Entre soie

ENTRE SOIE is a participatory project born from the meeting between the Charonne Association, which supports women with addictive behaviors, and Magda Kachouche, in charge of creative projects with amateurs within the Contour Progressif company. During a so-called « break-up » stay, the patients and caregivers of the CSAPA (Center for care, support and prevention in addiction) meet. Accompanied and guided by Magda Kachouche, they share a week’s time of artistic practice and protocols that are at the heart of the work of the Contour Progressif company. The first edition of the project, in 2017, was based on the choreographic protocols designed by Mylène Benoit for the show NOTRE DANSE (2014) and since shared with amateurs in several participatory creations « VOTRE DANSE ». 

ENTRE SOIE was based on the same questions: what dance would you take on a desert island? During the week, the women reflected together on the gestures and songs that brought them together, resembled them and represented them. They imagined their dances, that of their intimate ritornellos, their interior folklore: a language, a choral and sonorous dance, which comes from afar, as if drawn from a common background. This choreographic creation was nourished by the dances, songs, fictions and history of each of its participants and resulted in a documentary film directed by Charlotte El Moussaed and produced with the help of the DGCA. 

A second edition of the project will take place in April 2021.

The Charonne association has existed since 1972. It is deeply rooted in the social and medico-social landscape of Paris. Over the years, the association has implemented various actions and experiments in the service of people with addictive behaviors (drugs, alcohol, substance-free addictions, etc.) It has adapted to the successive problems with which these audiences have been confronted: health problems, rejuvenation of usage experiences, precariousness of the people concerned. It has developed specific actions around related issues: prostitution behavior, exclusion linked to migration situations. Today, the association participates in prevention, risk reduction, care and integration actions aimed at improving the health of these populations and their social autonomy, this by delegation of public service (Regional Health Agency – ARS – and Regional and Interdepartmental Directorate for Accommodation and Housing – DRIHL).

More information: https://charonne-asso.fr/