YOKOHAMA DANCE COLLECTION

PROGRAM

12.01 [Mon] 15:30

@YOKOHAMA RED BRICK WAREHOUSE No.1, 2nd floor

Leïla Ka, Mounia Nassangar, Linda Hayford and Céline Gallet

In the frame of Yokohama Dance Collection 2025, the French Institute of Japan hosts a Salon featuring artists at the forefront of the French scene.

This event presents the vibrancy and diversity of today’s French dance scene. Embodying this spirit is the FAIR-E Collective: at the head of the National Choreographic Centre of Rennes and Brittany (CCNRB) since 2019, it gathers choreographers and producers coming from a new generation greatly influenced by street-dancing and alternative aesthetics.

This year’s Salon hosts the choreographer and CCNRB co-director Linda Hayford, the producer Céline Gallet, the choreographer Mounia Nassangar who also collaborated with CCNRB, as well as Leïla Ka, the French choreographer participating in Dance Cross 2025. Featuring a presentation of the artists’ work and a networking session, this Salon des Artistes is an invaluable occasion of exchanging with upcoming artists, driving the global contemporary dance scene.

Featuring:
Leïla Ka (Choreographer, dancer)
Mounia Nassangar (Choreographer, dancer, actress, DJ)
Linda Hayford (Choreographer, dancer, co-director of FAIR-E / CCNRB)
Céline Gallet (Producer, co-director of de FAIR-E / CCNRB)

Date: Monday, December the 1st 2025, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM (reception desk opens at 3:15 PM ; entrance possible until the end of the event)
Venue: YOKOHAMA RED BRICK WAREHOUSE No.1, 2nd floor
Entry: Free
Languages: In French with Japanese in consecutive translation
Info: dg.artistique[at]institutfrancais.jp (replace “[at]” by “@” to send your e-mail)

Register: Peatix　https://salondesartistes2025.peatix.com/view

Salon des artistesWith Leïla Ka, Mounia Nassangar, Linda Hayford and Céline Gallet

Organisation: French Embassy in Japan / Institut français du Japon | In partnership with: French National Dance Centre (CND), French Embassy in Chine, YOKOHAMA RED BRICK WAREHOUSE No.1 | Supported by: French Institute

Estelle Avril

Leïla KA

Choreographer, dancer
Drawing on her urban and contemporary influences, she has made a name for herself in the dance world in just a few years, creating choreographies for Beyoncé, the César Awards Ceremony, and the National Ballet of Chile. She entered the world of urban dance at age 16, without attending a formal dance school. After auditioning for Maguy Marin, she became a performer in her renowned piece May B. She then turned to choreography, receiving international acclaim for her four pieces performed in more than 25 countries. The company is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation since 2024.

https://leilaka.fr/　@ka__leila

Bruno Gasperini

Mounia Nassangar

Chorographer, dancer, actress, DJ
Key figure of the waacking scene, she is involved with dance, music videos, fashion and event production, collaborating with Jean-Paul Gaultier (Fashion Freak Show), Gaspar Noé (Climax), Aya Nakamura, Kelela or Travis Scott as well as producing the festival Waack in Paris. In 2023, she founds her own company, cie.nassangar, and presents, Stuck, her first work a year later. Mounia Nassangar is an Alter Ego artist (executive production / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne).

@mounia_nassangar @cie.nassangar

Jérôme Bonnet

Linda Hayford

Chorographer, dancer
Known as the ambassador of Popping and funk standing dances, she is part of the FAIR-E collective and co-director of the National Choreographic Centre of Rennes and Brittany (CCNRB). Exploring the hybridisation of styles and the metamorphosis of movements through creations such as Shapeshifting, AlShe/Me, Recovering and the soon-showing Abîmes, which involve technique, sensitivity and questionings on identity. Linda Hayford is an associate artist of the French National Dance Centre (CND).

@linda__hayford

Céline GALLET

Producer
Co-director of the FAIR-E Collective / National Choreographic Centre of Rennes and Brittany (CCNRB)

FAIR-E Collective / National Choreographic Centre of Rennes and Brittany (CCNRB)

Bouzid Ait Atmane, Iffra Dia, Céline Gallet, Linda Hayford, Saïdo Lehlouh, Marion Poupinet and Ousmane Sy (†2020) form the FAIR-E Collective, which became the first artist collective appointed to the head of a national cultural institution as it took over the direction of the National Choreographic Centre of Rennes and Brittany (CCNRB) in January 2019.
Thriving on and inspired by their trademark energy and open spirit, FAIR-E is currently delivering a shape-shifting, innovative artistic and cultural programme. Devised as a platform for meeting and sharing, it serves the artists, creators, hobbyists and the art practices themselves as it brings together all the audiences and puts at the forefront artists coming from the esthetical margins, from the diversity and the self-taught paths.
https://ccnrb.org/