{"id":63624,"date":"2025-05-15T14:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavillette.com\/freestyle-villette-inst\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:42:04","slug":"freestyle-villette-inst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavillette.com\/en\/freestyle-villette-inst\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn more about Freestyle Villette"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Villette and the Ministry of Culture opened \u201cFreestyle Villette\u201d in early autumn 2025, a permanent space in the Parc de la Villette designed to promote all practices (dance, music, street art, urban sports) that make up these cultures, and to serve as a hub for initiatives from across France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate its opening, La Villette invited the Centre Chor\u00e9graphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne<\/strong>, Buzz Booster<\/strong>, and artist FUZI<\/strong> to create a multidisciplinary and festive inaugural program. Hip-hop dance, music, battles, DJ sets, and street art were on the agenda. Audiences of all ages were invited to explore the newly renovated Pavillon Villette through the disciplines that animate it year-round. Dance workshops, concerts, artistic performances, participatory experiences, and DJ sets punctuated the day and evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2025 program is now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LEARN MORE<\/small><\/span>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/a>\n\n

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A house open to all popular cultures<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\u201cFreestyle Villette\u201d<\/strong> is permanently located in the northern part of Parc de la Villette in a dedicated space open to everyone: the former Pavillon Villette, a 1,000\u202fm\u00b2 venue fully renovated for the occasion.
Serving as a space for programming, creation, and transmission, Freestyle Villette\u2019s mission is to promote all practices of popular cultures : rap, hip-hop, graffiti, and urban sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A national hub for popular cultures<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Initiated by the Ministry of Culture and supported by La Villette, this major project relies on networks of public institutions as well as independent actors across the country to ensure that popular cultures are better recognized and supported.
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