“The world needs dreamers and doers,
but above all, it needs dreamers who do.”
Sarah Ban Breathnach, american author
Faire Monde is a Choreographic, Political, and Social Project.
Faire Monde engages dance—an instrument for harmonizing our breath and emotions—in new forms of collaboration and exchange with local communities.
Faire Monde weaves connections between knowledge, gestures, and personal or professional experiences through thematic cycles (Rebirth, Perceive, Die).
Since January 2024, Contour Progressif – Mylène Benoit has been leading the FAIRE MONDE project, exploring new ways of engaging with local communities and sharing the creative forces of artistic expression.
FAIRE MONDE – Cycle 1: RE-NAÎTRE (Rebirth) – February to June 2024
To be born, to give birth, to be reborn, to transform, to change one’s life…?
©Marie Bouts
The RE-NAÎTRE (Rebirth) cycle invites artists and residents to bring their creative energies together, forging links between practices, histories, knowledge, gestures, and personal or professional experiences.
The artistic team welcomes all who wish to take part in this collective adventure through various formats of meetings and exchanges :
©Marie Bouts
La permanence de la sensation is an opportunity for an individual or small group artistic encounter with a duo of artists and a midwife.
Share a story of birth or rebirth, express your emotions and memories through movement, drawing, singing, or dance. The artists will work with you to translate your experiences into artistic forms.
March 23, 25, 26, and 27, 2024, at Grand Sud in Lille: Meet Mylène Benoit and Céline Cartillier (choreographer and dancer), Dr. Jessica Leborgne (physician), and Cécile Oudjaoudi (midwife). Share your birth stories— woman or man, whether it’s your own, your child’s, or one you have witnessed.
April 12-13 and 15-16, 2024, at Tripostal in Lille: Artists Laura Fanouillet (dancer and philosopher), Céline Cartillier (dancer), and Marie-Pascale Dubé (vocalist) will guide you in embodying and vocalizing a new project, crossing a life milestone, or transforming an experience to explore what “Re-naître” means to you.
©Marie Bouts
Le laboratoire In vivo, May 3-5, 2024, at Maison Folie Moulins.
Five artists: Marie Bouts (illustrator), Céline Cartillier (dancer and choreographer), Laura Fanouillet (dancer and philosopher), Lilou Robert (dancer), Mylène Benoit, and Cécile Oudjaoudi (midwife)—invite 40 residents to explore artistic practices at the intersection of movement, performance, singing, and dance to explore the theme of “re-naître” together.
This laboratory fosters an equitable exchange between participants, combining individual knowledge, artistic practices, and expertise from other fields (research, social work, healthcare, education, etc.).
This project is open to individuals aged 16 and over, with no prior experience required.
Limited to 40 participants.
©Marie Bouts
Le Mouvement de la pensée marks the conclusion of this first cycle!
On June 1, 2024, at Maison Folie Wazemmes, the Contour Progressif company will reflect on the entire “Re-naître” cycle of Faire Monde, an artistic, political, and social project of creation, connection, and sharing.
A spontaneous creation based on encounters with residents and the artistic material generated throughout the cycle, Le Mouvement de la pensée invites the public to an immersive performance and closing celebration.
Open knowledge and curiosity, images, stories, rhythms, and moving bodies: join us to Faire Monde—through a performance, a concert, a shared meal, or simply a dance.
