Worshops and open sessions
Watch others practice.
Try things out without having to justify yourself.
Dive into a form, a story, a gesture, until you find what hooks you.
From October 2 to 17, 2026, open-access practice sessions and workshops with artists from the programme offer two ways to learn, experiment and deepen your practice.
Access and conditions
- Practice sessions are open access; workshops must be booked and paid for online via the ticketing page.
- Price: €5 SORTIR, €10 reduced rate, €15 full rate.
- Booking two workshops in the same order automatically gives you access to the reduced rate.
- Your Carte Sortir! must be shown on site to validate the reduced rate.
- Tickets are non-refundable.
- Studios: CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, Saint-Melaine and Le Garage sites.
- Unless otherwise stated, practice sessions and workshops are open to all levels. Workshops last 1h30.
A-Train — Locking
A Swedish dancer active since 2006, A-Train is a leading figure in locking, with a practice grounded in groove, rhythm and technical precision. A winner at the UK B-Boy Championships (2009) and Juste Debout (2012), he tested his dance against some of the world’s best competitors before turning fully to teaching following a long-term injury. He now teaches the fundamentals of locking internationally, bringing the rigour of a former competitor to his practice.
Workshop organised as part of Focus Funk, in collaboration with Engrenage[s].
10/3 · 10:30am CCN St-Melaine
E-Wave (Dylan) — Electro
A dancer and educator, Dylan Aouizerate discovered Electro dance in 2007 and became one of its leading figures in France. His teaching is grounded in the style’s fundamentals: precise lines, shapes, energy and musicality, rooted in the club culture where it was born. Founder of E-WAVE, an event dedicated to Electro dance, he has spent years passing on the discipline through educational projects with numerous institutions.
10/4 · 12:30pm CCN St-Melaine
A-Train — Locking
A Swedish dancer active since 2006, A-Train is a leading figure in locking, with a practice grounded in groove, rhythm and technical precision. A winner at the UK B-Boy Championships (2009) and Juste Debout (2012), he tested his dance against some of the world’s best competitors before turning fully to teaching following a long-term injury. He now teaches the fundamentals of locking internationally, bringing the rigour of a former competitor to his practice.
Workshop organised as part of Focus Funk, in collaboration with Engrenage[s].
10/3 · 10:30am CCN St-Melaine
E-Wave (Dylan) — Electro
A dancer and educator, Dylan Aouizerate discovered Electro dance in 2007 and became one of its leading figures in France. His teaching is grounded in the style’s fundamentals: precise lines, shapes, energy and musicality, rooted in the club culture where it was born. Founder of E-WAVE, an event dedicated to Electro dance, he has spent years passing on the discipline through educational projects with numerous institutions.
10/4 · 12:30pm CCN St-Melaine
Linda Hayford — Shifting pop
A leading figure in popping, Linda Hayford teaches Shifting Pop, a movement-based protocol she developed from the foundations of the style: isolations, anatomical precision and a heightened awareness of movement. A member of the FAIR-E collective and co-director of the CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, she leads this workshop with the technical rigour that underpins her artistic practice.
10/4 · 2:30pm CCN St-Melaine
Zid — Locking
A member of the FAIR-E collective / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, Bouzid Ait Atmane practises and teaches locking from the cypher, where he developed a direct and concrete relationship to movement, shaped by battle vocabulary. His dance is grounded in the style’s fundamentals: groove, breaks, isolations and, above all, the interplay with the audience that is central to locking culture. Since 2024, he has been artistic director of Battle des écoles, an arts education project that turns competition into a tool for transmission between young dancers. He brings that same commitment to transmission to this workshop.
10/4 · 4:30pm CCN St-Melaine
Linda Hayford — Shifting pop
A leading figure in popping, Linda Hayford teaches Shifting Pop, a movement-based protocol she developed from the foundations of the style: isolations, anatomical precision and a heightened awareness of movement. A member of the FAIR-E collective and co-director of the CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, she leads this workshop with the technical rigour that underpins her artistic practice.
10/4 · 2:30pm
CCN St-Melaine
Zid — Locking
A member of the FAIR-E collective / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, Bouzid Ait Atmane practises and teaches locking from the cypher, where he developed a direct and concrete relationship to movement, shaped by battle vocabulary. His dance is grounded in the style’s fundamentals: groove, breaks, isolations and, above all, the interplay with the audience that is central to locking culture. Since 2024, he has been artistic director of Battle des écoles, an arts education project that turns competition into a tool for transmission between young dancers. He brings that same commitment to transmission to this workshop.
10/4 · 4:30pm CCN St-Melaine
Open Session
A practice session can be understood as a space dedicated to spontaneous practice, a space for free exchange, to share, challenge yourself, develop your foundations independently and learn from one another.
Open access, autonomous and collective practice.
10/7 · 7:30pm CCN Garage
Habibitch — Whacking / Voguing
A Franco-Algerian artist, Habibitch has practised voguing and waacking since the early 2010s, within the House of Mizrahi. They teach these styles by placing them within their history: cultures born in queer and racialised communities, carried through gesture, pose and arm precision in waacking, and through walking and self-presentation in voguing. Their workshop passes on both the technique and the political memory of these dances.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/9 · 7:00pm CCN St-Melaine
OPen Session
A practice session can be understood as a space dedicated to spontaneous practice, a space for free exchange, to share, challenge yourself, develop your foundations independently and learn from one another.
Open access, autonomous and collective practice.
10/7 · 7:30pm CCN Garage
Habibitch — Whacking / Voguing
A Franco-Algerian artist, Habibitch has practised voguing and waacking since the early 2010s, within the House of Mizrahi. They teach these styles by placing them within their history: cultures born in queer and racialised communities, carried through gesture, pose and arm precision in waacking, and through walking and self-presentation in voguing. Their workshop passes on both the technique and the political memory of these dances.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/9 · 7:00pm CCN St-Melaine
Viktor — Whacking
Originally from Slovakia, Viktor Bukový has practised waacking since 2011, his main discipline, which he has deepened through competitions, judging and teaching worldwide. His technique rests on the fundamentals of the style: arm work, musicality and attitude, inherited from the clubs where waacking was born. Also active in ballroom, he brings a dual perspective, both technical and cultural, to his workshop.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/10 · 10:30am CCN Garage
Kevin — Whacking
A German dancer and choreographer trained at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Kevin Claudio Ponge Kassoma teaches waacking by anchoring it in its history: a culture born in the queer and racialised communities of 1970s Los Angeles. His teaching rests on the style’s technical fundamentals, arm work and musicality, while opening onto its expressive and dramaturgical possibilities, which he explores in his own creations.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/10 · 12:30pm CCN Garage
Viktor — Whacking
Originally from Slovakia, Viktor Bukový has practised waacking since 2011, his main discipline, which he has deepened through competitions, judging and teaching worldwide. His technique rests on the fundamentals of the style: arm work, musicality and attitude, inherited from the clubs where waacking was born. Also active in ballroom, he brings a dual perspective, both technical and cultural, to his workshop.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/10 · 10:30am CCN Garage
Kevin — Whacking
A German dancer and choreographer trained at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Kevin Claudio Ponge Kassoma teaches waacking by anchoring it in its history: a culture born in the queer and racialised communities of 1970s Los Angeles. His teaching rests on the style’s technical fundamentals, arm work and musicality, while opening onto its expressive and dramaturgical possibilities, which he explores in his own creations.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/10 · 12:30pm CCN Garage
Panda Waack — Whacking
Born in Hong Kong and based in Barcelona, Lau Sin Yi, known as Panda Waack, has taught and developed waacking since 2015. Her teaching rests on a strong command of the style’s fundamentals: arm work, musicality and attitude, enriched by her training in flamenco and Spanish dance. A Red Bull Dance Your Style Hong Kong 2024 champion, she passes on a technique proven in both competition and performance.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/11 · 2:30pm CCN Garage
Mwendwa Marchand — Dancehall
Originally from Kenya, Mwendwa Marchand teaches dancehall from its fundamentals: Afro-Caribbean energies, musicality and the style’s own gestural vocabulary, deepened through travel and training, including at the Adage centre. A performer with Amala Dianor, Ousmane Sy and Sandrine Lescourant, she passes on a technique shaped as much by the underground scene as by academic training.
10/11 · 4:30pm CCN Garage
Panda Waack — Whacking
Born in Hong Kong and based in Barcelona, Lau Sin Yi, known as Panda Waack, has taught and developed waacking since 2015. Her teaching rests on a strong command of the style’s fundamentals: arm work, musicality and attitude, enriched by her training in flamenco and Spanish dance. A Red Bull Dance Your Style Hong Kong 2024 champion, she passes on a technique proven in both competition and performance.
Workshop organised as part of Whack to the West, in collaboration with W*ack à Rennes.
10/11 · 2:30pm CCN Garage
Mwendwa Marchand — Dancehall
Originally from Kenya, Mwendwa Marchand teaches dancehall from its fundamentals: Afro-Caribbean energies, musicality and the style’s own gestural vocabulary, deepened through travel and training, including at the Adage centre. A performer with Amala Dianor, Ousmane Sy and Sandrine Lescourant, she passes on a technique shaped as much by the underground scene as by academic training.
10/11 · 4:30pm CCN Garage
Training libre
As part of crossover with Ren’Storming Festival and in collaboration with Primitif, this session focuses on breaking, with a live DJ set.
Practice sessions can be understood as spaces dedicated to spontaneous practice and free exchange: a place to share, challenge yourself, build your foundations independently and learn from one another.
Open access, autonomous and collective practice.
10/14 · 7:30PM CCN Garage
Training dirigé — Avec Stefani
In this focused session, B-girl Stefani leads the training and offers specific areas of practice in a more structured format than an open session.
Franco-Ukrainian B-girl Anna Ponomarenko, aka Stefani, is internationally recognised in the breaking scene. Silver medallist at both the 2023 European Games and European Breaking Championships, she represented Ukraine at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Free entry, open to all for collective practice. In crossover with Ren’Storming Festival and in collaboration with Primitif.
10/16 · 7:00pm CCN GARAGE
Open Session
As part of crossover with Ren’Storming Festival and in collaboration with Primitif, this session focuses on breaking, with a live DJ set.
Practice sessions can be understood as spaces dedicated to spontaneous practice and free exchange: a place to share, challenge yourself, build your foundations independently and learn from one another.
Open access, autonomous and collective practice.
10/7 · 7:30pm CCN Garage
Guided Training — With Stefani
In this focused session, B-girl Stefani leads the training and offers specific areas of practice in a more structured format than an open session.
Franco-Ukrainian B-girl Anna Ponomarenko, aka Stefani, is internationally recognised in the breaking scene. Silver medallist at both the 2023 European Games and European Breaking Championships, she represented Ukraine at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Free entry, open to all for collective practice. In crossover with Ren’Storming Festival and in collaboration with Primitif.
10/17 · 7:00PM CCN St-Melaine
Thias — Top rock
Mathias discovered hip hop at the age of 9 in the street before specialising in top rock, a demanding discipline that prepares breaking dancers for the floor. His teaching is grounded in the style’s fundamentals, which emerged in 1970s New York through the meeting of salsa steps, African dance, tap and lindy hop. His musicality and energy, recognised internationally, shape a teaching practice centred on precise footwork and positioning.
10/17 · 10:00am CCN St-Melaine
Nadéeya GK — House Dance / an AMR Expérience
A Cameroonian-Italian dancer and choreographer, Nadéeya GK teaches house dance from its fundamentals: footwork, musicality and collective trance, developed through her experience as a self-taught dancer and later through her training at the École des Sables. A performer with Ousmane Sy, Bintou Dembélé and Qudus Onikeku, she passes on a technique shaped by the dialogue between club culture and African heritage, at the heart of her House Dance | an AMR Expérience.
10/17 · 12:00pm CCN St-Melaine
Thias — Top rock
Mathias discovered hip hop at the age of 9 in the street before specialising in top rock, a demanding discipline that prepares breaking dancers for the floor. His teaching is grounded in the style’s fundamentals, which emerged in 1970s New York through the meeting of salsa steps, African dance, tap and lindy hop. His musicality and energy, recognised internationally, shape a teaching practice centred on precise footwork and positioning.
10/17 · 10:00am CCN St-Melaine
Nadéeya GK — House Dance / an afrocentric recall
Cameroonian-Italian dancer and choreographer NADÉEYA GK develops an artistic practice at the intersection of House Dance, club cultures and Pan-African dance legacies. A member of Paradox-S, founded by Ousmane “Baba” Sy, she has collaborated with Bintou Dembélé and Qudus Onikeku, and further developed her engagement with African dance practices at École des Sables in Senegal.
Her approach to transmission is rooted in a dialogue between club cultures and African dance legacies, central to her research Ancestral Movement Recall (AMR). Through House Dance – an Afrocentric Recall, she explores the connections between House Dance and the African heritage that runs through its history and practices.
10/17 · 12:00PM CCN St-Melaine
Paris Princess Luna Telfar — VOGUE FEM
Workshop organised as part of The Heaven kiki Ball in collaboration with Ballroom Scene Rennes
10/17 · 2:00pm CCN St-Melaine
Paris Godfather Skorpio Juicy Couture — European Runway
Workshop organised as part of The Heaven kiki Ball in collaboration with Ballroom Scene Rennes
10/17 · 4:00pm CCN St-Melaine
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