A playful dance performance for children aged 2 and over exploring fear, friendship and courage through movement and imagination.
La compagnie Les DĂ©s rangĂ©s bring Couette-Couette to the Institut français d'Ăcosse on Saturday 17 October, a dance performance for children aged two and over and their families. It's a morning show, starting at 11:00, so it fits into a Saturday without taking up the whole day.
The title translates to Duvet-Duvet, and the duvet is exactly where the story begins. One character is tucked beneath hers, reluctant to come out and play, while another arrives with her cuddly toy, Le Loup â a well-known figure in French children's literature â to invite her into a world of adventure. From there, the duvets themselves become the set: they transform into a play area, a den, clouds, monsters and magical landscapes. It's built around movement, imagination and a bit of gentle humour, and it looks at fear, friendship and the courage to try something new.
The company behind it is La compagnie Les Dés rangés, a professional contemporary dance company based in the Monségur area of South West France. They describe themselves as a laboratory for contemporary dance that mixes dance, theatre and music with education programmes and grassroots cultural experiences. Couette-Couette sits on the dance side of that mix, though the way the duvets shift into different things suggests the theatrical side is just as present.
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It's being hosted at the Institut français d'Ăcosse, which has been promoting French language and culture in Edinburgh and Scotland since 1946 as part of the worldwide Institut Français network. The performance is at 11:00 on Saturday 17 October at the Institut, West Parliament Square, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1RF.
