The network of Rural Homes mobilized

Throughout the summer, the network of Rural Homes proposes numerous projects on five regions, combining cultural activities, sport and youth. Objectives: to promote intercultural exchanges between groups of young people from rural territories and to enhance the tangible and intangible heritage of our rural territories. This year, the different actions will be told through several podcasts broadcast on the website of the National Confederation of Rural Homes as well as on social networks.

Guadeloupe: «Smile and open up with dance»

Located in rural territory, Saint-François is a popular seaside town but still far from cultural places. To remedy this, the association Correspon'danse proposes «Smile and open up with dance», a multidisciplinary project combining dance, visual arts, sport, scientific culture and heritage. Through the artistic medium, it wants to allow the population to better know its territory and promote the encounter and exchange between inhabitants and artists.

Normandy: at the Eure du Grand 8 Festival!

This summer, the Collectif Les 8 poings proposes «Le Grand 8 Festival – édition zéro» with two original creations: «La Commedia des Passions» featuring the archetypes of theatre, and a creation based on the different «Portrait(s)» carried out over the last five years on the basis of the testimonies of the inhabitants of the Bernay region. Four workshops (practice and writing, theater forum, etc.) are offered to festival-goers, as well as various activities (chamboule-tout, pétanque, etc.), concerts and a mediation with edges trays.

Nièvre: what if we took the paths of Transverse?

From August 2 to 11, «La Transverse makes its festival» with street performances roaming on seven communes of Nivernaises. The objective is to accompany and propose to the elected representatives of a rural territory a cultural program aimed at the greatest number so that the entire territory becomes a stage open to public arts. Here, each village, each commune, is considered as a place of culture in its own right integrated into a broader system in which a synergy and movement of people are established.