JOURNÉES DE LA CULTURE

Menu continental with Sylvain Émard Danse 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. With a warm welcome, coffee and croissants, you will meet choreographer Sylvain Émard who will tell you about how he conceived his Le Très Grand Continental project. Involving over a hundred amateur dancers, the work combined contemporary and line dancing. Then you will participate in a two-hour workshop where you will learn a segment from the piece that was presented during the 2010 Festival TransAmériques. VIV AYITI: discovering Haitian arts 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Presentations and dance workshops: 11 a.m.: traditional dance [petro, congo, djouba] with Troupe Ekspresyon 12:30 p.m.: hip-hop with Alexandra Spicey Landé 2 p.m.: contemporary dance with Emmanuel Jouthe 3:30 p.m.: compas [social dance from Haiti] with Yves de Lima from the École de danse Montecristo Free admission.