A vous de danser

le Carré d'Art dances with the European Parliament for the Open Day May 3, 2009 in Strasbourg, May 9, 2009 in Brussels choreography irena tatiboit, music bernard struber, costumes géraldine supper, photos and text ambroise perrin, translation aline lemoine

1. Open Day at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels, in early May 2009.	2. A troupe of 20 dancers from the dance school Le Carré d'Art in Strasbourg welcomed thousands of visitors...

3. ... and made some 500 million Europeans feel like dancing...	4. ... those Europeans observing the atmosphere inside the Institution where the MEPs they are about to elect are going to sit.

5. Irena Tatiboit, choreographer and director of Le Carré d'Art, entitled the performance "A vous de danser"...	6. ... an explicit reference to the French slogan "A vous de choisir" aimed at inciting European voters to go to the polls.

7. In Brussels, in Strasbourg, on stage, and in 27 countries thanks to television, these multicolored flights told the joie de vivre in the European Union.	8. These young artists originating from all countries dismiss all prejudices...

9. ... their dances express the complicity between them, their solidarity, their pleasure to fuse together,	10. their happiness to skim over the difficulties of the European construction,

11. their elegance in choosing the harmony of magnificent sequences of movements,	12. their certainty of having the right foot on the steps of a choreographed Europe,

13. a Europe the light-footed ballerina traveled up and down, where flags are nothing but scenery elements	14. where the sparkling and richly colored swirls make the obsolete images of nationalisms disappear.

15. The choreography allowed everyone to express their difference, their talent, their desires...	16. the friendships got intertwined in surprising and leaping "pas de deux",

17. and when the European audience had profusely applauded, it was time for other capitals,	18 everyone being happy to weave, thanks to their artistic expression, some part of the European network.

19. When the end of this fascinating tour finally came, the dancers were dreaming of the four corners of Europe	20. and they paid tribute, once again, to the loyalty of the wonderful audience of the European Parliament.