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.
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 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 to-ing and fro-ing, the company's creations grow in stature over time, and adapt very easily to any audience.
PARTNERS :
Cie bAlllAd is regularly supported by the Conseil Régional des Hauts de France.
The Direction Régionale des affaires culturelles des Hauts de France supports bAlllAd's 2024 revival
Amiens metropole has supported the 2022/2023 expermientation laboratory projects.
bAlllAd is a member of the Fédération Nationale des Arts de la Rue, and thus also of the Fédération Régionale Hauts de France Pôle Nord
"Proche" received support from the Hauts-de-France regional cultural affairs office, as part of the "Plaines d'été" program
The company is affiliated with the Y'a comme un Lézard and Sicalines associations
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, 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 ;-).