The Kalypso Festival, instigated by Mourad Merzouki and the Créteil and Val-de-Marne National Choreography Centre, will be paying La Villette a visit for the seventh year. A benchmark occasion for hip hop music, and an opportunity to discover the people who are constantly renewing and enriching it.

26 & 27.11

Lea Latour • Et maintenant Piece for 4 female dancers (25 min)

Four women, four goddesses, four instinctive bodies trying to feel self-respect, to exist, to rejoice, defying perfection and stereotypes. An initiatory and lyrical journey that calls for wildness as a path to freedom.

Carmel Loanga • The Dress Piece for 5 female dancers (30 min)

The Dress, a truly feminine garment. Here, it reveals the soul of femininity, a femininity specific to each of the five performers, an uncut, no-frills femininity, at times androgynous, strong and tender in a manly way.

30.11 & 1.12

Karim Khouader • Blow Piece for 5 dancers (25 min)

A well-known face from international battles, clips, TV platforms and advertising, Karim Khouader has created his first piece as choreographer. Amid palpable tension, five men find themselves unable to express their emotions and vulnerability.

Bruce Chiefare • Influences Duo (25 min)

For his first creation, Bruce Chiefare has used hip hop culture's most valuable message as his inspiration: the possibility of incorporating multiple influences, adapting and making room for uniqueness. A duo in close contact with nature, paring down the gesture to reveal its intimacy.