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Sunday 30 August, 10:00

Catalyse on Stage presents students from the Catalyse program in a lively vocal showcase. Young singers share a repertoire that blends ensemble harmony and individual expression, guided by their pedagogical team. The performance highlights vocal technique, stage presence and collaborative arrangements, offering snapshots of emerging artistry and collective creativity. Short artist biographies and an open-stage application process accompany the presentation, underscoring the community and educational context.

Sunday 30 August, 19:00

Directed by artistic director and erhu soloist Zhang Yinyue with artistic advisor and conductor Zhao Yuan, this concert brings traditional Chinese music into dialogue with Western wind instruments. The programme unfolds in four chapters — Paysage, Floraisons, Monts et Fleuves and De nos jours — weaving ancestral melodies, chamber textures and contemporary arrangements. Expect intimate erhu solos, wind ensemble colours and a continuous exchange of timbres, exploring memory, nature and cultural encounter.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Explore local plant life on a contemplative botanical walk guided by two specialists — a Rousseau scholar and a botanist. Stroll through varied green spaces while learning to identify species, their stories and characteristics. The experience blends close observation with the rhythm of walking: scent of leaves, textures underfoot and quiet shared discoveries. Inspired by Rousseau’s herborisations, the route invites curiosity, reflection and a renewed attention to the living world as you move through changing natural scenes.

Starting point: Croisement du chemin du Pré-d’Avril et du chemin de la Badiule

In French.

27 – 30 August

Directed by Thierry Piguet, La Colère du Tigre explores the deep friendship between Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet, framing their complex bond and the gesture behind the Nymphéas. Performed amid impressionist paintings, the intimate staging relies on a small ensemble — Jean Pierre Gos, Daniel Nasr, Caroline Cons and Sonia Müller — whose precise acting balances wit and tenderness, drawing the audience into a meditative, often comic portrait of artistic loyalty.

In French.

28 – 30 August

Choreographed by Bast Hippocrate, this intimate pas de deux traces tenderness, fusion, dependence and violence in a fragile arc toward reconciliation. Following LoveLettersOrNot (2021), Hippocrate confirms an edge‑of‑skin choreographic voice. Two performers navigate a fragmented soundscape of recorded breaths and pop echoes, drifting between abandon, euphoria and vertigo. Suggesting the experience of chemsex, the piece transforms lived gay intimacy into a physical fable — burning, ambivalent and profoundly shareable.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Collectif Foulles leads a practical workshop exploring the choreographic material from their piece Le cerveau mou de l’existence. Participants engage in guided improvisation exercises on a soft, mattress-filled floor to investigate how to move on yielding surfaces, alter the relationship to gravity and expand kinesthetic imagination. The session encourages sensory awareness, playful experimentation and collective composition to explore the liminal space between sleep and wakefulness.

In French.

Sunday 30 August, 10:00

Catalyse on Stage presents students from the Catalyse program in a lively vocal showcase. Young singers share a repertoire that blends ensemble harmony and individual expression, guided by their pedagogical team. The performance highlights vocal technique, stage presence and collaborative arrangements, offering snapshots of emerging artistry and collective creativity. Short artist biographies and an open-stage application process accompany the presentation, underscoring the community and educational context.

Sunday 30 August, 19:00

Directed by artistic director and erhu soloist Zhang Yinyue with artistic advisor and conductor Zhao Yuan, this concert brings traditional Chinese music into dialogue with Western wind instruments. The programme unfolds in four chapters — Paysage, Floraisons, Monts et Fleuves and De nos jours — weaving ancestral melodies, chamber textures and contemporary arrangements. Expect intimate erhu solos, wind ensemble colours and a continuous exchange of timbres, exploring memory, nature and cultural encounter.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Explore local plant life on a contemplative botanical walk guided by two specialists — a Rousseau scholar and a botanist. Stroll through varied green spaces while learning to identify species, their stories and characteristics. The experience blends close observation with the rhythm of walking: scent of leaves, textures underfoot and quiet shared discoveries. Inspired by Rousseau’s herborisations, the route invites curiosity, reflection and a renewed attention to the living world as you move through changing natural scenes.

Starting point: Croisement du chemin du Pré-d’Avril et du chemin de la Badiule

In French.

27 – 30 August

Directed by Thierry Piguet, La Colère du Tigre explores the deep friendship between Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet, framing their complex bond and the gesture behind the Nymphéas. Performed amid impressionist paintings, the intimate staging relies on a small ensemble — Jean Pierre Gos, Daniel Nasr, Caroline Cons and Sonia Müller — whose precise acting balances wit and tenderness, drawing the audience into a meditative, often comic portrait of artistic loyalty.

In French.

28 – 30 August

Choreographed by Bast Hippocrate, this intimate pas de deux traces tenderness, fusion, dependence and violence in a fragile arc toward reconciliation. Following LoveLettersOrNot (2021), Hippocrate confirms an edge‑of‑skin choreographic voice. Two performers navigate a fragmented soundscape of recorded breaths and pop echoes, drifting between abandon, euphoria and vertigo. Suggesting the experience of chemsex, the piece transforms lived gay intimacy into a physical fable — burning, ambivalent and profoundly shareable.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Collectif Foulles leads a practical workshop exploring the choreographic material from their piece Le cerveau mou de l’existence. Participants engage in guided improvisation exercises on a soft, mattress-filled floor to investigate how to move on yielding surfaces, alter the relationship to gravity and expand kinesthetic imagination. The session encourages sensory awareness, playful experimentation and collective composition to explore the liminal space between sleep and wakefulness.

In French.

Sunday 30 August, 10:00

Catalyse on Stage presents students from the Catalyse program in a lively vocal showcase. Young singers share a repertoire that blends ensemble harmony and individual expression, guided by their pedagogical team. The performance highlights vocal technique, stage presence and collaborative arrangements, offering snapshots of emerging artistry and collective creativity. Short artist biographies and an open-stage application process accompany the presentation, underscoring the community and educational context.

Sunday 30 August, 19:00

Directed by artistic director and erhu soloist Zhang Yinyue with artistic advisor and conductor Zhao Yuan, this concert brings traditional Chinese music into dialogue with Western wind instruments. The programme unfolds in four chapters — Paysage, Floraisons, Monts et Fleuves and De nos jours — weaving ancestral melodies, chamber textures and contemporary arrangements. Expect intimate erhu solos, wind ensemble colours and a continuous exchange of timbres, exploring memory, nature and cultural encounter.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Explore local plant life on a contemplative botanical walk guided by two specialists — a Rousseau scholar and a botanist. Stroll through varied green spaces while learning to identify species, their stories and characteristics. The experience blends close observation with the rhythm of walking: scent of leaves, textures underfoot and quiet shared discoveries. Inspired by Rousseau’s herborisations, the route invites curiosity, reflection and a renewed attention to the living world as you move through changing natural scenes.

Starting point: Croisement du chemin du Pré-d’Avril et du chemin de la Badiule

In French.

27 – 30 August

Directed by Thierry Piguet, La Colère du Tigre explores the deep friendship between Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet, framing their complex bond and the gesture behind the Nymphéas. Performed amid impressionist paintings, the intimate staging relies on a small ensemble — Jean Pierre Gos, Daniel Nasr, Caroline Cons and Sonia Müller — whose precise acting balances wit and tenderness, drawing the audience into a meditative, often comic portrait of artistic loyalty.

In French.

28 – 30 August

Choreographed by Bast Hippocrate, this intimate pas de deux traces tenderness, fusion, dependence and violence in a fragile arc toward reconciliation. Following LoveLettersOrNot (2021), Hippocrate confirms an edge‑of‑skin choreographic voice. Two performers navigate a fragmented soundscape of recorded breaths and pop echoes, drifting between abandon, euphoria and vertigo. Suggesting the experience of chemsex, the piece transforms lived gay intimacy into a physical fable — burning, ambivalent and profoundly shareable.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Collectif Foulles leads a practical workshop exploring the choreographic material from their piece Le cerveau mou de l’existence. Participants engage in guided improvisation exercises on a soft, mattress-filled floor to investigate how to move on yielding surfaces, alter the relationship to gravity and expand kinesthetic imagination. The session encourages sensory awareness, playful experimentation and collective composition to explore the liminal space between sleep and wakefulness.

In French.

Sunday 30 August, 10:00

Catalyse on Stage presents students from the Catalyse program in a lively vocal showcase. Young singers share a repertoire that blends ensemble harmony and individual expression, guided by their pedagogical team. The performance highlights vocal technique, stage presence and collaborative arrangements, offering snapshots of emerging artistry and collective creativity. Short artist biographies and an open-stage application process accompany the presentation, underscoring the community and educational context.

Sunday 30 August, 19:00

Directed by artistic director and erhu soloist Zhang Yinyue with artistic advisor and conductor Zhao Yuan, this concert brings traditional Chinese music into dialogue with Western wind instruments. The programme unfolds in four chapters — Paysage, Floraisons, Monts et Fleuves and De nos jours — weaving ancestral melodies, chamber textures and contemporary arrangements. Expect intimate erhu solos, wind ensemble colours and a continuous exchange of timbres, exploring memory, nature and cultural encounter.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Explore local plant life on a contemplative botanical walk guided by two specialists — a Rousseau scholar and a botanist. Stroll through varied green spaces while learning to identify species, their stories and characteristics. The experience blends close observation with the rhythm of walking: scent of leaves, textures underfoot and quiet shared discoveries. Inspired by Rousseau’s herborisations, the route invites curiosity, reflection and a renewed attention to the living world as you move through changing natural scenes.

Starting point: Croisement du chemin du Pré-d’Avril et du chemin de la Badiule

In French.

27 – 30 August

Directed by Thierry Piguet, La Colère du Tigre explores the deep friendship between Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet, framing their complex bond and the gesture behind the Nymphéas. Performed amid impressionist paintings, the intimate staging relies on a small ensemble — Jean Pierre Gos, Daniel Nasr, Caroline Cons and Sonia Müller — whose precise acting balances wit and tenderness, drawing the audience into a meditative, often comic portrait of artistic loyalty.

In French.

28 – 30 August

Choreographed by Bast Hippocrate, this intimate pas de deux traces tenderness, fusion, dependence and violence in a fragile arc toward reconciliation. Following LoveLettersOrNot (2021), Hippocrate confirms an edge‑of‑skin choreographic voice. Two performers navigate a fragmented soundscape of recorded breaths and pop echoes, drifting between abandon, euphoria and vertigo. Suggesting the experience of chemsex, the piece transforms lived gay intimacy into a physical fable — burning, ambivalent and profoundly shareable.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Collectif Foulles leads a practical workshop exploring the choreographic material from their piece Le cerveau mou de l’existence. Participants engage in guided improvisation exercises on a soft, mattress-filled floor to investigate how to move on yielding surfaces, alter the relationship to gravity and expand kinesthetic imagination. The session encourages sensory awareness, playful experimentation and collective composition to explore the liminal space between sleep and wakefulness.

In French.

Sunday 30 August, 10:00

Catalyse on Stage presents students from the Catalyse program in a lively vocal showcase. Young singers share a repertoire that blends ensemble harmony and individual expression, guided by their pedagogical team. The performance highlights vocal technique, stage presence and collaborative arrangements, offering snapshots of emerging artistry and collective creativity. Short artist biographies and an open-stage application process accompany the presentation, underscoring the community and educational context.

Sunday 30 August, 19:00

Directed by artistic director and erhu soloist Zhang Yinyue with artistic advisor and conductor Zhao Yuan, this concert brings traditional Chinese music into dialogue with Western wind instruments. The programme unfolds in four chapters — Paysage, Floraisons, Monts et Fleuves and De nos jours — weaving ancestral melodies, chamber textures and contemporary arrangements. Expect intimate erhu solos, wind ensemble colours and a continuous exchange of timbres, exploring memory, nature and cultural encounter.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Explore local plant life on a contemplative botanical walk guided by two specialists — a Rousseau scholar and a botanist. Stroll through varied green spaces while learning to identify species, their stories and characteristics. The experience blends close observation with the rhythm of walking: scent of leaves, textures underfoot and quiet shared discoveries. Inspired by Rousseau’s herborisations, the route invites curiosity, reflection and a renewed attention to the living world as you move through changing natural scenes.

Starting point: Croisement du chemin du Pré-d’Avril et du chemin de la Badiule

In French.

27 – 30 August

Directed by Thierry Piguet, La Colère du Tigre explores the deep friendship between Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet, framing their complex bond and the gesture behind the Nymphéas. Performed amid impressionist paintings, the intimate staging relies on a small ensemble — Jean Pierre Gos, Daniel Nasr, Caroline Cons and Sonia Müller — whose precise acting balances wit and tenderness, drawing the audience into a meditative, often comic portrait of artistic loyalty.

In French.

28 – 30 August

Choreographed by Bast Hippocrate, this intimate pas de deux traces tenderness, fusion, dependence and violence in a fragile arc toward reconciliation. Following LoveLettersOrNot (2021), Hippocrate confirms an edge‑of‑skin choreographic voice. Two performers navigate a fragmented soundscape of recorded breaths and pop echoes, drifting between abandon, euphoria and vertigo. Suggesting the experience of chemsex, the piece transforms lived gay intimacy into a physical fable — burning, ambivalent and profoundly shareable.

Sunday 30 August, 14:00

Collectif Foulles leads a practical workshop exploring the choreographic material from their piece Le cerveau mou de l’existence. Participants engage in guided improvisation exercises on a soft, mattress-filled floor to investigate how to move on yielding surfaces, alter the relationship to gravity and expand kinesthetic imagination. The session encourages sensory awareness, playful experimentation and collective composition to explore the liminal space between sleep and wakefulness.

In French.

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