For this 15th edition of the Biennial Dance Parade, with the help of motivated artists and the Marche Pied, Bouba Landrille Tchouda once again wanted to implement this creative process in which each member can take ownership of the subject in question and also be its producer.
The theme of the Défilé 2025 is ‘Recycled dances’, which we understand here as the social dances most commonly practised in France, at balls, tea dances, guinguettes and so on. They are distinguished from show dance (a stage form) and traditional dance by the absence of an organised audience.
In other words, there are no spectators – everyone dances!
All over the world, people are dancing…
We dance every day, every night, all year round, all the time,
We dance to celebrate nature, We dance to see the sun, We dance for funerals,
We dance to call down rain, We dance to announce a birth, We dance to communicate with the ancestors, We dance to communicate with the gods or invisible forces,
We dance to talk about ourselves, we dance to talk to others, we dance to be with others,
There’s no shortage of opportunities to dance. Here we’ll be dancing to get closer, to talk to each other, simply to be together. We’ll dance our singularities, we’ll dance fraternity, we’ll build stories together. We’ve got to dance!
We’ll dance our way out of perilous situations with malice and elegance…
About RITOS…
A rite is a codified social practice of a sacred or symbolic nature, designed to arouse the emotional commitment of participants in the service of a shared expectation or as part of a cult. It serves to bind a community together, in keeping with the dual etymological meanings of ‘to bind together’ and ‘to gather together’ of the word religion.
Song and dance are part of the rites of many religions. Generally speaking, anything that contributes to a collective emotion is prized during rites. The choice of places and times at which rituals are performed is extremely important to their success. The creation of the objects and places needed to perform a rite, such as a church, temple, synagogue, mosque… street, is generally considered to be a source of art. From the time of its invention, money has played an active part in many rituals.