Address
4 Grand Cloître du Grand Hôtel-Dieu,
69002 Lyon
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The Lyon Biennale is taking up residence for the first time in a former hospital, the Grand Hôtel-Dieu, a heritage site devoted in days gone by to hospitality and care. Built in the 12th century, it was reconstructed in the 18th century to the plans of Jacques-Germain Soufflot. In its heritage spaces, such as the Hôpital de la Charité’s archive room and the apothecary’s shops, the Biennale is displaying rituals related to the cycles of living creatures–from birth to death–that echo the site’s medical and religious history. In conjunction with the programming of the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon, which showcases the cultural, emotional and environmental aspects of cookery, the Lyon Biennale is also introducing new conviviality practices through shared actions and collaborative workshops.
In relation to
- Installation
Eszter Salamon – Landscaping
6 – 28 sept. 2025
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Shot near Bergen, Landscaping is a video installation developed with Carte Blanche, the Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance, plunging us into a world where humans and nature co-exist differently.
- RDV Professionnels
Morning class with Clarice Lima
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
For three weeks, the Biennale de la danse de Lyon and the CN D are joining forces to offer professionals morning classes and training courses given by artists invited by the Biennale.
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
- Autour des spectacles
Conversation – Christian Rizzo – Jan Martens – François Chaignaud – Nina Laisné
16 sept. 2025
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
- RDV Professionnels
Workshop with Aina Alegre
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Workshop for in-training and professional dancers
- RDV Professionnels
Coffee meeting
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
From the 17th to the 20th September, between 9.30 and 10.30am at the Cité Internationale de la gastronomie, we invite you for a casual morning meet-up to understand the french choregraphical ecosysytem, meet the artists programmed for focus danse and exchange with them.
17 sept. 2025
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Dialogue
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
- RDV Professionnels
Présentation SPEDIDAM
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Come and find out more about performers' rights and SPEDIDAM's support programmes.
- Focus danse
Showcase Australia
17 sept. 2025
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
- RDV Professionnels
Presentation Supernovae
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Participatory ritual with Idio Chichava (Mozambique)
- RDV Professionnels
Picthings
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
As part of Focus danse programme, la Biennale de la danse offers an opportunity for artists to present their projects, in partnership with ONDA and the Institut Français.
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Experiential lecture open to everybody with devynn emory (United States)
18 sept. 2025
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie de Lyon – Grand Hôtel-Dieu
Dialogue