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A new network
The first Centre for the Development of Choreography was set up in Toulouse in 1995. Since then, this title has been adopted by other organizations which, in some cases, have existed for more than 25 years. At the present time there are 9 CDC’s: • CDC d'Avignon / Les Hivernales see website • CDC du Val-de-Marne / Biennale du Val-de-Marne see website • CDC de Lille-Roubaix / Danse à Lille see website • CDC de Bourgogne / Art Danse Bourgogne • CDC d'Uzès and Languedoc-Roussillon / Festival d'Uzès Danse see website • CDC de Toulouse / Midi-Pyrénées • CDC de Ouagadougou / La Termitière • CDC d'Artigues-près-Bordeaux / Le Cuvier de Feydeau see website • CDC de Grenoble / Le Pacifique The CDC’s share a common mission: • To promote new choreographers and new companies, • To devise specialist forums for dance (festivals and other seasonal events) • To offer premises for young companies to work and practise in, • To continue training activities for amateurs and professionals, • To encourage interdisciplinarity, • To develop audiences, • To create resource centres for the dance.  New venues for dance: The Centres for the Development of Choreography are now working to open new venues for dance: CDC Danse à Lille is already housed in a gymnasium in Roubaix, CDC Val-de-Marne is about to move into the Briqueterie at Vitry, CDC Uzès is opening in March 2006, CDC Toulouse and CDC Art Danse Bourgogne are planning to develop in new premises that are at present under negotiation and CDC Les Hivernales is moving into the Théâtre du Big-Bang in Avignon in 2005. | ||||||||||
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