The CND is hosting and supporting a writing residency organised by the Département of Seine-Saint-Denis: "Écrivain-e-s en Seine-Saint-Denis". The residency will allow writer Hélène Giannecchini to immerse herself in the resources of the CND and in dialogue with the many members of the public and players at the venue. Her writing project will be the basis for a lecture and performance on the notion of the queer body. Dance has been one of the preferred means of expressing these bodies, which are sometimes regarded as out of the ordinary. The ten months of the residency will be devoted to writing the text and meeting and exchanging ideas with the public at the CND many mediation activities are planned: lectures, debates, meetings, writing workshops, etc.

During the residency, Hélène Giannecchini will be holding a literary workshop once a month.

How to work successfully, how to organise your time, how to find a residency, how to write an application, how to do a workshop, how to prepare a manuscript, how to organise your proof-reading, how to find economic strategies for writing, how to get an office, etc.? Writing is not just a question of inspiration: it is also made up of material realities. As part of her residency at the Centre National de la Danse, writer Hélène Giannecchini has set up a monthly office to answer all the questions we don't dare ask.

More information can be found here.