The European Forum on the 30th and 31st March 2016 at Espace Marcel Pagnol in Villiers-le-Bel
From early childhood, the poetry of Being.
Agnès Desfosses and Laurent Dupont
A challenge for the Forum, no matter what difficulties we face.
In a mental and rational world, starting from moments of poetry: a strategy. To feel in order to reflect and debate.
Artists, children’s workers, researchers, scientists and philosophers are invited to testify, to speak and to give their opinion during the 2016 Forum.
Artistic co-directors of the PREMIÈRES RENCONTRES Festival
As part of the PREMIÈRES RENCONTRES – Biennale européenne en Val d’Oise – Art, petite enfance et spectacle vivant – the 2016 forum offers a programme of European shows for very young spectators and their families.
This year also several events linked to the European Forum on 30 and 31 March throughout the day, entitled “Giving time to time”.
Françoise Sabatier Morel, a journalist from “Télérama”, will mediate these two days.
WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH 2016
From 9am to 11am: Shows to choose from in the Val de France Agglomeration Community and in the Val d’Oise Department.
** See the details of the day’s programme here
10am: “Giving time to time
Reception of groups by Agnès Desfosses around her last photographic documentations realized in nurseries in Japan, Brazil and Reunion Island around the contexts of development of the creativity of the child.
Hall Espace Marcel Pagnol
11:30am – 1pm: Conference/debate “It’s beautiful and there’s no story!
Affirming artistic forms with multiple languages which, through their openness, leave space for each child to tell their own stories.
Testimonies from artists on the poetics of their creations.
Speakers: Eve Ledig (Fil Rouge théâtre), Alessandro Libertini (Compagnia Teatrale Piccoli Principi), Eleonora Ribis
1pm: Lunch
From 2pm to 4pm: Shows to choose from in the Val de France agglomeration community and in the Val d’Oise department.
** See the details of the day’s programme here
3pm “Giving time to time
Presentation by Benoît Sicat of his creation project Icilà, vocal and sound improvisation.
Hall Espace Marcel Pagnol
4.30 pm – 6 pm: Conference/debate – How does the child develop in relation to “open” and sensitive forms, through “aesthetic emotion”?
Testimonies of artists and researchers, scientists, philosophers… involved in a transversality of their reflections.
Speakers: Anne-Laure Rouxel (Choreographer, Cincle Plongeur company), Michel Desmurget (Director of research in neurosciences – Inserm-CNRS), Alain Kerlan (Université Lumière, Lyon 2), Fumi Ogasawara (Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences – Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University, Japan).
6:30 pm: “Giving time to time
Giving visibility to the creation of the show Un mouton dans mon pullover by Théâtre T, co-produced by the new Ile-de-France network “Courte Echelle”.
A show from 2 years old for a puppet and a lot of wool.
ACTA – 4 rue Léon Blum, Villiers-le-Bel
THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2016
From 9am to 11am: Shows to choose from in the Val de France Agglomeration Community and in the Val d’Oise Department.
** See the details of the day’s programme here
10am: “Giving time to time
Reception of groups by Agnès Desfosses around her last photographic documentations realized in nurseries in Japan, Brazil and Reunion Island around the contexts of development of the creativity of the child.
Hall Espace Marcel Pagnol
11:30 – 12:45: Conference/debate “From experimentation to symbolic games
How to encourage creativity in the very young? What processes, inscribed in the reception and the time of the relationship, can be set up by the accompanying adult to encourage the discoveries of the very young and their development? Testimonies of experiments carried out by researchers and early childhood professionals in Pistoia, Italy.
Speakers: Donatella Giovannini (Pedagogical coordinator – Pistoia City Council, Italy) and Laura Contini (U.O. Manager of the Municipal Schools for Children – Pistoia City Council, Italy).
1pm: Lunch
From 2pm to 3.30pm: Shows of your choice in the Val de France Agglomeration Community and in the Val d’Oise Department.
** See the details of the day’s programme here
4pm – 5pm: “Short stories
What happened between the 6th and 7th edition of the PREMIÈRES RENCONTRES: short testimonies from artists, researchers, students, professionals and children.
Speakers: Carlos Laredo (La casa incierta Company)
5.00 pm – 5.30 pm: Conclusion of the two days with three different views on these two days of European reflection.
5.30 pm – 6 pm: “Giving time to time
Presentation of the creation project of the Company ACTA Sons…secret gardens of Laurent Dupont. Sound and visual show, from 5 years old. Creation planned for March 2017.
Hall Espace Marcel Pagnol
6.30 pm: Giving time to time
Presentation of the show O Farol (The Lighthouse) by Fernanda Cabral, Studio Fereia Company (Brazil). Theatre, dance and music show from 6 months to 3 years old.
At ACTA – 4 rue Léon Blum, Villiers-le-Bel
Presentation of the show on Friday 1st April at 10.30am with the children of the Villiers-le-Bel nurseries.