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These weekly workshops, which are held in the evening, will delight all those who wish to feed themselves on painting and exercise their talent. Addressing the different pictorial techniques, these art workshops offer a specific approach, through the study of different materials and supports, movements of bodies and objects, perpective, expression. Besides the acquisition of know-how, the practice of drawing, watercolour and ink, but also mixed techniques of painting, which mix gouache and acrylic for example, all this learning aims to awaken the graphic sensitivity of each, the creative meaning of the person. Teenagers and adults at its own pace.

Under the leadership of the choreographer, Zéline Zonzon, this Compagnie de Danse has a nice record of exhibits presented in France and abroad, the last of which has been sensation (remember that the air brings us). Trained among the great names of dance (Odile Duboc, Caroline Carlson, Josette Baïz…), the Antillean choreographer offers dance courses to children, adults and adolescents. His contemporary creation feeds on his work experience in walking with his students. In its courses, the requirement is equal only to the added value of teaching and artistic experience. A contemporary dance, where rhythms and weightlessness affect body movements. For the classes at Pablo-Neruda Centre, please contact the Association Life of Artists.

You are here in the temple of the tango nîmois, more precisely in a real tangueria created by Félix Akli, where Argentinian fans and fans are regularly found. You can learn the basic principles of the milonga with France and Félix attended by Alix and Klazina. At weekends you will enjoy your talents by dancing with couples or with different partners. Many courses are organized in the Milonga del Angel. Tangos balls and evenings are often an opportunity to see a group playing on stage. Listening to different orchestras is an integral part of teaching, because musicality is fundamental in this dance. Cuban musicians, singers, bandonéon players or Cuban salsa groups appreciate these nîmoises planks, ideal for making the audience dance. The beauty of the surroundings and the friendliness of the reception will reassure those who still have reservations before embarking on the track. Jazz concerts are programmed there.

Since 1998, it was the contemporary dance professor, Noël Cadagiani, who presided over this renowned dance school. 3 studios, a floating parquet covered with a large floor carpet, huge mirrors, bamboo, bars and musical diffusion equipment, all this infrastructure is made available to lovers of classical or contemporary dance, jazz, hip-hop, flamenco-sévillanes but also African or oriental dances. New teachers in this field were recruited in 2010. Students have the opportunity to integrate a dance-study class with arranged schedules, which can help the most motivated to obtain pre-professional level. One of the most rated schools in the Gardoise capital.

The argentine tango does not end any appealing. Advanced beginners, intermediaries or, the new lovers or the experienced tangueros could well be interested by this monthly package. Indeed, the two dancers, José Artigas and Véronica Cordero, focus their teaching as a first course, Saturday of the month. According to your level (intermediate/advanced), the fundamental lovers of the milonga and/or argentine waltz will be accused of and you are expected to bring a certain home to even dance the night... because you are invited to the ball of argentine tango, the bailongo second Friday of every month of 20:45 to 0:00.

From the outside, he goes unnoticed. It hardly dares to enter so much it seems reserved to the insiders. Yet this Community cultural centre, which is more than twenty years old, is recognised by the largest bodies in the Andalusian diaspora. In the city of Nîmes, which would like to become the capital of flamenco in France, this authentic culture continues. Of course, flamenco and his dances have a privileged place. Singing courses, guitars, dances and free-headed tête passes with conviction. Dinner shows are often organized and trainees are regularly invited to participate in religious or férias ceremonies. Open to members, friends and anyone interested in this traditional and living culture at a time.

A, in an impasse perpendicular to the old road of Montpellier, this dance school is no less serious. Led by graduate teachers, dance masters, the courses are multiple: salsa, rock, swing, cha-cha, bachata, west coast, salon dances, but also lady style, oriental dance, African, tap, hip-hop, ragga, show dance… with still a student preference for salon dancing. Some come to learn quickly and make a sensation of their wedding, others to initiate or develop.

At the Scenofolies, it is the choice of texts for amateur or advanced texts and improvisation courses for all. A moment of relaxation and learning of comedy for all ages. The courses are run by professional actors and take place at home for all Boris Vian. The workshops address a different approach to theatre. Improvisation workshops for beginner and advanced adults are Monday from a. m. to p. m. and from p. m. to p. m. They take place at the end of the year at shows or games. Children's courses take place through fun games, vocal and personal exercises - Tuesday from a. m. to p. m. and for teens on Wednesday from p. m. to p. m.

Fabienne Delorme and Fabrice Mineau, state graduates, chose to guide their career towards teaching after more than seventeen years on boards as dancers and choreographers. More than 4 students from the classical dance dance their courses in the two rooms, open to children for years as well as adults. Amateurs like professionals - preparation for competitions and hearings on request - are welcome. Unlike most schools, lessons are not interrupted during school holidays. During the winter and summer courses, guests from the invited dance dance the workshops. Fabienne and Fabrice have created a young ballet of Montpellier and Hérault in the course of training young dancers. Each year, students prepare shows and a year-end gala. Probably one of the best schools in the genre, the antichambre of the stars.

Auralithe was created more than ten years ago with the aim of promoting art in all its forms through the creation and dissemination of performances, animation and pedagogy, in France and abroad. And more specifically: live the drawing and sculpture according to live models through workshops, internships and exhibitions. Drawing and sculpture, closely related disciplines, are addressed successively during a session: when a sculpture is completed, the next session is devoted to drawing, to deepen certain concepts. This association now has about beginner or confirmed members. They meet several times a week at two steps from the Boulevard du Jeu-de-Paume to tackle different kinds of sculptures: bas-relief, high relief and ronde. The workshops are moderated by Eric Chatalin, a sculptor trained at Charles Auffret in Reims, and then in the Decorative Arts of Paris. On a Sunday a month, Auralithe offers a 6-hour internship, with a living model, to deepen the techniques discussed.

This former, refurbished garage houses the works of three passionate artists, together with the same desire: share their art. Isabelle Marsala - painter -, Bocaj - painter - and Raymond Salvaje - photographer-publisher - are the masters of the places. For ten years, they have created, shared and spread art in all its forms. More than just a workshop, the Garage Workshop also houses a publishing house, «The belly and the eye», a house of record production and art books, and an exhibition room. It opens every month to the public for relaxation, presentations of artists from all walks of life, books of books or musical and even theatre interventions with the complicity of the La Vista theatre.

Since its creation in 1997, the Association has pursued its objective: to be an area of meetings and work for artists, to contribute to the development of the young contemporary creation on Montpellier. Visual artists benefit from a host structure allowing them to give free rein to their creation, enrich and find the means adapted to their achievements. The work workshops are fully customizable according to the projects, which facilitates exhibitions. The Aperto association lends its walls to six events a year, events as diverse as classic personal exhibitions or collective exhibitions of several weeks, strange "48 h" or crazy "Facades". The principle of "48 h" is to propose to visual artists to invest the exhibition space for two days. The "Facades" are light and ephemeral events designed by artists for the facade and windows of the association, a way of putting art on the street.

For more than forty years, the Occitan Center for Traditional Music and Dance has had as its goal the dissemination of traditional music and dance, the sensitization and transmission as well as the conservation and valorization of this vernacular heritage. It organizes concerts, offers courses as well as training courses of Occitan song, and also organizes workshops of initiation. To your instruments: accordion, oboe, Gascon bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy..

This year the school celebrates its 24 years of existence! Beyond Argentine tango classes, salsa, cha cha, rock, waltz, swing, swing, samba, Pascale Mazurelle and Raymond Clanet offer tap classes, and it's probably this plurality of disciplines that have been successful for over 20 years! Specific beginners programs are organized, and collective or individual courses are tailored to all levels. Children from age 6 also have their dance courses, and can take care of Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly from 8 years old. You pass through a 330 m 2 dance trail or a special course studio of 32 m 2. Rather original, the school organizes specific courses for the future bride, so that they do not make any false step on J Day, when opening the first dance! Good for the curious and indécis: it is possible to attend a collective course free of charge!

This authentic dance school, sévillanes and guitar, founded by dancer-choreographer La Tomillo and guitarist Ramon Llamas, introduces the Toulouse to the Andalusian art and culture. Both of them ensure, throughout the year, through weekly courses and occasional courses, the training in dance and music of beginner or confirmed students. Former disciple of the famous Maria Magdalena Blanco, professor at the Spanish National Ballet in Madrid, La Tomillo, accompanied by guitarist Ramon Llamas, teaches his art with passion! At the end of the year, the dance academy organizes a great flamenca festival: students are interested in families and friends to show them a live show, always greatly appreciated by a large audience… Discover Andalusia in Toulouse!

This artist, Peintre peintre, is named Martine Veyron and opens his workshop to spectators and amateurs. It usually uses different techniques, oil paint or watercolours, but sometimes leaves them for compositions

In his workshop, behind the church, she exposes the bas-reliefs that she makes of the stone. In order to share this art, it organizes ornamental ornamentation courses for children for 6 years and adults. It guides the choice of stone - soft limestone, advocated for children, sandstone or marble - teaches them the handling of tools and leads the first strokes of the margin along the chosen pattern. In one afternoon, we manage to carve a small flat ground. Those that the technique interest often choose to spend a day to realize a solar dial. Awkward or contemplative are just as similar to the decorative pieces made by Hélène itself.

Frank Kiowski set up his artist's studio at a distance of the church, on the edge of Lot, in the old village school, a charming th century mansion flanked by a very nice tower. The showroom shows its paintings, while

At the bend of an alley, we notice the beautiful workshop of Céramique de Thau. As you pass the door, you discover the work of the ceramist François Thirion. This pottery workshop plunges us into the universe of the Thau basin, its colors, its landscapes, its shapes and its animals. Shades of blue-green tinged with sand and ochre, his stoneware creations are inspired by his environment. François Thirion also runs workshops for beginners and advanced users of stoneware. Young and old alike can learn all the steps involved in creating a piece.

Who hasn't heard of the famous wooden planks known as Kapla, all strictly the same size, sometimes in different colors? Two years ago, an experimentation center opened in the heart of St-Cyprien! With the craze for board games continuing to grow, Novica Cerovic came up with the idea of starting up this activity, which delights young and old alike, leisure centers and school groups, or corporate seminars. For a birthday party, or to reconnect with the pleasure of playing and creating, there's only one address: this one! And for those who don't know, Kapla is a French brand that uses Landes pine.

Two professionals, Sophie Caminade and Sébastien Rouvière, initiated a training centre for the training professions (fitness, aerobics, step, muscle reinforcement, dance). This training is aimed at people who have the desire to teach later, but also for fitness enthusiasts, hip hop, Afro-Indian dance and modern jazz. Accompaniments in the training of sports educators, dance courses (salsa, flamenco) and a calendar of weekly courses are regularly in a beautiful space, a studio at the gates of Nîmes.

Lez Arts Urbains is a hip-hop dance school in Béziers. It offers courses for all levels, from beginner to advanced.

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The small grocery store of the Musée international des Arts modestes offers activities for young and old on Wednesdays, Saturdays and during the vacations. The art workshops are directly inspired by the current exhibitions at the MIAM. The workshops are inspired by the current events of the city, the region... Experiment, explore, imagine, draw, paint: children, families and adults come here to discover techniques, artists and works in a friendly environment.

Located in the Borderouge district of Paris, the Théâtre de la Violette is a tiny 50-seat venue that stages shows for all audiences, including some for the very young. The shows are poetic, musical, funny or playful, and come in small formats (20 min to 1h30). The theater also has a local outreach mission, and doesn't stop there: it offers your children the chance to take to the stage... from the age of four! It's a great way to overcome shyness, learn to reach out to others, develop your imagination and exercise your artistic talents in a friendly environment.

Betty Ferreira Jorge is a professional Argentine Tango dancer. She has been teaching this practice for many years now. Her teaching is based on her solid experience of the stage and the ball. The style she develops is nourished by tradition and modernity, in the pure spirit of Buenos Aires. In groups of up to four people - two couples - she offers guidance tailored to each individual. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced dancer, it is possible to participate in a course, an à la carte training or intensive sessions.

The Square Bubble made a specialty of courses, courses and other initiations in theatre. This Toulouse company organizes training sessions open to beginners as well as beginners, teenagers and adults, improvisation festivals and performances for all audiences. The improvisation is learning and the company offers courses year round! For businesses, the Square Bubble has also concocted special sessions to strengthen links and train to team spirit, such as putting managers in a company into situations… The Square Bubble also organizes an improvisation festival with companies from all over France, a good opportunity to discover the theatre of improvisation.

Actor and founder of the Grenier Théâtre, Francis Azéma is also a teacher. He created the School of Theatre, convinced that every actor, however gifted, must "learn the rules of the game if he wants to do theatre well and for a long time". Diction, interpretation, body in space, listening, silence... The school, which recruits by selection, now offers four workshops. Francis Azéma's workshop is organized in two sessions per year. The other three are run by Grégory Bourut, Samuel Caprini and Philippe Canizarès, who offer annual sessions on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Good to know: with the J'TEM festival, the Grenier Théâtre is involved in the Jeune Théâtre Émergent.

Center de Danse Coryphée is a dance school located in Argelès-sur-Mer. Founded in 2001, it offers classical, contemporary and modern jazz dance classes for enthusiasts aged 4 to 50 and over. The center has its own private hall, offering great flexibility in terms of timetables. The atmosphere is friendly and customer-oriented, with a touch of wit and humor. The premises are pleasant, with brand-new parquet flooring, and the room is air-conditioned for optimum comfort in all seasons. The audio equipment is of the highest professional quality. The center also offers leisure time slots, with no obligation to participate in the annual gala.

Every first Thursday of the month, the MJC Pont des Demoiselles in Toulouse offers a traditional ball workshop. Traditional music teachers and their students can take the stage to test their repertoire, make people dance and put themselves in the situation of ball musicians. This is a real moment of conviviality and sharing, where amateur and experienced dancers can join the musicians on stage to enjoy the music.

Since 2015, Christian Rizzo has taken over the artistic direction of the Institut Chorégraphique International de Montpellier. The institute has a transversal vision of creation, training, artistic education and opening to the public. Numerous shows are offered at the Agora with exceptional pieces, but the ICI is also committed through its creation and production pole to supporting projects and training dancers.

This biterroise association offers an original way of approaching theatre. Here, no classic texts or contemporary pieces that take your head! Stephanie, Lise and Olivier give classes of coffee-theatre, dance and singing to create cabaret and musical performances. Besides the pleasure of playing, actors learn to assert themselves, to improvise, to play, to communicate, and more generally to develop their personality. Singing courses take place at the Maison de la vie associative.

Under the watchful eye of Marc Galabru, Michel's brother, professional actors teach the art of theatre to a hundred students in groups of different levels and ages - children, adolescents, adults. The inscriptions are held every year in September at the Palais de la Mer. All courses, lasting two hours, take place on Wednesday afternoon.

The notoriety of this dance academy is no longer to be done in Béziers. Martine Lignon and Pierre Munier, former professional dancers of the Rhine Ballet, the Marseille Opera and the Nantes Ballet, teach classical and modern'jazz in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Children - for 4 years - can try classical dance. The courses are composed of work-to-bar, relaxation exercises, and learning steps, tours and jumps. Besides dancing, adults can follow at the academy of dance dancing sessions.

Founded in 1872 by Gustave FAYET, the Société des Beaux-Arts remains Béziers' leading fine arts association. It offers workshops in drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, photography and street art. Modeling and stone sculpture enthusiasts can also learn or improve their skills at the Maison Cordier. A veritable breeding ground for talent, every two years the association organizes the Salon International d'Arts Plastiques, in collaboration with the town. It's a not-to-be-missed event for art lovers of all levels.

The school is generally open to adults for courses in drawing, painting, modeling and sculpture. Every Wednesday, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Béziers offers art classes for children aged 9 to 14. Children can try their hand at painting, collage, pastel and sculpture... Themed workshops are held over one or two days during the school vacations. With ceramics workshops, even adults can express their creative spirit.

With or without castanets, it is the Seville that is taught in this biterroise dance association. For insiders, the association also offers flamenco courses and courses that take place once every two months in a room loaned by the municipality of Atlantis. The teacher comes especially from Barcelona for the occasion. During the», with two other associations - Abanico y Sol and Luz de Esperanza - Alegria is organising a major Andalusian cultural event.

In their back-shop Florence and Michel organise creative courses, the patchwork in mind. It's crazy what can be achieved with small squares of cloth. So try the Christmas balls, your loved ones will be snowed.

Jean-Philippe and Christophe teach musical awakening, piano, guitar, bass, singing. Since 1992, these brothers approach all styles of music. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. A rehearsal room allows you to try the joys of the scene or repeat the year-end show.

The conservatory of Béziers is a priority for children. They can attend musical awakening courses for 4 years and dance lessons from 5 years old. Training in music learning is very numerous. It teaches the classics such as guitar - classical or electric -, flute, piano, trumpet or saxophone, but also rarer instruments such as the bassoon, the oboe or the horn. In total, almost all instruments and styles of music have a voice in the chapter - jazz, classical, chamber music, old music…. It is important to register long in advance for the best known instruments. The amount of the registration fees varies according to the place of habitation - Béziers, commune or outside town - and the income of the parents.

This mixed vocal ensemble, which borrowed its name to the first woman troubadour du Languedoc, aims to develop the practice of choral singing. French, foreign, classical, gospel, Occitan songs, members of Isoarda are open to all musical currents. Open to everyone from 12 years of age, the association regularly participates in numerous concerts for charities or local festivals. Rehearsals take place at the Maison de la vie associative.

In 1967, Dominique Imbert decided to install his workshop in Rape-le-Fort. Drawn by the work of the metal he forges, forge. This is where he draws his first chimney for his personal use. He reproduces it for some enthusiastic people and that's how Focus begins. Far from the photographs of the classic chimney, the true modern steel boxes, each model is a real work of art. An address not to be missed for lovers of design and contemporary creations.

The MJC of Castanet-Tolosan is committed to the transmission of the heritage repertoire in all its diversity in a convivial and festive way by proposing traditional dance classes. In a collective practice, you can take part in dance classes of the Oc country and of the neighbors (Basque Country, Berry...) as well as of traditional dances of Europe (Balkans, Ireland, Catalan countries...) for all levels. The group also participates in several festive events during the year.

If you're looking for originality, you've come to the right place! Marc Dequidt creates and composes religious and decorative stained glass, and also works glass into objects and furniture. All styles are present, from antique to design, even futuristic, and lamps, mirrors and coffee tables are mounted with lead and soldered with tin. If you'd like to discover the art of stained glass, then take on this project at your own pace. Everything is provided at a reasonable cost, and you'll leave with your own custom-made stained glass. Don't hesitate to call before coming to the workshop!

La Baraque is a contemporary dance company based in Toulouse. Founded in 1989, it seeks to break free from the academic canons of dance to create its own style in which all bodies can express themselves in complete freedom. Convinced that dance can be a vehicle for emancipation, the company emphasizes the generosity of the performers' gestures and the sensitivity of others. Since 2011, La Baraque has been based at La Vannerie - Friche Culturelle de St-Simon, where it organizes creative residencies for contemporary dance companies from the Occitanie region. The company combines creation with awareness-raising, enriching the work of professionals and amateurs, inspiring vocations and training new audiences. It also seeks to create synergies between different artistic practices and to broaden audiences.

Surfing the increasingly strong wave of tango passion - any generation confused - the lessons multiply. It's not easy to choose from all these experts. In the Plot Studio, with Michel Glaize, artistic director of the balls team, you are in good hands. In the good mood and the maintenance of the body, which does not exclude laughter and relaxation, the teacher shows you the first steps, how to move quickly towards elegance and improvisation. It's about learning technical bases and rhythmic games. In advanced courses, the avowed goal is to take pleasure in dancing well in balls. To evolve with more ease, listening carefully to music, deepening the basics, broadening the vocabulary of figures, all in perfect harmony with our partner. All an art!

Managed by an insertion workshop, this unusual workshop assumes that recycled paper has its place in solidarity economy. Salaried employees benefit from contracts assisted and learn to reuse the subject matter of old newspapers. They recover batteries and piles of printed paper, which they soak in warm water. The dough thus obtained, still loaded with ink, went into a sieve and then dried and reteintée. The leaves are then folded, cut and assembled. It is used to manufacture admirable objects: frames recycled A 4 recycled paper, rideau, corbeille for selective sorting, designer boxes, handcrafted notebooks, jour, postcards, masks. All these works are sold at the workshop or on the association's website. Sorts offers courses for children and their families. They will thus be able to manufacture and decorate their own sheet, make a paper mask, or even perform a tapestry piece. Each participant leaves with a little gift.

Beginners or experienced dancers, it is the pleasure of dancing to discover and practice that brings together the members of the Club de danses d'Occitanie et d'ailleurs de Tournefeuille one Tuesday per month. The association proposes to learn the numerous dances that can be found in traditional balls all over France, but especially those more specific to the Occitanie region: rondeaux, bourrées, béarmais jumps... To practice, a ball open to all is organized once a quarter.

This slightly offbeat association of visual artists offers fabrication workshops based on the plastic arts and artistic recycling. Object theater shows are also created, as well as scenery and set design. Objectology workshops enable participants to make objects from recycled materials. Part of a sustainable development approach, these unusual creative workshops combine DIY, assembly and detour of objects and materials. Other workshops introduce the practice of object theater, in various forms, including a playful analog video device!

With over 20 years' experience under its belt, Zepetra is Montpellier's oldest circus school. The association has developed 3 main areas of activity: a leisure circus school for children and adults, educational workshops in schools from kindergarten to high school, adapted circus and, finally, an artistic space seen as a place for circus and performing artists to create and rehearse... Sessions take place throughout the week and are organized by age group. The teaching team is made up of six circus arts instructors, all of whom hold the Brevet d'Initiateur aux Arts du Cirque and Drac professional accreditation.