The New Stadiums

The new stadiums take over a neighborhood to create a team with its own colors, inclusive games, music, and play spaces accessible to everyone.

At the crossroads of street soccer, dance, and video games, The new stadiums invent inclusive choreographic games that involve amateur athletes, professional dancers, and local residents. The collective behind the project brings together a wide range of personalities and fields: Rebecca Rheny (Hip Hop Dance), Paul Emilieu (Scenography), Xavier Boissarie (Game Design), Ove Holmqvist (Sound Creation), and Florence Meunier (Textile Design).

The collective takes over a neighborhood for a series of workshops involving amateur athletes and dancers, makers and sound creators, freestylers, and residents. At the end of this process, a team is formed with its own colors, style, and choreographic games. Following the workshops, the performance transforms the street into a stage: urban furniture, signage, and equipment combine to create a new, temporary stadium. Dressed in the team’s colors, residents participate in the performance under the guidance of an MC. They influence the musical mix by passing around a connected ball and generating sounds through their movements.