{"id":16375,"date":"2024-03-26T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/?p=16375"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:01:48","slug":"lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>L&#8217;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amandinehabib.com\/about-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amandine Habid<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16438 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6786602a30894d58-tatachristiane.png\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"1001\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6786602a30894d58-tatachristiane.png 1001w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6786602a30894d58-tatachristiane-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6786602a30894d58-tatachristiane-768x504.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/>1. Article origin: Conversation with a friend from high school<br \/>\n2. Nine Spirit: Hybrid projects and OANI<br \/>\n3. Balancing roles: Life, creation and motherhood<br \/>\n4. Change in 2015: a new artistic dimension<br \/>\n5. Confronting difference: Journey with my son<br \/>\n6. Inspiring encounters and crucial support:<br \/>\n&#8211; Parent training: Key to understanding autism<br \/>\n&#8211; The family circle, a shared struggle<br \/>\n7. Festival Piano en Fleurs: Neuro-atypical inclusion<br \/>\n8. Genesis of &#8220;L&#8217;Enfant Azur&#8221;: Inclusive show<br \/>\n9. Reflections on the meaning of commitment and Autism<br \/>\n&#8211; Commitment: another form of modesty<br \/>\n&#8211; Autism and the experience of the Other<br \/>\n10. Embodying the creative project: voice and bodies<br \/>\n&#8211; Moonk, voice and body<br \/>\n&#8211; Angel and Vito, bodies and dance<br \/>\n11. The interdisciplinary creative residency<br \/>\n12. The first performance of L&#8217;Enfant Azur in the Jardin de Fontblanche in Vitrolles<br \/>\n13. Conclusion: Dreaming, laughing and accepting singularity<br \/>\n14. About Amandine Habib<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16402\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>1. Origins of the article: Conversation with a friend from high school<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16445\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4616602b98d01fda-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4616602b98d01fda-tatachristiane.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4616602b98d01fda-tatachristiane-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The inspiration for this article came from a conversation with a long-time friend Julie Bourgeois, the founder of the fashion label <a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/\">Tata Christiane<\/a>.<br \/>\nWe were two rather original kids at <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyc%C3%A9e_Thiers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lyc\u00e9e Thiers<\/a>. Julie was sewing and I was playing piano at the Conservatoire. First, she made stage dresses, a bonnet, and lots of laughs along the way.<\/p>\n<p>As adults today, I realize that what we might have called originality in the past has actually never left us and has become the bedrock of our shared future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16389\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3686601b732241c0-tatachristiane.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2. Nine Spirit &#8211; Tata Christiane: Hybrid projects and OANI<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/about\/\">Tata Christiane&#8217;s couture<\/a> is deconstructed yet joyful, for queens or punks. It resembles many of the projects I carry and defend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16444\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/996602b92b37083-tatachristiane-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/996602b92b37083-tatachristiane-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/996602b92b37083-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/996602b92b37083-tatachristiane-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/996602b92b37083-tatachristiane.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The projects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nine-spirit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nine Spirit company<\/a>, of which I am artistic director, are also aimed at everyone. They are hybrid in form, often transdisciplinary and trans aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16434 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3506601b873134f4-tatachristiane-1024x278.png\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3506601b873134f4-tatachristiane-1024x278.png 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3506601b873134f4-tatachristiane-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3506601b873134f4-tatachristiane-768x209.png 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3506601b873134f4-tatachristiane.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could call these projects OANI: Objets Artistiques Non Identifiables.<\/p>\n<p>These definitions of our artistic choices fit perfectly, if I may say so, to what neuroatypia is a rather different way of being in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Azur does a lot of things that go against the grain, but which way are we talking about? The way people usually go? This child isn&#8217;t interested in the straight-and-narrow direction of everyone else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But back to <a href=\"https:\/\/nine-spirit.com\/index.php\/les-projets\/creations\/enfant-azur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;Enfant Azur<\/a> and its origins.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16375 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336601b710ae257-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336601b710ae257-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336601b710ae257-tatachristiane.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336601b710ae257-tatachristiane-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336601b710ae257-tatachristiane-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336601b710ae257-tatachristiane-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8586601b708f085f-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8586601b708f085f-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8586601b708f085f-tatachristiane.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8586601b708f085f-tatachristiane-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8586601b708f085f-tatachristiane-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8586601b708f085f-tatachristiane-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1306601b70ed4f6d-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1306601b70ed4f6d-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1306601b70ed4f6d-tatachristiane.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1306601b70ed4f6d-tatachristiane-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1306601b70ed4f6d-tatachristiane-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1306601b70ed4f6d-tatachristiane-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7186601b7126d57d-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7186601b7126d57d-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7186601b7126d57d-tatachristiane.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7186601b7126d57d-tatachristiane-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7186601b7126d57d-tatachristiane-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7186601b7126d57d-tatachristiane-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>3. Balancing roles: life, creation and motherhood<\/h2>\n<p>I used to compartmentalize and separate my brains. I am a classical pianist, project creator, artistic director of the Company Nine Spirit; an artistic director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nine-spirit.com\/index.php\/les-projets\/piano-en-fleurs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Festival Piano en Fleurs<\/a> and teacher; a the mother of two children.<\/p>\n<p>Why have I differentiated these little worlds so much? Perhaps so that the universe of each little sphere, built up and tied up like a roast, doesn&#8217;t overflow and drip onto another part of me.\u2028And there&#8217;s always this underlying fear that imagines that one facet could annihilate or devour another.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16375 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/attachment\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/986601b70085191-tatachristiane-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/attachment\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/4986601b73e5ae2b-tatachristiane-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/attachment\/piano-en-fleurs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6456601b79167869-tatachristiane.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6456601b79167869-tatachristiane.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6456601b79167869-tatachristiane-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/attachment\/6446601b827a7159-tatachristiane\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6446601b827a7159-tatachristiane.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6446601b827a7159-tatachristiane.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6446601b827a7159-tatachristiane-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/attachment\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7726601b71713d53-tatachristiane-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/news\/lenfant-azur-between-neuroatypia-inclusion-and-artistic-creation\/attachment\/5086601b8287eac6-tatachristiane\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5086601b8287eac6-tatachristiane.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5086601b8287eac6-tatachristiane.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5086601b8287eac6-tatachristiane-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Probably also because in artistic circles (and in all professional circles), the difficulties, fatigue, and day-to-day concerns of motherhood have long remained fairly taboo subjects, even if tongues have recently begun to loosen.<\/p>\n<p>Being a mother and looking after children were seen as an obstacle to career advancement. It was also seen as a way of preserving the idea that we are equally productive and creative at all stages of our lives.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Change in 2015: a new artistic dimension<\/h2>\n<p>In 2015, a new page was turned: I became a mother, and despite or with this, my artistic activity continued to be enriched by new encounters and new projects. The thread I&#8217;d started to pull so long ago was unwinding differently, but perhaps more powerfully, more focused.<\/p>\n<p>My relationship with time changed with children, but I was enriched by this metamorphosis.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Confronting difference: My journey with my son<\/h2>\n<p>Then I was confronted with my son&#8217;s difference.<\/p>\n<p>First, there were the words ASD \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Autism Spectrum Disorder<\/a> \u2013 and ADHD \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16439\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6626602a8b40e0bf-tatachristiane-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6626602a8b40e0bf-tatachristiane-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6626602a8b40e0bf-tatachristiane-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6626602a8b40e0bf-tatachristiane-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6626602a8b40e0bf-tatachristiane.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Little by little, I realized that I had to train myself if I wanted to help him.<\/p>\n<p>This difference has certainly been hard, sometimes violent, and has caused a lot of sadness and anxiety at times, but it has also been a gift. This singularity makes us reflect on the concepts of normality, and questions our way of seeing the world, sometimes with a great deal of humor.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, we discovered all the walls we come up against. The school, which doesn&#8217;t have enough resources, the reflections of others, the slowness and weight of the administration and institutions, society, which is not yet ready and educated to open its eyes and its heart to neuro atypia.<\/p>\n<p>Against these walls, and the other difficulties in our daily lives, I had found a method to keep me standing tall and strong: diving into the sea without a wetsuit whatever the season, and then the rage would subside.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure of one thing today. The sea washes away anger and sadness from the brain and soul.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>6. Inspiring encounters and crucial support<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Parent training: Key to understanding autism<\/h3>\n<p>On this path, there have also been wonderful encounters, people who are in the same wake, who bring us tools, knowledge, joy and help.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismepec.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coralie<\/a>, my son&#8217;s educator, who changed our daily lives with behavioral methods, parental guidance and then trained me.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-16375 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9386601b831bc67c-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9386601b831bc67c-tatachristiane-1024x899.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9386601b831bc67c-tatachristiane-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9386601b831bc67c-tatachristiane-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9386601b831bc67c-tatachristiane-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9386601b831bc67c-tatachristiane.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/136601b82fa62f4-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/136601b82fa62f4-tatachristiane-1024x867.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/136601b82fa62f4-tatachristiane-1024x867.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/136601b82fa62f4-tatachristiane-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/136601b82fa62f4-tatachristiane-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/136601b82fa62f4-tatachristiane.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2146601b82bc5397-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2146601b82bc5397-tatachristiane-1024x827.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2146601b82bc5397-tatachristiane-1024x827.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2146601b82bc5397-tatachristiane-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2146601b82bc5397-tatachristiane-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2146601b82bc5397-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I believe more and more that training parents in behavioral methods is the first step in helping our children.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking of Snejina, who opened the doors of her piano class for neuro-atypical people in Paris to me.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s Christophe and Nathalie, who are the pillars of a parents&#8217; association called the <a href=\"https:\/\/13.fcpe.asso.fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FCPE13<\/a>. On a daily basis, they provide voluntary help to parents in their struggles, particularly in the preparation of MDPH \u2013 key administrative documents that helps those with disabilities get the support they need. This preparation has been no mean feat.<\/p>\n<p>The FCPE13 has become a partner of Piano en Fleurs and has offered to support the creation of l&#8217;Enfant Azur in a beautiful garden in Vitrolles.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211; The family circle, a common battle<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking, of course, of my sister, <a href=\"https:\/\/predictice.com\/cabinet\/cabinet-eglantine-habib-493098933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eglantine Habib<\/a>, who has also made this her battle as a lawyer specializing in disability, and to close family members who, little by little, have become interested in autism and have looked at and loved my son as he is.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t end this list of wonderful people without mentioning my beloved husband, my daily partner in this adventure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16441\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6036602af253d486-tatachristiane.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>7. Festival Piano en Fleurs: Neuro-atypical inclusion<\/h2>\n<p>I founded the Piano en Fleurs festival in 2020. A rather special piano festival, since since the second edition, we&#8217;ve been working on the inclusion of neuro-atypical people and on a joint reflection to make a cultural event inclusive. My team is very aware of neuroatypical, and is very involved in developments within the field. Our shared energy on the subject is contagious.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-16375 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/10006601b746e2bf2-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/10006601b746e2bf2-tatachristiane-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/10006601b746e2bf2-tatachristiane-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/10006601b746e2bf2-tatachristiane-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/10006601b746e2bf2-tatachristiane-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/10006601b746e2bf2-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane-744x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane-1115x1536.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7606601b77eda4da-tatachristiane.jpg 1487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7676601b7823cb50-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7676601b7823cb50-tatachristiane-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7676601b7823cb50-tatachristiane-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7676601b7823cb50-tatachristiane-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7676601b7823cb50-tatachristiane-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7676601b7823cb50-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For the 2023 edition, I wanted to program, among other piano concerts, a show dealing with the subject of neuro atypia aimed at everyone, children and adults alike. As I couldn&#8217;t find a show in this vein that spoke to me enough or that resonated with where I was in my knowledge and experience, an idea germinated in my mind: I was going to write and create this show myself.<\/p>\n<h2>8. Genesis of &#8220;L&#8217;Enfant Azur&#8221;: an inclusive show<\/h2>\n<p>Once I&#8217;d come up with the idea, writing became a cathartic necessity. I recalled the particularities of our journey, from the funniest anecdotes to some of the darker moments. It had enough depth and dreamlike qualities to conjure up an initiation tale.<\/p>\n<p>The outlines of L&#8217;Enfant Azur began to emerge. The story of a little boy with ASD who learns to know himself, to grow and mature through his differences.<\/p>\n<p>But what would happen if, through this tale, I revealed myself, revealed us?<\/p>\n<p>How can we overcome this prudishness? Paradoxically, through art, isn&#8217;t that what we&#8217;re looking for at times: to give a voice to little-addressed subjects, and to get involved?<\/p>\n<h2>9. Reflections on the meaning of commitment and Autism<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Commitment: another form of modesty<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16443\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2596602b20b6e1eb-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"200\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2596602b20b6e1eb-tatachristiane.jpg 290w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2596602b20b6e1eb-tatachristiane-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In his work, Th\u00e8se dans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalis.fr\/encyclopedie\/temps-et-recit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Temps et R\u00e9cit, Paul Ricoeur<\/a> writes<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Time becomes human insofar as it is articulated narratively; in turn, narrative is significant insofar as it draws out features of temporal experience.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is through stories and narrative that humanity is constituted and evolves. L&#8217;Enfant Azur&#8217;s writing is then the act of speaking forth to transform this personal story into that of a universal narrative.<\/p>\n<p>In a second phase, modesty and ego finally give way to the necessity of this creation: it raises awareness of neuro atypia. Commitment takes the place of modesty: using one&#8217;s personal history to become an artistic object that engages with a wider reflection.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8211; Autism and the experience of the Other<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16386\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1206601b72de27f7-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"200\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1206601b72de27f7-tatachristiane.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1206601b72de27f7-tatachristiane-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Autisme.<br \/>\nScientists are still in the early stages of understanding this disorder.<\/p>\n<p>In his book <a href=\"https:\/\/cle-autistes.fr\/neuro-tribus-neurodiversite-notre-histoire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neuro Tribus &#8211; Autisme<\/a> : plaidoyer pour la neurodiversit\u00e9, Steve Silberman trace the history of autism like an investigative journalist.<\/p>\n<p>From the first diagnosis, to the definition of the word, to the discoveries of neuroscience, to the struggles of mothers throughout history. He also sheds light on what the treatment of this Otherness through history says about societies.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;At a time when the general public was tearing itself apart over vaccines, newly diagnosed adults were launching an entirely different debate on the difficulty of evolving and surviving in a world not made for them. As they recounted their journeys, they discovered that many of the challenges they faced every day were not \u2018symptoms\u2019 of autism, but obstacles posed by a society that refuses to consent to the simplest adjustments for people with cognitive disabilities, while making efforts on behalf of people with physical disabilities such as blindness or deafness.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A seemingly simple question began to emerge in my mind: after 70 years of research into autism, why do we still seem to know so little about the subject?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Disability is merely a potential form of otherness. Invisible handicaps are an otherness that is even more frightening because it seems insidious, since it is invisible: Others who seem so identical in appearance, but who are not so similar. They are like a strange reflection in a distorted mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I could give many examples of completely inappropriate, even inhuman reactions to my son&#8217;s invisible handicap. This bitter experience leads me to believe that the way our societies treat people with invisible disabilities speaks volumes about our relationship with the Other.<\/p>\n<p>The variety of his repetitive behaviors would be a kind of thermometer of our humanity in our societies.<\/p>\n<p>What is Autism if not a spectrum in which normative parameters are listed: the typical functioning of a human brain.<br \/>\nThen, when the cursor on these parameters exceeds a certain norm, the diagnosis is made: you&#8217;re autistic. I&#8217;d like to say that Steve Silberman&#8217;s plea for neurodiversity is also a plea for otherness.<\/p>\n<h2>10. Embodying the creative project: voices and bodies<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Moonk, voice and body<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16394\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3336601b74253f31-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3336601b74253f31-tatachristiane.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3336601b74253f31-tatachristiane-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3336601b74253f31-tatachristiane-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3336601b74253f31-tatachristiane-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3336601b74253f31-tatachristiane-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Returning to l&#8217;Enfant Azur, the text was almost ready to be told.<\/p>\n<p>Now the artistic object had to find its form and its voice. I had to find THE person who would embody the voice of Enfant Azur. Someone with a special sensitivity. I was looking for an actor. There were several unsuccessful attempts.<\/p>\n<p>So would it really be an actor who would give his voice?<\/p>\n<p>For a project about neuro atypia, wouldn&#8217;t it need a less usual form?<\/p>\n<p>Then I met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCexM3Oasm8vFlwL1NodfuCQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moonk<\/a>. Moonk isn&#8217;t an actor, he&#8217;s a rapper. He also plays the piano.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a rich, sensitive, creative, enthusiastic and, naturally, an atypical person.<\/p>\n<p>He immediately took hold of the text, made suggestions and embodied this Azur child. Their atypicalities seemed to click.<\/p>\n<p>Moonk narrates, chants, lives, and at times even raps the text. When the text comes out of his mouth, it&#8217;s colored by his own light, his own experience, his own visions.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211; Angel and Vito, bodies and dance<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16388 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/926601b73028b78-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/926601b73028b78-tatachristiane.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/926601b73028b78-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/926601b73028b78-tatachristiane-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/926601b73028b78-tatachristiane-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Vito is an Italian dancer, elegant and precise in his movements. He combines technical skill with creativity. I asked him to join the adventure. Mixing the arts, and incorporating dance, would make perfect sense: movement is yet another vector of understanding and sensitivity, and also tells a story without words.<\/p>\n<p>Vito took some time to think it over, then told me that the theme and story touched him, but that he would take part in the project on condition that they danced in pairs: Angel and Vito. Angel lives up to his name, with gentle, deep-set eyes. His gestures are both thoughtful and free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ballet-de-marseille.com\/en\/collaborations\/open-studio\/coproductions\/labotilar-vito-giotta-angel-martinez-hernandez-39\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel and Vito<\/a> recently founded their own dance company, and are used to working on projects and dancing as a duo.<br \/>\nThat made four of us.<\/p>\n<h2>11. The interdisciplinary creative residency<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16410 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1726601b77a9d8bf-tatachristiane.jpeg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1726601b77a9d8bf-tatachristiane.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1726601b77a9d8bf-tatachristiane-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1726601b77a9d8bf-tatachristiane-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1726601b77a9d8bf-tatachristiane-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>We began by working as a duo with Moonk. Working sessions at home around the piano, during which we worked out a trajectory between text and music.<\/p>\n<p>For my part, I selected pieces from the classical repertoire \u2013 R. Schumann, JS Bach, F.Chopin, and S.Reich to name a few. I also wrote themes on which I improvised and which correspond to elements of the story: the volcano, the whale, and the people who walk straight.<\/p>\n<p>The four-way encounter took place during an initial residency at the Marseille Conservatoire, followed by another between the Conservatoire and the Ballet de Marseille. Dance added yet another dimension to the project: more visual, it also provided the link, more explicit and, paradoxically, even more poetic.<\/p>\n<p>Little by little, an energy was built up that flowed from one to the other. Nothing took precedence: the scansion of the text, the music and our improvisations all flowed. There was a fluidity between us, an energy bathed in love and kindness.<\/p>\n<p>Together, through our various disciplines and our shared poetry, we told the universal story of difference through the eyes and voice of L&#8217;Enfant Azur.<\/p>\n<h2>12. The first performance of L&#8217;Enfant Azur in the Jardin de Fontblanche, Vitrolles.<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, the day of the premiere arrived. We were in the magnificent Jardin de Fontblanche in Vitrolles, on a large stage. The weather was radiant, and the stage and audience were surrounded by magnificent old plane trees. The audience was made up largely of parents affiliated to FCPE13, and we were also expecting families of neuroatypical children.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16387\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3606601b72f3e346-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3606601b72f3e346-tatachristiane.jpg 538w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3606601b72f3e346-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At our last meeting with Christophe, an administrator from FCPE13, who doesn&#8217;t mince his words, he said to me:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;re fighting for inclusion. We ask families with neuroatypical children to come to our concerts, but you don&#8217;t bring your son to the creation of L&#8217;Enfant Azur?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, my husband would take our children to some of my concerts. At an outdoor concert, E. had a fit and wanted to get up on stage with me. From that day on, I decided to continue taking them to concerts, but not to mine.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I was doing it for our own good, but it was mainly to prevent what we call maladjusted behavior from getting out of hand. But isn&#8217;t it up to the world to adapt to this disturbance?<\/p>\n<p>Christophe was right, my actions had to follow my words as an activist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16397\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3576601b74ae3462-tatachristiane.jpeg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3576601b74ae3462-tatachristiane.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3576601b74ae3462-tatachristiane-300x172.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>E. would be present, but I hadn&#8217;t told him that the subject of the show was his journey.<\/p>\n<p>He stayed with us for a long time in the dressing room just before we went on stage and didn&#8217;t want to leave me. I was afraid of a seizure, but when it came time for the show, he sat down with his grandmother and listened attentively. This premiere of L&#8217;Enfant Azur moved the audience, made them laugh and transported them.<\/p>\n<p>A few tears rolled down the cheeks of my loyal team, friends and family, the audience and even seasoned performers.<\/p>\n<h2>13. Conclusion: Dreaming, laughing and accepting singularity<\/h2>\n<p>Campaigning for inclusion is also an internal movement that forces us to rethink our own positions. Despite all the training, reading and commitment we&#8217;ve put into it, otherness still questions us and takes us down paths we wouldn&#8217;t naturally follow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16385\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9236601b72c9af64-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"400\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9236601b72c9af64-tatachristiane.jpg 603w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/9236601b72c9af64-tatachristiane-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Let&#8217;s return to the definitions of the notion of the Other and take a detour via the Talmud.<\/p>\n<p>The Talmud tells the story of a rabbi called Elisha ben Abouya. A great scholar and mystic who became a heretic. <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc-Alain_Ouaknin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc-Alain Ouaknine<\/a> tells and interprets his story in his beautiful book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.babelio.com\/livres\/Ouaknin-Lire-aux-eclats\/162624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lire aux \u00e9clats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Elisha chooses apostasy, he becomes Ah\u00e8r, or the Other. Marc-Alain Ouaknine also points out that the word derived from Ah\u00e8r is Ahariyout, understood as the quality of being other. This word does not designate otherness, but responsibility. It means being responsible for the other, for the other. We find this notion of responsibility in the law, and in thinking about inclusion. Everyone should feel free, responsible for their own actions and not for the actions of others. But to consider the Other is also to be concerned about his or her well-being.<\/p>\n<p>If we now return to the origin of the word Autism, it was coined in 1911 by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, and derives from the Greek autos meaning &#8220;self.&#8221; By choosing this word,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3339235\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Eugen Bleuler<\/a> surely meant a withdrawal into oneself. But if we go back to the Greek meaning of the word, it could also mean that autism is like &#8220;oneself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;self,&#8221; so similar yet so different. Disturbing too. This definition, a little far-fetched I grant you, takes on a particular color if we return to the normative meaning of autism.<\/p>\n<p>A few final thoughts. In the Talmud, the roots of the word other or otherness are heard in the sound \u201cAh\u201d: meaning brother, the central fire at the heart of a house, and also meaning to sew \u2013 isn&#8217;t that right, Tata Christiane? \u2013 to take and seize.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-16375 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6166601b76b64812-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3706601b76d9863c-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/606601b76688151-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5286601b76342221-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/626601b75fe5b8d-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"L&#039;Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1426601b75cc686d-tatachristiane-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h6>L&#8217;Enfant Azur in the Jardin de Fontblanche, Vitrolles.<\/h6>\n<p>Any powerful human experience forces us to deconstruct ourselves to rebuild ourselves a little differently. The adage that never ceases to resonate: with an extraordinary child, we have an extraordinary everyday life, in every sense of the word. This adage resonates to the point of making us listen to reason. To hear reason in the acceptance of differences. To hear and shout or sing that it&#8217;s not up to them to adapt to the world, but up to the world to do what&#8217;s necessary to accept their uniqueness.<\/p>\n<p>That day, under the plane trees, we resonated in the same vibration, with the Others, the neurotypicals, the neuroatypicals, in fact, all the Others without finally naming them. The notion of inclusion no longer existed. We didn&#8217;t need it, because we were dreaming together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5846601b82393d23-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"1600\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5846601b82393d23-tatachristiane.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5846601b82393d23-tatachristiane-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5846601b82393d23-tatachristiane-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5846601b82393d23-tatachristiane-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5846601b82393d23-tatachristiane-1536x643.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>L&#8217;Enfant Azur in the Jardin de Fontblanche, Vitrolles.<\/h6>\n<p>At the end of the show, we had an &#8220;edge of the stage,&#8221; a time for dialogue with the audience. E. joined us, got up on stage and must have recognized himself. This simple yet dizzying moment was full of symbolism. I was a mother with all my heart, but I was also a pianist, a director and all those little strings that held these parts of me together untied to fly elsewhere, perhaps into the world of Enfant Azur.<\/p>\n<p>And it didn&#8217;t matter what society might have expected of me, because I traced my voice with the ink and gesture of these facets reunited and liberated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1146601b8216b5f2-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"1600\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1146601b8216b5f2-tatachristiane.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1146601b8216b5f2-tatachristiane-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1146601b8216b5f2-tatachristiane-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1146601b8216b5f2-tatachristiane-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1146601b8216b5f2-tatachristiane-1536x650.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>L&#8217;Enfant Azur in the Jardin de Fontblanche, Vitrolles.<\/h6>\n<p>This testimony could not end with a period. This reflection is only the beginning, and today it irradiates every sphere of my movements. So, let&#8217;s dream, laugh and continue to reflect together with this fantastic quote and definition of the Other by Marc-Alain Ouaknine:<\/p>\n<h5><em>&#8220;Having no connection, it is linked to the unknown. He affirms the different, the unexpected. Through his laughter, he shatters all thought that would cultivate the illusion of truth.&#8221;<\/em> Ed: Quai Voltaire, 1989, p50<\/h5>\n<h2>14. About Amandine Habib<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5206601b877250dc-tatachristiane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16435\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5206601b877250dc-tatachristiane.png\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"400\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5206601b877250dc-tatachristiane.png 514w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5206601b877250dc-tatachristiane-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Amandine Habib was born in Marseilles in a family of music lovers. Her father was a jazz fan, her mother had won a first piano prize at the Tunis Conservatory at 18, her grand-parents were keen on opera and on the piano, her great grand-mother played the mandoline while singing Ladino or Yiddish melodies&#8230; Thus, Amandine\u2019s DNA is all quavers and appoggiaturas.<\/p>\n<p>At 9, Amandine enters the Marseilles Conservatory in Nathalie Lano\u00eb\u2019s class then in Edouard Exerjean\u2019s chambermusic one. In 1998, she obtains two first prizes in both subjects.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002 she is admitted to Bruno Rigutto\u2019s class and gets the Advance Prize in 2006 at the Marseilles\u2019s Conservatory.As an accomplished musician Amandine continues her training by obtaining a University diploma (DEUG) and a degree in musicology. She is very keen on extra- European kinds of music and regularly travels to Laos to study and record the music of the Kammu ethnic group. She gets first class honours for her master\u2019s thesis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16391 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1656601b737723b5-tatachristiane.jpg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"1920\" height=\"868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1656601b737723b5-tatachristiane.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1656601b737723b5-tatachristiane-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1656601b737723b5-tatachristiane-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1656601b737723b5-tatachristiane-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1656601b737723b5-tatachristiane-1536x694.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2003 Amandine is admitted to the Superior National Music Conservatory of Lyons where she gets the Prize in 2007. She is also involved in pedagogy and obtains her piano Teaching Certificate (CA) in 2013. She manages a career as a concert performer, a soloist and a chamber-music player. As an eclectic pianist, she regularly takes part in creations : Rossini ressuscit\u00e9, Les Fables de la Fontaine and numerous other of interdisciplinary performances. She performs in a duet with the jazz saxophonist Rapha\u00ebl Imbert and forms \u201cKalia\u201d, a duet with soprano Lucile Pessey. She constantly wishes to improve and is advised by famous pianists such as Bernard d\u2019Ascoli, Jay Gottlieb, Bruno Rigutto, Muza Rubackyte and Zhu Xiao Mei.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1436601b79065273-tatachristiane.jpeg\" alt=\"L'Enfant Azur: Between Neuroatypia, Inclusion, and Artistic Creation\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1436601b79065273-tatachristiane.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1436601b79065273-tatachristiane-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She is a guest of many festivals : Festival de Musique at Saint Victor\u2019s Abbey in Marseilles, Les Solistes de Demain in Lyons, Musicales du Luberon, Festival International de Piano at Solli\u00e8s-Pont, Festival International des Nuits Pianistiques of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille Concerts. Amandine regularly gives recitals and public classes in Tha\u00efland in Bangkok and Chiang Mai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embark on a transformative journey with Amandine Habib, Artistic Director of Compagnie Nine Spirit, as she explores the realms of creativity, motherhood and neuroatypical inclusion. Witness the genesis of &#8220;L&#8217;Enfant Azur&#8221;, an inclusive show conceived by Amandine to dismantle societal barriers through art, highlighting experiences on the autism spectrum. Discover the profound impact of storytelling, collaboration and acceptance in this intimate and heartfelt tale. Journey alongside Amandine, the driving force behind the Piano en Fleurs festival, as she celebrates the resilience and creativity of &#8220;L&#8217;Enfant Azur&#8221;. This testament to a pianist and mother&#8217;s commitment to inclusion invites you to discover the magic of shared stories and collaborative projects, where Amandine&#8217;s unique perspective lights the way to a more compassionate and inclusive world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,185],"tags":[1614,1606,1612,1621,1153,1620,1607,1617,1151,1618,1610,1608,1609,1622,1615,1616,1619,1611,1613,1605],"class_list":["post-16375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-fr","tag-acceptance","tag-amandine-habib","tag-art","tag-autism-awareness","tag-collaboration","tag-collaborative-projects","tag-compagnie-nine-spirit","tag-compassion","tag-creativity","tag-inclusive-world","tag-lenfant-azur","tag-motherhood","tag-neuroatypical-inclusion","tag-neurodiversity","tag-piano-en-fleurs-festival","tag-resilience","tag-shared-stories","tag-societal-barriers","tag-storytelling","tag-transformative-journey"],"blocksy_meta":"","featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane.jpg",1600,1069,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane-768x513.jpg",768,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane-1024x684.jpg",1024,684,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane-1536x1026.jpg",1536,1026,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane.jpg",1600,1069,false],"landscape-640":["https:\/\/tatachristiane.com\/univers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2766601b7064182f-tatachristiane-640x480.jpg",640,480,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Embark on a transformative journey with Amandine Habib, Artistic Director of Compagnie Nine Spirit, as she explores the realms of creativity, motherhood and neuroatypical inclusion. 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