Dance People - Le Happening

People walking on a dirt path through a lush, green park with tall trees on both sides.
A woman in a pink blazer and beige pants speaking on stage in front of an audience, with large pink Congress-like overlay.
Black 3D cube with rounded edges, showing different colorful faces with icons and patterns, on a white background.

Join us for Dance People - Le Happening, the final celebration of Creative Europe Project, SHIFT in Lyon, 19-21 June 2026.

This festival incites artists, researchers, architects, and social thinkers , whose work engages with space, community, and shared action to participate.

SHIFT is rooted in questioning spatial hierarchies, dissolving the distance between performers and audiences, and creating new formats of expression that move from visual aesthetics toward aesthetics of action.

We are interested in proposals from across Europe and the Mediterranean that:

• explore collective presence and participation,

• challenge conventional uses of space,

• open new forms of dialogue between artists, citizens, and communities,

• reflect values of generosity, care, and togetherness.

The project is led by Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat (France), Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le arti contemporanee (Italy), Albania Dance Meeting (Albania). In association with France Travail Scènes et Images- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France), Beit El Raqs (Lebanon), Teatri Kombetar Eksperimental Kujtim Spahivogli (Albania). 

In collaboration with Les Subs and CN D Lyon