Fresh and New Breath !
The hot weather definitely invaded Fransa in July. Absolutely no complain cause we really missed the sun this year under our latitudes, the only point is when you have to work at this period… working in our offices is tough every day and it’s not our poor 2 ventilo that will refresh our 60m² office full of 9 desks + a welcoming place for public… “the joys” of the job as we use to say in French for describing the negative aspects amongst other.
But, thanks God, we have long evenings and week-ends to do lazyness under sun, re-make the world with friends, enjoy our family’s presence, and… see great shows jumped on our djampas from nowhere.
This is how I get refreshed by an unexpected show I was invited to sunday evening : hip hop dance by a dance troup named “pas de quartier”. Word games which means “no pity” in France, and also refers to taghamaser (quarters?) where we had this year some serious violent movements of the youth, mostly in the suburbs.
Their claims weren’t quite clear, but most of the time it’s an awful dissatisfaction of the situation in which they feel (more or less wrongly or rightly) locked up by society in general, and public authorities in particular. It’s a very large debate here in France, big destination of immigration since more than a century, and whose 20th century is closely linked to this question.
I don’t pretend to have the keys, but the show of yesterday had another speech about that, and it was a positive glimpse on this youth who demonstrate, very coherently through a story of their multi-ethnic origins, its capacity to make their own special place here, towards and all counters, specific and original.
A rage in the belly for achieving what they want to be, and not what they are supposed to be according to general prejudices.
So in this case it was dance - hip-hop - integrating and mixing contributions of African countries (where their parents or greatparents come from mostly) AND France… can you imagine harpsichord, violoncello and soprano giving the tone for a hip-hop dance ? This is the most surprising scene we were given, and why not ? as long as it works !
Stay cool there also were usually known hip-hop : pure energy under control, which thrilled us and made us scream many WOOOOO !
A great demonstration so, all the most if you consider that it was given in the little center of Paris, in the garden of National Archives... Yes, I really must be in love with mixes ! :o)
Excellent for me personally, as I was beginning to be afraid of being interested only in “Armenianity (I always suspected obsessions...) Now I’m more hankisd : remembering that I’m in France which would hopefully mishd offers subjects of stimulations… if only ready to get out of the “ostrich’s hole” :o)
ciao !
But, thanks God, we have long evenings and week-ends to do lazyness under sun, re-make the world with friends, enjoy our family’s presence, and… see great shows jumped on our djampas from nowhere.
This is how I get refreshed by an unexpected show I was invited to sunday evening : hip hop dance by a dance troup named “pas de quartier”. Word games which means “no pity” in France, and also refers to taghamaser (quarters?) where we had this year some serious violent movements of the youth, mostly in the suburbs.
Their claims weren’t quite clear, but most of the time it’s an awful dissatisfaction of the situation in which they feel (more or less wrongly or rightly) locked up by society in general, and public authorities in particular. It’s a very large debate here in France, big destination of immigration since more than a century, and whose 20th century is closely linked to this question.
I don’t pretend to have the keys, but the show of yesterday had another speech about that, and it was a positive glimpse on this youth who demonstrate, very coherently through a story of their multi-ethnic origins, its capacity to make their own special place here, towards and all counters, specific and original.
A rage in the belly for achieving what they want to be, and not what they are supposed to be according to general prejudices.
So in this case it was dance - hip-hop - integrating and mixing contributions of African countries (where their parents or greatparents come from mostly) AND France… can you imagine harpsichord, violoncello and soprano giving the tone for a hip-hop dance ? This is the most surprising scene we were given, and why not ? as long as it works !
Stay cool there also were usually known hip-hop : pure energy under control, which thrilled us and made us scream many WOOOOO !
A great demonstration so, all the most if you consider that it was given in the little center of Paris, in the garden of National Archives... Yes, I really must be in love with mixes ! :o)
Excellent for me personally, as I was beginning to be afraid of being interested only in “Armenianity (I always suspected obsessions...) Now I’m more hankisd : remembering that I’m in France which would hopefully mishd offers subjects of stimulations… if only ready to get out of the “ostrich’s hole” :o)
ciao !
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