"Free dance" international class
Celebrate the body
Her dancing body
His broken body
His ghosted, injured body
His bodymuzzled
His forgotten body
Her soft body, her battered body
Its curved or swollen body
His tired body
His forgotten body
Her body on display
Her body denied
His crutch body
His armchair body
His body work tool
Her body Instagram
Her body in tragedy
His slender body
His body in full swing
Her body too
Or his body not enough
Dancing and dressing
His body freed
Sessions 2024-25
all year around
From 16 years old and with no age limit
Every second Saturday of the month* from October 2024 to June 2025
*except in november: session on the 16th
Grand Salle from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Le Point Ephémère
200 Quai de Valmy
75010 Paris
20 euros per session - single rate (we welcome you all year round)
Info - registrations
So, let's dance?
In the large room of Point Ephémère located upstairs with a view of the Canal St Martin, you will be welcomed into a caring group without judgment.
The speaker will guide you in a very simple and discreet way so that you can make the most of this moment of freedom!
After the dance (evolving playlist of approximately 1h10), we will exchange for a short time in a speaking circle, where those who wish can talk about their impressions and sensations experienced during the session.
Finally after the sessions, I will suggest that you go for a coffee at the great Roof top at Point Ephémère.
Schedule of sessions
The sessions are guided in very discreet ways, and you can choose to follow this guidance...or not! The important thing is that you feel totally immersed in your sensations and emotions in an open and safe space.
A playlist of evolving rythms, tailor-made for each session, will allow you to let yourself go and express yourself in a caring atmosphere.
Each person evolves in their own space at their own pace, without any notion of doing well or achieving results. Jump for joy to Stevie Wonder, sing along with Kae Tempest, or lie back and dream to a native American song - you're totally free!
The last 15 minutes will be reserved for a chat where we can share our impressions of the dance.
After the session, if you feel like it, we'll have a drink on the roof top of Point Ephémère!
Clio Van de Walle
Received after my baccalaureate at the International Dance Academy of Paris, I must choose
between dancing or theater...
Finally, my choice fell towards the Cours Florent and therefore towards the studies
of Dramatic Art, notably because of a phrase heard by an austere teacher: Ladies, shush! Dance is a silent art...
After 20 years of classical and jazz dance at the Rocquencourt conservatory,
after dance classes at the National Conservatory of Paris, I had to stop dancing following a persistent knee problem, which arose during the creationof a show.
For ten years, I played on stage, created shows, practiced yoga, led acting courses that mixed body, text and music, but never found that magical feeling of power and freedom that dance provides.
My love of dance never left me, but I stifled it.
To the point that coming across a classical ballet on Arte was so painful that I had to skip it as quickly as possible, to the point that in my dreams, I constantly do the same movements over and over again: sliding, cat jumping, splits... .
I rediscovered the pleasure of dancing and re-inhabiting my body years later by discovering the American technique of 5 rhythms dance in London but especially on the island of Crete with the wonderful Belgian teacher Joke Von Hoye.
For a year, I danced every week in a huge wooden studio alongside an upturned boat hull with an immersive view of the Aegean Sea. I then realize to what extent this classical dance teacher was decidedly wrong...
Dance is anything but a silent art!
Les dates, horaires et p'tits trucs en +
Samedi 12 octobre 2024 11h45-13h15 *
Samedi 16 novembre 2024 11h45-13h15
Samedi 14 décembre 2024 11h45-13h15
Samedi 11 janvier 2025 11h45-13h15
Samedi 8 février 2025 11h45-13h15
Samedi 8 mars 2025 11h45-13h15
Samedi 12 avril 2025 11h45-13h15
Samedi 10 mai 2025 11h45-13h15
Samedi 14 juin 2025 11h45-13h15
Vous pouvez venir à une seule date, deux, trois... ou toutes les dates!
* si possible arriver 15 min en avance le temps d'accéder à la salle, vous changer etc... Je viendrai chercher tout le monde dans le hall au rez de chaussée près du bar avant le début de la séance. Si retard demandez au bar l'accès au Grand Studio à l'étage.
Tarif unique 20 euros - Paiement sur place de préférence avec l'appoint en liquide ou par chèque à l'ordre de La Compagnie Indigo
Prévoir une tenue confortable, de l'eau ou tisane.
On danse pieds nus ou en chaussettes!
Le Point Ephémère en images
