Caroline Roche

Drawing on the memory of her body and the dances of her childhood, Caroline Roche revisits the bourrée auvergnate – a traditional folk dance found in many Occitan village fêtes – and transforms it into fully contemporary movement. Between tradition and experimentation, Anon jogar ina bourreira — which translates to ‘We are going to play a bourrée’ – brings together two languages: that of a dancer and that of a musician, a daughter and her father.

Far from their native Cantal and stepping onto the stage, the daughter’s dance meets the father’s cabrette – a traditional Auvergne wind instrument similar to the bagpipes – in a free, playful, and unrestrained dialogue. The duo unsettles conventions, explores transmission, desynchronisation, and hybridisation. Together, they push the boundaries of folklore to invent a new bourrée: vibrant, joyful, and emancipatory.

Full of humour and gentle self-mockery, Anon jogar ina bourreira is a work at the crossroads of tradition and contemporary invention. 

• Caroline Roche (1996) trained from a young age in classical ballet, Russian character dance, traditional dance and music. She studied literature (Sorbonne Paris), drama (Conservatoire de Lyon) and contemporary dance (ESAL and Master Danse Charleroi Danse/INSAS/La Cambre). She was a winner of Création en cours #9 at the Ateliers Médicis with Neptune and collaborates with the duo COCANHA. A guest choreographer for the Europalia España Festival, her work is marked by the influence of her Occitan cultural roots and combines voice, music, traditional dance, and more.