For the Arts and Culture in Higher Education Days, usually referred to in French as "JACES" (Journées des arts et de la culture dans l'enseignement supérieur), over 30 events will be organized over three days on the Lyon Saint-Étienne university campuses.

This page lists the seven events organized on Porte des Alpes campus, at Université Lumière Lyon 2.

#JACES2018 program by event type

Concert

  • "Voices of the North"
    Choir concert from Lyon's University Mixed Choir (CMUL - Chœur mixte universitaire de Lyon) with traditional Norwegian folk songs, as well as traditional classical and religious music from Northern Europe
    Organized by:     the Cultural and artistic activities department at Université Lumière Lyon 2
    Date:     Wednesday, April 4, 2018
    Time:     6:30 PM
    Location:     Cultural auditorium, Bron (France)
    Registration/Entrance fee: Free/Free entry

Concert/Performance

  • "Wanderings"
    Students from the Training Center for Musicians Visiting Schools (CFMI - Centre de formation de musiciens intervenants à l’école) use sound and images to invite the public to lose themselves in a transient space we all know: the train station. This space is impersonal and cold, but it gives way to unpredictability and the most unexpected of connections
    Organized by:     the Cultural and artistic activities department at Université Lumière Lyon 2
    Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018
    Time:     6:30 PM
    Location:     Cultural auditorium, Bron (France)
    Registration/Entrance fee:     Free/Free entry

Performance/Promenade/Dance

  • "Six Performances Searching for Meaning"
    Following improvisation and "blind" experimentation work, students taking part in the second-year performing arts writing workshop worked on creating performances that focus on feelings
    Organized by: the Cultural and artistic activities department at Université Lumière Lyon 2
    Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018
    Time: 12:30 PM
    Location: Performance begins in the B Building courtyard, Bron (France)
    Registration/Entrance fee: Free/Free entry

Show

  • "Dancing Times"
    Circus, African and contemporary dance, hip-hop, jazz, rock and salsa... Come along and follow the steps and acrobatic feats of students from the SUAPS choreographic and artistic workshop!
    Organized by: the Cultural and artistic activities department and the Physical and sport activities university department (SUAPS - Service universitaire des activités physiques et sportives) at Université Lumière Lyon 2
     Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
    Time: 6:30 PM
    Location: Cultural auditorium, Bron (France)
    Registration/Entrance fee: Free/Free entry

Exhibition/Literature

  • "Urban Poetry"
    Urban Poetry (Poésie Urbaine) was born out of the Les Métisseurs de Mots student association's desire to share literature and promote literary translation. Poetry and translated works will be shared using posters and bookmarks
    Organized by: the Cultural and artistic activities department at Université Lumière Lyon 2
    Date: Tuesday, April 3, Wednesday, April 4 & Thursday, April 5, 2018
    Time: all day
    Location: further details coming soon
    Registration/Entrance fee: Free/Free entry

Reading

  • "Students engage in the art of dramatic composition"
Following workshops led by Simon Grangeat and Pauline Peyrade in fall 2017, which were tied into dramaturgy lessons, around forty third-year students in Performing, Image and Screen Arts then engaged in the game of dramatic composition.
Organized by: the Cultural and artistic activities department at Université Lumière Lyon 2
Date: Tuesday, April 3 & Wednesday, April 4 2018
Time: all day
Location: Cultural auditorium, Bron (France)
Registration/Entrance fee: Free/Free entry

Theater, writing, reading

  • "Those who love"
In this make-believe conference, four actors ask each other about their relationships with others and with love. Through testimony-like poetic texts, the spectators are asked to face different points of view and intimacies indicative of this generation of authors and their questions. This event will be followed by a discussion. Authors: Andréa Brujère and Lou Le Goaër. Performers: Ambre Bouillot, Zénon Malhaire, Andréa Brujère and Lou Le Goaë.
Organized by: the Cultural and artistic activities department at Université Lumière Lyon 2
Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Time: from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Location: Forum on Porte des Alpes campus, Bron (France)
Registration/Entrance fee: Free/Free entry