La Compagnie bAlllAd

Éponyme! During all these dates, the need for a company name became apparent.
To have something to write about on festival programs, of course, but above all to start weaving a guiding line that would guide future projects. bAlllAd is now the name of the company.

pArrrAd Aurillac 2024 ©Philippe Mondon

OUR VALUES, OUR RESEARCH

Cie bAlllAd fuses its artistic approach with the values of popular education.
It seeks to transform the street into a playful, scenic space, where the public, local residents and onlookers can take part in the spectacular. It creates links and sprinkles its musical and poetic grain of salt into the street arts.

The company thrives on public spaces in the broadest sense of the term (streets, nature), and the values they can bring to inclusion, respect and openness.
Music and wandering are part of the Cie's DNA. While not all shows are mobile, audiences rarely remain seated for an entire performance... That's why Cie bAlllAd favors lightweight, energy-independent solutions in its creations.

TO BE HONEST...

... it's often the form that generates the content in the company's creations.
bAlllAd works on the form to make it as malleable and practical as possible, then confronts it with the audience. Creation takes place with the audience.
For example, "Proche" began as an experiment in the 20th arrondissement of Paris: the ZEF initiated by Ktha cie.
Three days of tests and recommendations from the invited audience.
Thanks to this constant back-and-forth, the company's creations grow in stature over time and adapt very easily to any audience.

PARTNERS :

The bAlllAd company is regularly supported by the Conseil Régional des Hauts-de-France.
The Direction Régionale des affaires culturelles des Hauts-de-France is supporting the revival of bAlllAd in 2024
Amiens metropole has supported the 2022/2023 experimental laboratory projects.
the bAlllAd company is a member of the Fédération Nationale des Arts de la Rue and is therefore also a member of the Fédération Régionale Hauts de France Pôle Nord
"Proche" has received support from the Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles des Hauts-de-France, as part of the "Plaines d'été" programme
The company is affiliated to the Y'a comme un Lézard and Sicalines association
Ma Maguette designed the costumes for bAlllAd.
Thanks to the Théâtre des poissons, the Monampteuil farm and the Pic' arts festival, the Ktha Cie, and the companies we've met along the way who inspire us in one way or another ( Cie Pudding Théatre, Cie Pernette, Cie Kudsak, le Mic-mac, Turbo-dancing....).
Thanks to François Dereux, the former bAlllAd steward. If you're passing through Bouillancourt en Sery, stop off at theAuberge du Vert Bocage and buy the new owner a drink ;-).