Rose-Amélie Da Cunha

 At the start of Rose-Amélie Da Cunha’s project, there is a social and activist dimension. Coming from a working-class background, urban dances were for her a gateway, a source of inspiration and an encouragement to self-determination. After specialized studies in events and cultural mediation, she worked for 12 years on the development of Pôle Pik, a hip-hop choreographic center, the Karavel Festival then Pôle en Scènes, in the Lyon region. In 2020, she continued her commitment to dance and supporting artists within La Villette in Paris, by being responsible for programming hip-hop and coordinating the system, co-founded by the Fondation de France: Initiatives d ‘Artists in Urban Dances (IADU). Currently freelance within an Activity and Employment Cooperative (CAE), convinced by the capacity of the Social and Solidarity Economy to achieve major transformations, she supports project leaders in the realization of their ideas, in being particularly attentive to the question of the representation of minorities in artistic creation. She has advised L’Azimut in Île-de-France for the programming of dance shows since November 2021 and was commissioned by the Les Nuits de Fourvière festival to ensure the design and artistic co-direction of the “Vogue la nuit”, at SUBS in Lyon in July 2022. She is currently collaborating on the writing of courses around hip-hop dances for the Numeridanse platform, in the organization of festive events for La Biennale and the Maison de la danse de Lyon and the dance and circus programming of the Maison de la Culture (MC2) in Grenoble. In 2023 it is launching a collective reflection to support the professionalization of the choreographic sector in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. At the same time, she volunteers in several Lyon organizations that echo her convictions: Rêv’Elles, Café Rosa and the Guillotière Neighborhood Council where she lives.