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L’enfance majeu­re

Residencies

  • 15.04 > 16.04.2026

“L’enfance majeu­re” is a uni­que edu­ca­ti­o­nal and artis­tic adven­tu­re that explo­res how child­hood can beco­me a for­ce capa­ble of sustai­ning us in the face of today’s his­to­ric chal­len­ges. Amid unpre­ce­den­ted chan­ge, this pro­ject see­ks to ima­gi­ne new nar­ra­ti­ves, adopt new per­spec­ti­ves, and find resour­ces to heal our­sel­ves through the power of child­hood. Inspired by the works of Charles Fourier, an 18th-cen­tu­ry uto­pi­an thin­ker, the per­for­man­ce plays with our fears and leads us to over­co­me them. Childhood holds a uni­que poli­ti­cal power, a spe­ci­al rela­ti­ons­hip with the world that can gui­de us in the search for solu­ti­ons to the eco­lo­gi­cal cri­sis. It is not a mat­ter of ​“acting like a child,” but of embra­cing a ​“beco­ming-child,” a spe­ci­al power that can help us trans­form our­sel­ves and adopt new rules that call for a tran­si­ti­on. This appro­ach beco­mes a sour­ce of inspi­ra­ti­on, a resour­ce for the pre­sent and the future.

Co-pro­du­cers: Mars — Mons arts de la scè­ne (Mons – BE) Culture Commune — Scène nati­o­na­le du bas­sin minier du Pas-de-Calais (Loos-en-Gohelle — FR) Carré Colonnes — Scène nati­o­na­le Carré-Colonnes (Bordeaux Métropole — FR) Les Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels — BE) La Maison de la Culture de Tournai (Tournai — BE) La Rose des Vents – Scène nati­o­na­le Lille Métropole (Villeneuve d’Ascq – FR) Association ECLAT, Centre National des Arts de la Rue et de l’Espace Public, Aurillac Festival (Aurillac – FR) Lieux publics, National Center for Street Arts and Public Space and European Creation Hub (Marseille – FR) Chorège | National Choreographic Development Center (Falaise — FR) Le Citron Jaune, National Center for Street Arts and Public Space (Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône – FR) Le Grand Bleu – Nationally Designated Theater of Art, Children, and Youth (Lille – FR) Théâtre Olympia – National Drama Center of Tours (Tours – FR)

Supported by: Maison du Spectacle – la Bellone (Brussels – BE), la Serre — per­for­ming arts (Montreal, Canada), the Familistère de Guise (Guise – FR), le Grand Bain (La Madeleine-sous-Montreuil – FR), the National Research Center (France – FR), les Midis de la poé­sie (Brussels – BE), École des alou­et­tes (Aurillac – FR), École André Bodereau (Falaise – FR)

Institutional sup­port: Artistic Research and Experimentation Program – Hauts-de-France Region,
2020 reci­pient of the ​“Research in Theater and Related Arts” grant from the DGCA (Ministry of Culture), National grant for street arts cre­a­ti­on from the DGCA (Ministry of Culture) With finan­ci­al sup­port from the Institut fran­çais in Paris, under the agree­ment bet­ween the Institut fran­çais and the European Metropolis of Lille for the year 202