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JUSTE UN VU A solo choreographed and performed by Elisa Martinez. Born with dyslexia, I turned my struggles at school -marked by fear, misunderstanding, and exclusion — into artistic expression. Through dance and spoken word, this one-woman show tells my story with emotion and resilience. Across five scenes, I explore my journey, from pain to empowerment, and invite the audience to better understand learning differences.	À FORCE 2 “À FORCE 2” explores human relationships in the face of life’s struggles, revealing how power dynamics can lead to opposition, complicity, or deep connection. Through five poetic and energetic acts, seven dancers — with and without disabilities — embody the strength we draw from one another, the power we share, and the resilience that drives us to overcome our limits.	De là où je suis Life sometimes takes us down a steep or remote path... Are we ready to trust life, to accept where it places us? Isn't there always a reason for this? Are we capable of throwing away our inner brakes and feeling legitimate in the battles we have chosen? Régis Tsoumbou Bakana and Lucie Retail will seek these nuances to respond to the emergency with an essential and necessary word, by questioning us on the notion of resilience.
C'est beau ! For several years, Compagnie DK-BEL has been creating performances featuring dancers with and without disabilities. Often, audience members simply respond with: "It's beautiful..." We wanted to explore this notion of beauty further, seeking to understand how it can be a vehicle for personal, collective, and even universal emotion.	Grandir "Grandir" is a choreographic piece in which four dancers, including one with a disability, explore different human relationships over time, each in their own unique way.	THE PIH-POH PLAYER - 2022 The PIHPOH Player is a hip hop piece inspired by the tale "the flute player of Hamelin" written by the Grimm brothers. For his first creation as a choreographer, Raymond Siopathis, is mainly interested in the invaders of the village of Hamelin: the rats.
De pass The desire to play in all its forms, to let go, to overcome prohibitions are the starting points of this piece between three performers, one of whom is in a wheelchair.	VAÏ VAË, THE FASHION SHOW - 2019 VAÏ VAË is a fashion show in the form of a unique and very original, choreographic creation. This creation presents the young designer Flora Fabèle’s new collection, and her brand, - the freshly registered VAË.	In Peace This piece is an artistic ballad where the public play a discovery game in different areas of the venue. The audience is free to wander around and view the various different performances happening around the space at the same time.
UNDER MY WING - 2019 The dancers meet and slide together. Large silk wings extend from their bodies and create a special single space-time dimension. It’s like a bird using its wings to protect its little ones – and the audience really feel this.	MANDIS - 2018 "Mandis" is an open path to the Other, a crying refusal to return to a suffocating and overwhelming lifestyle. A permanent desire for connection. 7 dancers from France and Greece are in perpetual search for the rhythm that suits everyone, one that allows everyone to find their place in the world, move forward together, get closer to the Other, never forget that Man is the answer.	3000 AND SOME... - 2018 The choreographic piece "3000 and Some...."is about the emotions and experiences of refugees Sophique « 3000 and Some... » parle des émotions et du vécu des réfugiés rencontrés en Grèce : de leur départ forcé à leur attente d’un pays d’accueil, bloqués par la fermeture des frontières et la froideur du processus de relocalisation. C’est aussi la volonté de ne pas oublier les 3140 disparus en 2017, et ceux qui risquent leur vie encore chaque jour vers la quête d’un monde meilleur.
EN TOUTES CONFIANCES - 2017 - 2017 This piece addresses the theme of trust in oneself, and in others, in the future. This generous team has toured many festivals, Germany in particular, and receives reactions full of emotion and enthusiasm.	QAFAZ - 2017 We want to express our commitment and ask questions so as not to let our lack of power be mistaken for acceptance. For all these men, women and children who live in exile, who are fleeing their country, their roots, their origins to survive, who are dying en route, who are taking risks, who are welcomed or repulsed, who hope for a better place elsewhere, for all those we want to reach out and help to the extent of our abilities.	DROPS OF BREATH - 2015 In 2015, DK-BEL Co. co-produced the first, and World's only, underwater choreographic performance: Drops of Breath. In an underwater marine theatre, there were fifteen dancers, of which three had disabilities, and three were children, coming from Cyprus, France and Greece. This team made the impossible possible by spreading the message of equality and cooperation on the surface of the Earth.
PAME PAIDIA - 2013 ‘Pame Paidia’, which means "Let's go guys" in Greek, starts from a reflection on the relationship to each other and the way we look at each other. The freshness of the dancers, the notion of listening within the group, its ability to move from one energy to another make this piece a pure moment of shared pleasure, generating momentum and quest towards osmosis.	LE DEBIT - 2013 Choreographed in 2013 by one of the dancers of the DK-BEL Company, Débi Kouete, "Le Debit" starts with the theme of ‘free electrons’ and especially the relationships that an individual and a group can maintain.	ANAMESA MAS - 2012 It is a link between three identities: that of Greece in 2012, that of youth living in Villiers-le-Bel, and that of young people with cerebral palsy. We seek to highlight the humanity that we share and carry, with a desire to give momentum, enthusiasm and hope, indispensable for these universes that revolve in a world of difficulties. It is also about "Making the invisible visible", to give the image that these 3 entities (Greece today, the so-called "suburban" youth and young people with disa
DEBOUT ! - 2012 A creation of the ACTA company with the inhabitants of Villiers-le-Bel. Theater, dance, and photography are the three artistic languages chosen to highlight the sensitive and human face of the city of Villiers-le-Bel.	THE FAMILY ZAPPAPATAMO - 2009 The play is written on the theme of the Family: the one we have, the one we make up, the one we leave, the one whose history catches up with us, the ties that unite or tear. The family, place of "I", of games, place where one seeks to find one's place.	ROUE COOL - 2008 Roue Cool speaks of the desire to leave a trace, this imprint on the body of the other, in space, in memories. The dancers spring up and twirl on their wheels, whether they were rollerblading wheels or wheelchair wheels.
AS UNIQUE - 2006 "As Unique" is the story of an encounter of two worlds that physically appear to be distant, but that the desire of creating together brings them together. As the work progresses, a question emerges: "Who are the most disabled?” and one response among others is “we all have a handicap to overcome." We started from our strengths, weaknesses and handicaps and wrote unique stories in which everyone finds their place.

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