The Happy Days choreographic platform was conceived as a freeze-frame after seven years of Europe-wide artistic accompaniment by the Grand Luxe network. A unique opportunity to present on stage the finished works or work-in-progress of 17 artists from 7 different countries.
Over a condensed 3-day period, from April 04th to 06th, 2024, all areas of POLE-SUD CDCN, Strasbourg (FR) will be mobilized to present the entire artistic program. There will be plenty of opportunities for conviviality, encounters and discoveries.

There are many national choreographic events, but not many co-constructed on a transnational scale. Launched in 2015 and supported by nine organisations from seven different countries working to develop dance, the Grand Luxe network offers an à la carte support circuit each year for emerging choreographers and their projects. Over the years, the network has created and presented a large number of works, and the idea is now to organise a showcase for this expertise and give these artists a place to shine. The idea behind the “Happy Days” platform is to bring together current projects and to invite to the stage works that have benefited from the network’s support. In addition to the programming, there will be a series of professional meetings and social events over 3 days.

> Thursday 4th April 2024

Simon Feltz(FR) / Vidal Bini (FR) / Akiko Hasegawa (FR) / Romane Peytavin and Pierre Piton (CH) / Lucas Bassereau and Constance Diard (FR) / Emi Miyoshi (DE) / Anne-Mareike Hess (LU)

> Friday 5th April 2024

Catarina Miranda (PT) / Simon Feltz (FR) / Romane Peytavin and Pierre Piton (CH) / Ezio Schiavulli (FR) / Louise Vanneste (BE) / William Cardoso (LU) / Nicola Galli (FR)

> Saturday 6th April 2024

Simon Feltz (FR) / Karine Dahouindi (CH) / Fanny Brouvaux (BE) / Fotini Stamatelopoulou (GR) / Romane Peytavin and Pierre Piton (CH) / Konstantinos Papanikolaou (GR) / Baptiste Cazaux (CH)

Discover the detailed programme and register HERE.

The Happy Days platform is organised by POLE-SUD, CDCN Strasbourg on behalf of the Grand Luxe network (POLE-SUD CDCN, Strasbourg (FR) / Grand Studio, Brussels (BE) / CCN – Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy (FR) / Onassis Stegi, Athens (GR) / TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois (LU) / CCN – Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Mulhouse (FR) / L’Abri, Geneva (CH) / Theater Freiburg (DE) / Teatro Municipal do Porto (PT)).

With the participation of the City of Strasbourg, the Région Grand Est, the Collectivité européenne d’Alsace and the State (Direction régionale des affaires culturelles du Grand Est), as part of the 2021-2023 “Strasbourg, European Capital” three-year contract and its “Culture” fund.
In partnership with the Agence Culturelle Grand Est.
With the support of the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles Paris, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Kultur LX and Pro Helvetia.