie-Hélène Duroux Klein (directrice marketing), Mélanie Flacher (responsable marketing), Marie Mendez (responsable national petite enfance), Niora Moreira (director crèche Champs d'Etoile), Lucile Compère (responsable de secteur)

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Graphic design Hartland Villa

Artists Stéphane Perche (photographer), Pierre Aviat (composer and sound designer), and the  dancers Dimitri Chamblas, Ariane Guitton, Olga Dukhovnaya, Kerem Gelebek, Julie Guibert and Sylvain Prunenec.

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Photo : Stéphane Perche