For the 2012 edition of the Défilé de la Biennale de la danse de Lyon, Château Rouge is supporting the project by choreographer Bouba Landrille Tchouda (Cie Malka) and is taking part in the parade with the Franco-Vaud-Geneva conurbation.
Pluies de danses is the project proposed by the choreographer and selected for the Défilé de la Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2012, the theme of which is ‘Between heaven and earth’.
In some Amerindian tribes, the rain dance refers to ceremonial dances that specifically call on the element ‘water’ to combat drought, protect harvests and ensure food survival. But the practice of these rituals went beyond simply seeking to regulate nature, notably by also seeking to purify the earth of evil spirits. In a Cherokee Indian legend, the rain invoked in this way is said to contain the spirits of ancient chiefs, mobilised to fight evil spirits in an intermediate plane between our reality and the spirit world.
Summoning the rain by dancing would underline decisive moments in human time: celebrating ancestors, showing respect for them and for the earth, enabling us to overcome the trials of the tangible world while extricating ourselves from the gravity of our earthly conditions. Dancing this quest for souls, as one of the many attempts to trace this invisible path leading from the perishable to the imperishable.
Rain dances to take hold of our lives, translate hope and fuel the desire to share. Rain of dances, energetic and vital, carnal and spiritual, carried by our anxious and joyful singularities.
So, like a pacifist ‘demonstration’ mobilising generous forces in a light-hearted way, we’ll be drawing inspiration from these forms of dance from a wide range of imaginary worlds, to build and share a common space in the street, so that we can continue to dream, to talk, to hope, to surpass ourselves, to move forward by dancing together… ‘Nothing stops a people from dancing! There’s no stopping a dancing people!