LAC has successfully collaborated with our partner institution “Coline”
“Coline” is professional training for dancers in contemporary dance, and is based at the Maison de la danse in Istres, France. At first, Coline hosted LAC students and allowed them to participate in contemporary dance performances as dancers in France. The cooperation project is formed in two parts: first, COLINE representatives invite Latvian dancers to the city of Istres in France, where students live and work for about a month (currently 10 dancers from Latvia have participated in performances in France), then the Latvian Academy of Culture hosts 13 Coline dancers and companions in Riga for two weeks.
These weeks include lessons and performances in Riga and elsewhere in Latvia. Performance program of the Coline dance school in Latvia:
Thursday, 28 April at 6 p.m.: at the Rauna Cultural Center
Friday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m.: at the "Ziemeļblāzma" Culture Palace in Riga https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/116812
Saturday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m.: at the Latvian Academy of Culture theater house "Zirgu pasts" in Riga https://ticketshop.lv/site/events/view/4162.
During the visit to Latvia, the French dancers also visited the French Institute in Latvia. Thanks to Bernadette Tripier (Coline) and Olga Žitluhina (Latvian Academy of Culture) for this long-standing cooperation and their personal investment in encouraging exchanges between young French and Latvian dancers.
Foto: M.Barret-Pigache