A stronger way to express feelings

"The project was prompted by a report from the Cour des Comptes (French Audit Office), which said that music schools needed to make an effort to democratize," explains Eugénie Grenier Borel, the initiator of the initiative. So, to facilitate access to music, the Musique-Théâtre course takes place right after school, on site, and is not dependent on parents' availability. It runs weekly for two hours, and is led by three instrument teachers and one drama teacher. The aim of this course is to create a show at the end of the year. 

"Eugénie Grenier Borel explains: "Theater and music develop a number of skills in common, including nuance, speech and all aspects of temporality. Several instruments are offered at the outset, with the aim of giving students as wide a choice as possible, since in other situations it's often the parents who choose their child's instrument.

The show takes four to five months to prepare. It is co-written by the teachers, in close collaboration with the students. "It's not musical theater or musical comedy; it's a form to be invented, and that's very stimulating," admits Eugénie Grenier Borel. "What's astonishing is that the children develop the skill to move imperceptibly from musician to actor. The course develops a stronger way of expressing a feeling.

The next show, Space Hotelwill take place in an a priori utopian world that will quickly prove to be a place of demands. The children will express their doubts, their fears and their frustration.

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