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Centre des arts d'Enghien-les-Bains explores movement across media

institutional · 2026-04-24

The Centre des arts d'Enghien-les-Bains (cda) is rethinking how movement is represented across visual arts, cinema, theater, dance, and graphic arts. The institution's activities—exhibitions, screenings, and publications—reflect a growing interdisciplinary approach. Notable publications include photo books on Carlos Saura, Federico Fellini, and Ettore Scola, as well as albums on Thierry de Mey's choreographic-graphic research and Pierrick Sorin's deconstruction of filmic movement. Critic Jean Douchet, a longtime collaborator with the cda, authored the text in February 2013. Douchet, a former Cahiers du cinéma contributor and friend of Rohmer, Godard, Chabrol, and Truffaut, has taught at Idhec and Fémis, influencing directors like François Ozon, Émilie Deleuze, and Xavier Beauvois. He continues to lead cine-clubs at the Cinémathèque française, the Cinémathèque de Nice, the Cinéma du Panthéon, and the cda.

Key facts

  • Centre des arts d'Enghien-les-Bains (cda) focuses on movement across disciplines.
  • Activities include exhibitions, screenings, and publications.
  • Publications cover Carlos Saura, Federico Fellini, Ettore Scola, Thierry de Mey, and Pierrick Sorin.
  • Text written by Jean Douchet in February 2013.
  • Douchet collaborated with Cahiers du cinéma from 1957.
  • Douchet was friends with Rohmer, Godard, Chabrol, and Truffaut.
  • Douchet taught at Idhec and Fémis, influencing Ozon, Deleuze, and Beauvois.
  • Douchet runs cine-clubs at Cinémathèque française, Cinémathèque de Nice, Cinéma du Panthéon, and cda.

Entities

Artists

  • Carlos Saura
  • Federico Fellini
  • Ettore Scola
  • Thierry de Mey
  • Pierrick Sorin
  • Jean Douchet
  • François Ozon
  • Émilie Deleuze
  • Xavier Beauvois
  • Éric Rohmer
  • Jean-Luc Godard
  • Claude Chabrol
  • François Truffaut
  • Alfred Hitchcock

Institutions

  • Centre des arts d'Enghien-les-Bains
  • Cahiers du cinéma
  • Idhec
  • Fémis
  • Cinémathèque française
  • Cinémathèque de Nice
  • Cinéma du Panthéon

Locations

  • Enghien-les-Bains
  • France
  • Paris
  • Nice

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